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ra 88 Chapter 3 Discovering Self-Motivation Committing to Your Goals and Dreams projects (such as college) with great enthusiasm, only to lose motivation along the way? How Do you start new w FOCUS QUESTIONS ye C b can you keep your motivation strong? S a Many people doubt they can achieve what they truly want. When a big, exciting goal or dream creeps into their thoughts, they shake their heads. "Oh, sure, they mumble to themselves, "how am I going to accomplish that?" first think of it. What you do need is an unwavering commitment, fueled by a In truth, you don't need to know how to achieve a goal or dream when you strong desire. Once you promise yourself that you will do whatever it takes to accomplish your goals and dreams, you often discover the method for achiev. F Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. t Abraham Lincoln ing them in the most unexpected ways. COMMITMENT CREATES METHOD promises to overcome all obstacles, regardless of how you may feel at any par- A commitment is an unbending intention, a single-mindedness of purpose that ticular moment. During the summer between my sophomore and junior years . That summer, I used all of my savings to visit Hawaii. While there, I met a beautiful young woman, and we spent 12 blissful days together. One of my desires was to have a wonderful love relationship, so I promised to return to Hawaii during Christmas break. However, back in college 6,000 miles away, my commitment was sorely tested. I had no idea how, in just three months, I could raise enough money to return to Hawaii. Committed to my dream, though, I spent weeks inventing and rejecting one scheme after another . (Though I didn't realize it at the time, I was actually using the Wise Choice Process to find my best option.) Then one day, I happened upon a possible solution. I was glancing through Sports Illustrated magazine when I noticed an article written by a student-athlete from Yale University. Until that moment, all I'd had was a com- mitment. When I saw that article, I had a plan. A long shot, yes, but a plan, nonetheless: Maybe the editors of Sports Illustrated would buy an article about When you have a clear intention, methods for producing the desired results will present themselves. University of Santa Monica Student Handbook, the sport I played, lightweight football. Driven by my commitment, I worked on an article every evening for weeks. Finally, I dropped it in the mail and crossed my fingers. A few weeks later, my manuscript came back, rejected. On the printed rejection form, however, a kind editor had handwritten, “Want to try a rewrite? Here's how you might improve your article..." I spent another week revising the article, mailed it directly to my encourag ing editor, and waited anxiously. Christmas break was creeping closer i had just about given up hope of returning to Hawaii in December. 91 Committing to Your Goals and Dreams JOURNAL ENTRY 10 In this activity, you will visualize the accomplishment of one of your most important goals or dreams. Once you vividly picture this ideal outcome, you will have strengthened your commitment to achieve it, and you will know how to do the same thing with all of your goals and dreams 0 Write a visualization of the exact moment in the future when you are experiencing the accomplishment of your biggest goal or dream in your role as a student. Describe the scene of your suc- cess as if it is happening to you now. For example, if your desire is to graduate from a four-year university with a 4.0 average, you might write, I am dressed in a long, blue robe, the tassel from my graduation cap tickling my face. I look out over the thousands of people in the audience, and I see my mother, a smile spreading across her face. I hear the announcer call my name. I feel a rush of adrenaline, and chills tingle on my back as I take my first step onto the stage. I see the college president smiling, reaching her hand out to me in congratulations. I hear the announcer repeat my name, adding that I am graduating with highest honors, having obtained a 4.0 average. I see my classmates standing to applaud me. Their cheers flow over me, filling me with pride and happiness. I walk. ... For visual appeal, consider also drawing a picture of your goal or dream in your journal. Or cut pictures from magazines and use them to illustrate your writing. If you are writing your journal on a com- puter, consider adding digital images that depict your visualization. (If you don't know how, ask someone for help.) Allow your creativity to support your dream. Remember the four keys to an effective visualization: 1. Relax to free your imagination. 2. Use present-tense verbs ... describe the experience as if you are talking to someone on the phone at the very moment you are doing it. I am going through the door.... 3. Use all five senses. What do you see, hear, smell, taste, and feel (touch)? 4. Include emotion. Imagine yourself feeling fantastic in this moment of grand accomplishment. You deserve to feel fantastic! Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way. William Hutchison Murray, Scottish mountaineer Read your visualizations often. Ideal times are right before you go to sleep and when you first awake in the morning. You may even wish to record your visualizations and listen to them often. 