Harmonizing your acting goals, your daily responsibilities, and your personal growth is a dance of art and business. After all of the moving and shaking you’ve done this year for your career, it’s important to show your inner artist some love. Creating a Vision Board is just what the doctor ordered.
In my last post, I shared my favorite year end process to help you celebrate this year’s successes and clarify your goals for 2012. Now it’s time to create a vision board that will serve as an excellent reminder of your 2012 goals and priorities. You can design a Vision Board to create a physical representation of your career vision.
Vision Boards allow you to use your artistic skills and creativity and play with the physical picture of your future. They’re a lot of fun to make and an effective way to supplement your actions with internal focus. Here are 5 simple steps to help you manifest success with a Vision Board.
Step One:
Purchase a large poster board in whatever color you like. While you’re at it, pick up a glue stick and a pair of scissors too. Next, gather an assortment of old magazines, pictures, catalogs, and snap shots. You can even print out dynamic or meaningful words that inspire you.
Step Two:
Dedicate some time to clear away a space where you can relax and enjoy yourself. Creating your Vision Board should be a fun and fulfilling experience. Feel free to pour yourself a beverage, light a candle, or play some music that speaks to you.
Now relax, breathe deeply, close your eyes, and imagine the goal you wish to achieve. With your vision clearly defined in your mind, explore how each area of your life and career is impacted by this plan.
Step Three:
Now open your eyes and begin to flip through the magazines. Tear out any pages with pictures, words, phrases, and thoughts that inspire you. Don’t think about it too much. Trust your gut and set aside anything that grabs your attention.
Don’t rush. Give yourself a few hours or a whole evening to do this project. Once you feel you’ve reached a stopping point, cut out the words and images you’ve selected from the pages you set aside.
Step Four:
After you have cut out all the meaningful images and phrases you want, glue or paste them onto your poster board. Reserve space on your board for each of the areas outlined below and be sure to place a picture of yourself (one you love to look at) in the center of the board.
Career
Health & Fitness
Friends & Family
Industry Relationships
Finances
Craft & Creativity
Marketing Tools & Business
Personal Growth
Fun & Adventure
Step Five:
Display your finished Vision Board in a place that you will see it often. As you concentrate on these visual intentions, inhale the sensation of having exactly what you want. Here’s to an exciting vision of the future and a Happy New Year!
Thanks Dallas very much appreciated. Its been one of things to do now its in the forefront with your terrific ideas and strategies EASILY GUIDE ME THRU IT. Thanks Coach!
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I will update my vision board for 2012. It works for me – keeps me grounded.
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This is great, Dallas! I was just talking to friends about having a ‘Dream Board’ (or ‘vision’ board) party next month for a few of us. This blog will really be a great help to us!
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I love it Dallas. Thanks for breaking it down in clear & easy steps. If I may, I’d like to suggest also making a vision video. For those who have a MAC or know how to do it on a PC. Gather fav photos of yourself & of things you’d like in your life . In a MAC you do it in iPhoto and simply arrange the photos in “slideshow” attach music that inspires you and voila! Then download it on to your tablet and/or phone and watch the video anytime & anywhere. Good luck to all in 2012!
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Ah.. I had one of these when I lived in LA! I new I was missing something in my new place, Thanks Dallas
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Dallas – this is so great! I’ve never done something like this before in terms of my goals. I have visions in my head but to get them physically represented on a posterboard sounds like a great idea that I’ll be doing.
Although I know it’s personal to each person, I would love to have people take pictures and post their vision boards to the Dallas Travers wall. Dallas – can I ask people on the wall to do this? I’m just curious as to what they look like. Might be a fun New Year’s Eve project for people to do.
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My astrologer friend says that the absolute most powerful time to do a vision board is the New Moon in Aries. I’m sure the most powerful time is the time that you feel inspired to do it, however. Just adding the info. Best wishes, fellow visionaries! xo
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Thanks. You made it clear and fun. I’ll jump on it right away. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.
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what a great idea!! I’m starting mine now!! Happy New Year Dallas and Friends!!!
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