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Have you ever thought of doing a vision board for your business, with SPECIFIC goals?

 

What happens when your business feels stuck and stagnant, and it just feels like you’re going through the motions day in and day out?

How do you feel when you aren’t trying to accomplish anything specific and spend most of the day just trying to pass the time dabbling here and there but not focused on any particular goal or outcome?

What happens when your day has no plan and no definitive purpose? 

When I feel even the slightest hint of these kinds of feelings I immediately turn to look at my vision board and I’m instantly reminded of my motivations, my goals, and my dreams.

A vision board is a visual representation of your reasons for caring about what you’re doing and a vivid reminder of why you are doing them.

Tweet This: Your vision board is a representation of your big why and should make you feel motivated and inspired. If it doesn’t make you feel those things, it’s time to change it up a little.

 

Building your Vision (in any of the following 6 methods) will help you go from being in your head all day long in your business to allowing your heart to lead you.

 

It will help you cultivate the courage to do those things that make you feel discomfort, but that will grow your business.

 

Today I’m going to share 6 ways to create vision boards that will inspire you and keep you focused and feeling great!

1. Traditional Vision Board.

This is my #1 recommended method. Why? Because research shows that using simple creativity and play helps you quiet down the left hemisphere of your brain – the part that holds the INNER CRITIC – and allows you to tap into the right hemisphere of your brain.

The right hemisphere of your brain is responsible for creativity, imagination, innovation and possibility.

Add things that remind you of WHY you do what you do and WHAT you want to create.

A great idea is to put testimonials from your favorite clients on your board.

Another fun thing to do is create a magazine cover with a picture of you and headlines about your desired business and life achievements on it.

Yes! A magazine cover. I’ve used different graphics outsourcer to get some of these done for myself and clients.

Or you can use your own artwork. 

Be creative.

Use your imagination.

Have fun with this…

it’s your dreams, your goals, your WHY!

Be sure you allow (and encourage) yourself to feel the feelings of already having these things and experiences in your life right now.

 

You want to feel those feelings because that’s what will inspire you and pull you towards taking the consistent actions that will help bring those things into your reality.

 

To ensure this is your BUSINESS Vision Board, put your actual NUMBER goals there.

For you to look at every single day.

There is nothing better to keep me,  my clients and you on track, than the reality of numbers.

Some numbers to consider putting on your Vision Board to make it your BUSINESS Vision Board:

• Email List Subscribers
• Daily Sales Goals
• Weekly Sales Goals
• Monthly Sales Goals
• Quarterly Sales Goals

You don’t have to put all of these numbers, but you should put the most important ones to you.

I have all of these on my Business Vision Board and the one I use most to guide my daily actions is Monthly Sales Goals.

 

Public Service Announcement:

Looking at your actual numbers and planning your goal numbers is VITAL.

Yet, it’s something many entrepreneurs do NOT do.

Numbers do NOT lie.

They will tell you the full truth.

They will tell you when it’s time to push, get creative, try a new type of promotion and they will also reveal to you what went great.

I remember one year when I reviewed the numbers I found a hidden goldmine where many of my best private clients had come from.

Without looking at the actual numbers and where they came from, I would not have pushed in that area more the next year, doubling my income.

The #1 thing you do NOT want to do is feel bad when looking at your reality numbers.

This is the ONLY time I’ll tell you to look at something with your head, instead of your heart when working with your Vision.

Do not beat yourself up for not reaching certain numbers.

That is counterproductive!

Numbers are simply INFORMATION.

Did you know that only 4% of people actually write their number goals down?

And only 1% actually review them on a regular and consistent basis?

People who write and review their goals regularly are the highest achievers.

Celebrate when you look at your numbers and you see you are reaching your goals.

If you find you aren’t reaching your goals, it’s time to adjust and possibly pivot.

If you’re exceeding your goals, give yourself a pat on the back and celebrate big time!

Vision Boards keep your dreams in front of you so you take the actions required to make those things real.

Before Oprah’s producer called me to set up my interview with her, I’d put a photo of Oprah on my vision board.  

The feelings I felt while looking at that photo were “it will be so great to speak with her and have a conversation about the law of attraction”.

It wasn’t about me getting promoted, which DID end up happening.

It was more about the experience of talking with someone whose career and whose own path of self-growth and transformation I respected.

How to Use Your Business Vision Board for Inspiration:

Once a day (or more if you want to), look at your Vision Board. I do this often yet I’m not perfect either… I have times where I get too busy and days will pass by without INTENTIONALLY looking at it.

When you are intentionally looking at it, imagine the feelings of being in those places, being with those people, having those experiences – as if they’ve already happened.

This may feel a little silly at first but try it.

Hopefully, you will get a little emotional, even teary or excited in your belly, or you may begin to laugh thinking of the fun.

Your head might rudely interrupt this and say “Um, excuse me… you’re not with these people, you haven’t done these things yet” and may even dip into thoughts or feelings of “Yeah right… you?”

If that happens, just remember to transition back into your heart.

Into feelings of love, joy, connection, adventure or whatever wonderful feelings your Business Vision Board brings you.

2. Vision Box.

This is almost the same thing as a vision board except instead of putting all of your stuff on a board you put it in a box.

I’ve got a beautiful box with flowers and hearts all over it. You can wrap yours in beautiful wrapping paper or add your artwork too.  Or your kids artwork!

A vision box is a great idea if you don’t want to have your visions, goals, dreams, and your vulnerability out there in the open, and you prefer to keep it to yourself.

How to Use Your Business Vision Box for Inspiration:

You can open the box after meditating and look through the contents for a few minutes, or open from time to time when you feel you need inspiration. Look through everything you collected, and I promise you’ll feel that wonderful rush of enthusiasm come back again.

