Here is our winner's vision board... beautiful job Amy!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Winner of our Vision Board Contest!
Congratulations Amy Slattery! I loved receiving the email about your vision board, and how excited you were about this project. You are definitely going to do great things as an Uppercase Living demonstrator. Welcome to the team!
Here is our winner's vision board... beautiful job Amy!
Here is our winner's vision board... beautiful job Amy!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Create Your Vision Board!
I recently sent out an email to our team with an idea to create an Uppercase Living Vision Board. This is a great excuse to sit down and write out some goals for our businesses this year, and then create a visual of these goals that will inspire us and remind us of what we want to achieve. If you want to get some ideas and examples, there is a ton online, just Google "Vision Board." Here is an article I found online that I thought might be helpful as you are creating your board. I'm encouraging everyone on our team to create a version of this for their own workspace, and then email me a picture of your board at: jacksmama@gmail.com and I'll choose two entries to win a $25 Visa Gift card. All entries must be in by January 31st. I hope this is a fun project for you to kick off the new year!
Here is another way to manifest your career dreams: Put a “vision board” somewhere in your home or work place where you can see it every day. A vision board is a collage and consists of images you want to “materialize” in your life. Whether they are symbolic images , such as “independence” or “creativity,” or concrete –such as your perfect office or a picture of others doing what you want to do; in looking at the images every day, consciously or consciously, you implant them within your brain. And you begin to create them within your life, without even necessarily being aware of it.
You can create a vision board with the elements you know you want in your career, even if you don’t yet know what that career is. Or perhaps you do know what you want to do. Paste pictures and images that reflect that career, or elements of it. If you did the last exercise, visualizing your perfect job, then you have connected with at least some of the elements that are important to you in a career. You can paste images of those elements onto your vision board.
One way to do this is to buy a large piece of poster board, and cut and paste images and glue them to it. Or you can use a cork board and pin them up. Or perhaps you prefer a circular image? Or maybe you want to make a hanging “mobile”? As time goes by, when you find your images in magazines, on the internet, from books or other media, cut them out and paste them on your board. You may also paste phrases or sentences you like. You can paint or draw yourself if you prefer. This is YOURS and you can do it anyway you like! These images may change, and that’s fine too. Our lives, objectives and desires are dynamic. Many coaches suggest putting a photo of youself in the middle of the board, smiling, satisfied, and feeling complete and happy. Find a picture of yourself at a happy time, and add it if you choose to!
One other thing: as you look for pictures photos and images that are meaningful to you, pay attention to what catches your attention. The ones that affect you deeply say something VERY important about you, and what is important to you! Likewise, pay attention to the ones that have the opposite effect.
You can even make an electronic vision board! (What will they think of next?!). For example, what about using a vision board as your screensaver? There are several online links to companies that help do this, as an example see:
http://www.squidoo.com/what-is-a-vision-board
I did my first vision board over 15 years ago, when I still lived in California. On my board were pictures representing freedom, travel, and images that symbolized meaningful and adventurous international work, in addition to some of my personal spiritual objectives. I had it in my home office propped on a bookcase. Somehow one day it fell behind the case, and I didn’t notice. I was very busy, and took a business trip or two. Months went by, and eventually I had the wonderful opportunity to do a work-project in Europe, helping build an office in Amsterdam for a large American telecommunications company. I was very excited! Before my trip I began cleaning out my house, and discovered that vision board behind the bookcase. Nearly everything I had put on the board (everything I had wanted in my life at that time) had materialized! I was amazed. (I eventually worked in nearly every European country and Asia for this company, and moved to Portugal where I still live.) After that experience I always kept a vision board, because it taught me that even when I wasn’t regularly looking at it, it worked! This is powerful stuff!
In workshops of various kinds I often asked participants to bring pictures and create a vision board. I usually do this as the last exercise, once all participants know each other well. Once they had done that, I have asked each of them to explain their board to the group. The participants have enjoyed doing that so much; it made me realize an important element which is not often discussed: SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE. Someone you trust. Explain your choices, and describe what each image means to you. There is enormous power in STATING what we want, and with the enthusiasm that comes from showing someone else something we ourselves have created, and which is a unique reflection of who we are.
In fact, if you have another friend, or group of friends, who want to do the project together, even better! Then ask each person to explain to everyone else the significance of each item on his/her board.
Have fun with this!
Here is another way to manifest your career dreams: Put a “vision board” somewhere in your home or work place where you can see it every day. A vision board is a collage and consists of images you want to “materialize” in your life. Whether they are symbolic images , such as “independence” or “creativity,” or concrete –such as your perfect office or a picture of others doing what you want to do; in looking at the images every day, consciously or consciously, you implant them within your brain. And you begin to create them within your life, without even necessarily being aware of it.
You can create a vision board with the elements you know you want in your career, even if you don’t yet know what that career is. Or perhaps you do know what you want to do. Paste pictures and images that reflect that career, or elements of it. If you did the last exercise, visualizing your perfect job, then you have connected with at least some of the elements that are important to you in a career. You can paste images of those elements onto your vision board.
One way to do this is to buy a large piece of poster board, and cut and paste images and glue them to it. Or you can use a cork board and pin them up. Or perhaps you prefer a circular image? Or maybe you want to make a hanging “mobile”? As time goes by, when you find your images in magazines, on the internet, from books or other media, cut them out and paste them on your board. You may also paste phrases or sentences you like. You can paint or draw yourself if you prefer. This is YOURS and you can do it anyway you like! These images may change, and that’s fine too. Our lives, objectives and desires are dynamic. Many coaches suggest putting a photo of youself in the middle of the board, smiling, satisfied, and feeling complete and happy. Find a picture of yourself at a happy time, and add it if you choose to!
One other thing: as you look for pictures photos and images that are meaningful to you, pay attention to what catches your attention. The ones that affect you deeply say something VERY important about you, and what is important to you! Likewise, pay attention to the ones that have the opposite effect.
You can even make an electronic vision board! (What will they think of next?!). For example, what about using a vision board as your screensaver? There are several online links to companies that help do this, as an example see:
http://www.squidoo.com/what-is-a-vision-board
I did my first vision board over 15 years ago, when I still lived in California. On my board were pictures representing freedom, travel, and images that symbolized meaningful and adventurous international work, in addition to some of my personal spiritual objectives. I had it in my home office propped on a bookcase. Somehow one day it fell behind the case, and I didn’t notice. I was very busy, and took a business trip or two. Months went by, and eventually I had the wonderful opportunity to do a work-project in Europe, helping build an office in Amsterdam for a large American telecommunications company. I was very excited! Before my trip I began cleaning out my house, and discovered that vision board behind the bookcase. Nearly everything I had put on the board (everything I had wanted in my life at that time) had materialized! I was amazed. (I eventually worked in nearly every European country and Asia for this company, and moved to Portugal where I still live.) After that experience I always kept a vision board, because it taught me that even when I wasn’t regularly looking at it, it worked! This is powerful stuff!
In workshops of various kinds I often asked participants to bring pictures and create a vision board. I usually do this as the last exercise, once all participants know each other well. Once they had done that, I have asked each of them to explain their board to the group. The participants have enjoyed doing that so much; it made me realize an important element which is not often discussed: SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE. Someone you trust. Explain your choices, and describe what each image means to you. There is enormous power in STATING what we want, and with the enthusiasm that comes from showing someone else something we ourselves have created, and which is a unique reflection of who we are.
In fact, if you have another friend, or group of friends, who want to do the project together, even better! Then ask each person to explain to everyone else the significance of each item on his/her board.
Have fun with this!
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