Visualization of Goals

The above warning on the limits of NLP for High-FFs seeking “recovery” from their fear of failure is necessary simply because of what happens next – the visualization of our goals as so excellently recommended by many of the more professional and enlightened NLP practitioners.

Famous hotelier Conrad Hilton kept a photo of New York’s Waldorf Hotel under the glass on his desk. It remained there for 18 years until he bought the hotel. The photo was a daily visual reminder of his goal, giving him the focus he needed to achieve it.

“We are what we are because we have first imagined it,” writes Anthony Robbins (1992), adding that setting goals through visualization is the first step in turning the invisible (our future) into ...

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