90 Chapter 3 Discovering Self-Motivation “My sister graduated from college a few years ago," she explained. "After mother take this picture, the ceremony, I put on her and cap gown Whenever I get discouraged about school, I look at this photo and imagine I see a Chicago in which myself walking across the stage to receive my diploma. I hear my family cheer- the neighborhoods are once ing for me, just like we did for my sister. Then I stop feeling sorry for myself again the center of our city, and get back to work. This picture reminds me what all my hard work is for." in which businesses boom A few years later at her graduation, I remember thinking, "She looks just as and provide neighborhood happy today as she did in the photo. Maybe happier." jobs, in which neighbors join Life will test our commitments. To keep them strong in times of challenge, together to help govern their we need a clear picture of our desired results. We need a motivating mental neighborhood and their city. image that, like a magnet, draws us steadily toward our ideal future. Harold Washington, The Chicago's first black mayor anywhere is difficult if you don't know where you're going. A vivid mental power of visualizing makes sense when you remember that getting image of your chosen destination keeps you on course even when life's adversi- ties conspire against you. HOW TO VISUALIZE Here are four keys to an effective visualization. 1. Relax. Visualizing seems to have the most positive impact when experi- enced during deep relaxation. One way to accomplish deep relaxation is to breathe deeply while you tighten muscle groups one by one from the tips of your toes to the top of your head. 2. Use Present Tense. Imagine yourself experiencing success now. There- fore, use the present tense for all verbs: I am walking across the stage to receive my diploma. OR I walk across the stage. (Not past tense: I was walk- ing across the stage; and not future tense: I will be walking across the stage.) Visualization takes 3. Use All Five Senses. Imagine the scene concretely and specifically. Use all of your senses. What do you see, hear, smell, taste, touch? advantage of what almost might be called a 4. Feel the Feelings. Events gain power to motivate us when accompanied "weakness of the body, it by strong emotions. Imagine your accomplishment to be just as grand and cannot distinguish between magnificent as you wish it to be. Then feel the excitement of your success. a vivid mental experience and an actual physical Psychologist Charles Garfield notes that athletes have used visualiza- experience tions to win sports events; psychologist Brian Tracy writes about salespeople Dr. Bernie Siegel using visualizations to succeed in the business world; and Dr. Bernie Siegel, a cancer specialist, has even chronicled patients improving their health with visualizations. Finally, consider this: the act of keeping your commitment may be as impor- tant, if not even more important, than achieving a particular goal or dream. In this way, you raise your expectations for the success of future commitments. knowing that when you make a promise to yourself, you keep it. So, create lofty goals and dreams. And, from deep within you, commit to their achievement. Committing to Your Goals and Dreams game this Then one day my phone rang, and the caller identified himself as a photog- rapher from Sports Illustrated. "I'll be taking photos at your football weekend. Where can I meet you?" And that's how I learned that my article had been accepted. Better yet, Sports Illustrated paid me enough money to return to Hawaii . I spent Christmas on the beach at Waikiki, with my girlfriend on the blanket beside me. Once a commitment is Suppose I hadn't made a commitment to return to Hawaii? Would reading made without the option Sports Illustrated have sparked such an outrageous plan? Would I, at 20 years of of backing out the mind have ever thought to earn money by writing a feature article for a national releases tremendous energy age, magazine? Doubtful! toward its achievement Ben Dominitz What intrigues me as I recall my experience is that the solution for my problem was there all the time; I just couldn't see it until I made a commitment. By committing to our dreams, we program our brains to look for solutions to our problems and to keep us going when the path gets rough. Whenever you're tempted to look for motivation outside yourself , remember this: Motiva- tion surges up from a commitment to a passionately held purpose. you are VISUALIZE YOUR IDEAL FUTURE Human beings seek to experience pleasure and avoid pain. Put this psycho- logical truth to work for you by visualizing the pleasure you'll derive when you achieve your goals or dreams. Cathy Turner explained how she visualized her way to winning two Olym- pic gold medals in speed skating: “As a little girl, I used to stand on a chair in front of the mirror and pretend I had won a gold medal. I'd imagine getting the medal, I'd see them superimposing the flag across my face just like they did on TV, and I would start to cry. When I really did stand on the podium, and they raised the American flag, it was incredible. I was there representing the United From my own experience, States, all of the United States. The flag was going up and the national anthem there is no question that the was being played, and there wasn't a mirror in front of me and it wasn't a chair I speed with which was standing on. I had dreamt that for so long. All my life. And my dream was able to achieve your goals coming true right then and there." is directly related to how To make or strengthen your commitment to achieve success in college, do clearly and how often you what Cathy Turner did. Visualize yourself accomplishing your fondest goal and are able to visualize your imagine the delight you'll experience when it actually happens. Let this desired goals. Charles J. Givens outcome and the associated positive experiences draw you like a magnet toward a future of your own design. Some years ago, I happened to glance at a three-ring notebook carried by one of my students. Taped to the cover was a photo showing her in a graduation cap and gown. "Have you already graduated?” I asked. "Not yet. But that's what I'll look like when I do? “How did you get the photo?"
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