\u201cA vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.\u201d \u2013 Rosabeth Moss Kanter<\/em><\/p>\n Imagine yourself living in the reality of your greatest dreams where all those prayers, hopes, and thoughts have come true. Everything is working out just as you imagined and you\u2019re the happiest and most fulfilled you\u2019ve ever been. A beautiful mental picture, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n Every one of us is striving every day to get closer to the life we believe we deserve. And somewhere along your life journey, you must have questioned how possible it is to be the achiever you want to be. A part of the human process of understanding self and the universe is the relentless pursuit of what we must do in order to achieve the elixir of life \u2013 our purpose!<\/p>\n We are blessed with a powerful imagination that takes us places we\u2019ve never been to and makes us see things as though they\u2019re a reality even when they\u2019re not. Visualization (also called mental imagery) is so powerful that successful\u00a0athletes<\/a>\u00a0have used it for years to improve their performance.<\/p>\n A vision board is a medium through which you can organize your mental imagery. It is a collection of images, objects, or quotes that represent the future you want; often made out of aesthetically pleasing magazine cut-outs of people you admire or want to meet, places you want to go, things you want to have, companies you want to work with \u2013 simply, an assortment of your goals and desires.<\/p>\n Our ancestors in the stone age era expressed their imagination and visualization through cave paintings that\u00a0historians<\/a>\u00a0believe were used to anticipate future danger and prepare adequately to face it \u2013 we can say that was the first use of vision boards.<\/p>\n The book,\u00a0The Secret<\/a>, is known to have\u00a0popularized<\/a>\u00a0the use of vision boards to make dreams become reality based on the Law of Attraction that suggests our thoughts become things so we attract what we focus on.<\/p>\n Oprah is\u00a0quoted<\/a>\u00a0saying she used a vision board to envision Barack Obama as president \u2013 down to the details of the dress she\u2019d wear at the inauguration.\u00a0Celebrities<\/a>\u00a0like Steve Harvey, Katy Perry, Beyonce and\u00a0others<\/a>\u00a0have had their vision boards come to life. Even\u00a0Sara Blakely<\/a>, the founder of Spanx attributes vision boarding to the success of her business.\u00a0Spiritual leaders<\/a>\u00a0have also used vision boards to manifest their realities.<\/p>\n A survey done by TD Bank\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that people who have images, photos, or vision boards of their goals are twice as confident about achieving them than those who don\u2019t; they\u2019re also less anxious about budgeting, they feel more accomplished and are happier than people who don\u2019t visualize their achievements.<\/p>\nWhat is a Vision Board?<\/strong><\/h1>\n