Your Journey: Begin with The End in Mind

• May 13, 2016

It happens to us all: the fall. At some point we all find ourselves face-down in the arena. The pathway to recovery starts within your powerful brain.

Have you taken a big hit, and abruptly found yourself down-and-out? Or perhaps you have slipped gradually downwards until one day you woke up to the fact that you were in really bad shape? I have! Either way, a successful recovery starts in the same way. Deep inside your brain, you have to decide where you’re going to be.

Legendary thought leader Stephen Covey knew this when he outlined his principles for effective living. His second habit is captured in the title of this article: “Begin with the end in mind”. He goes on to explain that we need to “envision in our minds what we cannot at present see with our eyes”. BodyWHealth goes on the explain in more depth the reason for this early observation.

A steady conversation takes place inside our heads. Each positive intention that originates in our cognitive brain has to fight its way past the protective instincts of our primitive, reptilian brains. Only when the clarity, power and durability of the positive intention overcomes the questions of our protective centers, is success possible. We call this BELIEF.

The neuroscience is simple, although not always easy. The more we can describe our desired future state in our mind’s eye, the better our chances of getting there. So, if you’re starting a recovery, or beginning a new journey, take the time to picture your success in exquisite detail. Suffuse your cognitive brain, the only part of your brain that is under your voluntary control, with complete images. Co-opt every sense as you imagine the sight, sound, smell, feel and taste of victory. This is the path to WHealth.

There is no doubt in my mind that this is the source of greatness. A quick look at the speeches and writings of the world’s great achievers, as well as a careful study of those clients and leaders I have known and worked with reveals the same fundamental truth. When we describe and hold a non-negotiable image of success in our mind, we manifest it in our lives.

One of the great American scholars of the 19^th century, Ralph Waldo Emerson implicitly understood our cerebral wiring when he penned the famous inspirational statement:

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

Infuse your life with greatness. The journey to abundance starts in your own mind. As always, your destiny is within reach.

Have fun,

Roddy