If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It...Within Reason (Dreaming Of Flying Doesn't Warrant A Jump Off A Cliff)

If there is one sentence I think would look great following my name, it would have to be "...is not only an accomplished landscape painter, but is also known to have extensive investments in several successful businesses and is a highly regarded racquetball player"

And if asked to choose what sentence I'd like to hear preceding my name, "This years award for best director goes to the man who also took home the award for best original screenplay..."

Everybody imagines bigger and better things for themselves, don't they? Isn't it natural to go Walter Mitty on occasion and create little harmless fantasies about being a hero, a captain of industry, a heavily compensated star-of-the-show, or some such inspirational character?

There have been sound arguments made that it is actually something that must be done, this imagining of oneself as a bigger and better version of oneself, in order to become properly fixated on the goal one wants to achieve.

Visualization is the term used by the multi-degreed professional types. The use of the mind to map out how you want your life to be - I've read quite a few books that suggest that by merely imaging what your life will be when you achieve your goal, i.e., how you'll dress, talk, eat, etc., you'll put yourself on the path to that goal.

It's a technique used by athletes too, so I've read. Again, the premise is to imagine crossing the finish line first or hoisting the winner's trophy or being doused in celebratory champagne, etc.

When I first read of these techniques one of the first thoughts that occurred to me was, "What if every athlete participating in professional football is using the very same motivational fantasy - that of winning the Superbowl. Doesn't it stand to reason that, since only one team consisting of 53 football players wins the Superbowl every year, 1,643 professional football players are not fantasizing correctly?"

Hmm...maybe that could be a new career for me..."Visualization Consultant". I can fantasize like nobodies business, wouldn't be too hard to show a few guys how it's done.

After all, I fantasized about writing this while I was at work today, and it turned out perfect.