You hear other people have vision boards and they're successful. Well, this is
video to train you on how to make a vision board that's really going to work.
Hey, check it out. Here is Kirk Duncan wanting to share with you how to build a
vision board that really works. Because you know, a vision board is all about
changing your mind. Because if you can change your mind, you can literally
change your life. What is a vision board? All a vision board is is an out side
prompt to remind you of what to think about. That's what it is. It's a space in
which you put pictures and comments and descriptions of things you want to
create in your life. So, every day when you look at this vision board, what
you're doing is you're actually reminding yourself what to focus on.
That's what a vision board is. It's a focus and a reminding technique. Pretty
simple, right? It really is, it's like one of the most
simple tools you can use in your life to be able to help guide your thinking.
Because you know, how sometimes our thinking chases shiny objects and kind
of get scared and worried about stuff? Well, the reason we have vision boards, a
reason why we you would want to use a vision board is to help you focus on
something you would love to create in your life. Or something you wish was
better or different in your life. So, how do you do this? How do you build a vision
board? Well first, you want to create a space to
organize your vision. Meaning, your vision of your life. Start with 2 or 3
things that you wish were better or wish you could that could improve or maybe
it's something you always wanted. Or wanted to do. But get creative, you know?
Sometimes you feel like you have to change things but other times it's
because you want to change things. But either way, pick 2 or 3 things. Just
to get started. Find a picture of what could represent that particular idea. Add
a small description and then what you do, at least once or twice a day, go to this
place where your vision board is and take a moment (Couple minutes) and
literally just take a moment to refocus. With all the distractions of
our lives today. A vision board process helps you focus. When we lose sight of
our destination, we lose motivation. When we start to forget about
what it is we want to create, we lose motivation. So, this is really one of the
reasons why people lose motivation is because it's not on their mind as much.
What it is that they want to build and create in their life? What do you want to
have different? A vision board is super, super easy to use. And then to help you
remember when to look at your vision board, just look at it when you get up in
the morning and look at it before you go to bed at night. But it's really simple
to use and it's really simple to build. Now remember, it's going to take you some
time. What you're doing is you're focusing
your mind how if you keep going in the right direction. But there are some
reasons why your vision board won't work. You're not being consistent. You're too
focused on having things and you're kind of trying to be all kind of
materialistic kind of person. But what you really want to focus on is how to
create things. And so, the other thing is, I don't know if you've ever heard about
the Reticular Activating System. But look at number four here. The RAS. Something to
study. It's one of the... Literally, one of your body parts. on the inside of your
head. It's not on the outside. it's in here. But it's called a Reticular
Activating System. Number 4 here. if I were you, I would study up on that.
Because the more you understand about your Reticular Activating System, the
more you understand why it takes so long for things to change in your life.
Because that has a dramatic effect on how things changing life or how things
are going to improve. Another secret of why your vision board won't work is
because you're trying to improve something in your life but keeping the
same education. So, whatever you put on your vision board, start reading about it,
studying it, look up some websites, improve your education about the goals
or the changes you want to make in your life. And then another thing that can
happen to you is you can feel like you're being selfish because you're
focusing on your own life. Well, what if you don't focus on your
life? Your life doesn't go in any particular direction. So, are you focusing
on yourself when you have a vision board? Yes, you are. And are you drawing
attention to yourself? Yes, you are. But it's not selfish.
What it is, it's called focus. So, there are reasons why your vision board
wouldn't work. And there's easy ways to build your vision board. But to give you
a simple story. I love it when kids, young kids or teenagers or young adults,
literally show us and prove to us that these things work. For example, this was a
young lady's idea. She wanted to have a dog. So, she got a picture. She drew a
picture of the type of dog she wanted to have. She wrote down a description of
what it is that she needed to be able to create this to happen in her life. She
put both of these on the wall so she literally could look at it in the
morning and in the evening. And as she started to think about ideas of how to
make this happen, she had some ideas literally come to her. And she had some
ideas to bake cookies and make bread and go around the neighborhood and go sell
cookies and bread. Well, in spreading the cookies and bread story and the fact
that she had a goal to earn money for her first puppy, the neighborhood jumped
in and supported. And what was fantastic is she earned the money by the deadline.
And she got her puppy. Now, when she first decided to do this, what was awesome as
her parents encouraged her to build a vision board. They didn't say, "Oh, you
can't do this. It's too expensive." They empowered their child to believe that if
they can focus and come up with ideas then they have the ability to be able to
create that to happen in their life. So, it's really cool that parents learn
about this and they use a vision board and then they teach their children how
to use a vision board. I really think one of our problems in
this world is that we don't hope enough or believe enough in where we're going.
The mind is powerful and if we can focus it on where we're going, I believe it can
create it to happen. Just like this little girl. She made it work. And at all
times, under all circumstances we have the power to change who we are.
Whatever's going on in your life right now that is not working and you wish was
better. I think it's time to put a description or picture on the wall of
how you wish it could be. And for you to be able to start to work
your mind, so your mind can work for you. A vision board is simple. It's really simple.
I gave you the instructions exactly how to build it. But the question is, "Do you
have a vision board and are you consistently using it?" Because it's
changed my life, has changed a little girl's life, change thousands upon
thousands upon tens of thousands of people's lives. Because it follows a very
simple principle. What we look at and we think about, we can focus on. And when we
are focused, we then begin to see the steps to take. But it's not until we're
focused. Now, to upgrade your vision board. Spend a little bit more time in front of
it. If you want to make it even better, think about what it is you can do to be
able to improve relationships. Another thing you can do is you know, instead of
only looking at it one time during the day, look at it during lunch time, maybe
take a picture and put it on your phone. You could even create a little audio
message on your phone that encourages you to focus on what is on your vision
board. But here's 6 ways that you can actually upgrade the experience. because
hey, if you're going to activate your mind and focus, get excited. Because the mind
loves to create. Like I do is give it what to work on. When we're focused, we
literally become successful. Now, if you'd like to learn more about what it is to
take to focus and have a better mindset, maybe you ought to come to Salt Lake
City and attend one of our live events called Master Your Influence. We teach
in depth how this works. And all the other components that would make a
difference because your life matters. Don't just think that you're stuck and
then it's always going to be this way. Consider the fact that you still have
the power to change. And a vision board is a simple way to get
started. I hope to see you. I hope to see you one
of our live events. So we can go deeper and deepening understanding about how
this works. Alright, get your vision board built today.