When you’re viewing what’s in your box, imagine that you’ve already accomplished or experienced what the thing in your box represents, and emotionally experience the feeling of that accomplishment.

Imagine it is ALREADY a reality in your life.

From time to time when you feel you need inspiration, open your box and look through everything you collected.

Again, just like before, you want to add in your NUMBERS goals and the reality of your numbers.

3. Vision Journal.

This is another option if you want to keep your dreams a little bit more private.

I’ve used small journals with beautiful images on them, super plain ones and fancier ones. It just depends on how I’m feeling when I start a new one.

I’ve also used big beautiful, fat scrapbooks.

I’ve gone totally nuts at the scrapbooking store with these types of things.  

What’s great about the Vision Journal is that every day you can write a little blurb at the end of your entry to really cement what you’re feeling.  

You can write about how it feels to accomplish your life and business goals and the gratitude and appreciation you feel.

How to Use Your Vision Journal for Inspiration:

Every morning (or a time you choose), take out your journal and write about the reasons why you’re doing what you’re doing in your business.

I also recommend that every 30, 60 or 90 days you write out your “Perfect Average Day”.

Some mornings, you may not feel like writing at all.

When that happens, just flip to your latest version of your “Perfect Average Day” and read through it.

Remember to include numbers AND your feelings.

4. Vision Visualization.

This is something that I’ve just started trying and I love it.  

The process begins just like meditation does.

Sit in a quiet room where you won’t be disturbed and get comfortable. I recommend using a timer.

The one on your smartphone will do just fine.

This is so you can completely focus on what you’re doing without worrying that the time will get away from you.

Close your eyes and focus on your breathing until you feel relaxed. Once you’ve reached a calm state, begin communicating with your higher self, that part of you that loves you unconditionally.

Focus your thoughts on those qualities of yourself that you want to be the next evolution of you.

For example, if you feel an insecurity about speaking in public, focus on the new you during this visualization.

Focus on a ‘You’ that is confident speaking in public, excited to be there, where your speaking is flowing, where the audience is responding to you, where everything is going wonderfully.

Focus on how wonderful it feels to be at such a speaking in front of a group, giving them incredible value and receiving their love in return.

You can do this for any quality about yourself you want to improve or anything you want to achieve.

Another example, if you want to get better at sales, visualize yourself asking for the sale from a place of offering your help to solve a problem your prospect has, and being unattached to the outcome whether they say yes or no.

Your job is simply to communicate your value powerfully and with confidence.

Visualize it as if you are achieving right then and there.

Most importantly feel how it would feel to be you having that quality you want to evolve into.

That quality you want to cultivate… achieving that thing and living that experience. Focus on the emotional results of the experience during your visualization.

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.    ~ Rosabeth Moss Kanter

5. Vision Desktop.

Number five is a vision desktop.  

This is an image that you put on your computer desktop.  Again if you’re really private, you can use something like this if your office is private.  

There’s all kinds of image manipulation applications:

• Pixlr
• Canva
• PicMonkey
• PowerPoint
• Keynote
• Photoshop.

Create a collage of the things you want to feel and create in your business, and then set it as your desktop, your iPad background or your phone background.

If you want to get even fancier, you can also set your desktop so that it creates a slideshow, changing your inspiring images. You can add the same things as you add to a regular Vision Board. Photos, artwork, inspiring quotes, and of course, do not forget your numbers.

This is NOT my favorite method because you aren’t using your hands and creativity to create your Vision Board

BUT it is better than nothing!

6. Vision Audio.

Number six is a vision audio.  Yes, a vision audio! This is something I’ve done a few times when I REALLY wanted to stay focused on some big goals AND I’ve also recommended it to people who are super resistant to creating a traditional Vision Board (which I think is most effective.).

I’m giving you permission to create this in the very best way that will be effective for you.

Hey, if you like to learn and be entertained with audio more than visual mediums, create a vision audio.

Record yourself as if you’re experiencing the things you want to create, or as if you just finished experiencing them.

You could start out with, “I’m so happy that…”

For example, if you want to visualize yourself as having done the best and biggest speech of your career, start out with that, “I’m so happy that I completed my talk. It was so well-received. I got a standing ovation. The video is going viral…!”

Those kinds of things that make you feel great and excited about taking the action towards those goals and reaching those goals.

Have kids?

This can work even better!

If you’re a mom or dad, your kids are one of your HUGE WHYS.

Creating a business that provides for them and also inspires them to know they can do the same if they choose to is POWERFUL.

Ask them to record a heartfelt message to you that motivates and inspires you.

Ask your partner or spouse to do the same.

If your big why is your parents and being able to care for them, ask them to do one too.

Then, as you’re working out or taking a walk or traveling, listen to your vision audio.

It may feel a little funny recording it at first, but if you listen to lots of audios as you go about your day, and that’s how you like to learn and experience new things, try it.

The most important thing is to be enthusiastic and speak from your heart when you do the recording and when you’re describing your big why.

So to recap, the six ways to keep your big why front and center so you stay laser-focused in your business:

• Vision Board
• Vision Box
• Vision Journal
• Vision Visualization
• Vision Desktop
• Vision Audio

I’ve given you a lot of options to choose from.

Pick the vision board method that excites you the most and DO IT.

Make sure to incorporate looking at it (or writing in it, or listening to it depending on which type you choose to do) into your daily routine.

If the Vision Box is going to be under your bed and you’re never going to look at it again, don’t do that one.

Remember, you want actually experience and feel the feelings and emotions associated with ALREADY HAVING THESE THINGS in your life. This will work miracles in your business and life and will help you stay motivated and inspired to move forward powerfully every single day.

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Leave me a comment below and let me know which method you’re going to try or if you have a Vision Board story…