| Perhaps you've read about the power of visualization. | | | | Souvenirs" on page 206 (look it up on Amazon with |
| Maybe you've tried it. Maybe not. If you haven't, you | | | | Arielle Ford as its author). As for the articles, they |
| might be wondering if this stuff really works or if it's | | | | can be seen here at Ezine Articles.Note: I still have |
| a full of bugaboos.Today, instead of expounding on | | | | the dream of publishing my own book and having |
| what it is and telling you that it works, I am going to | | | | that become a best-seller. Stay tuned!3. |
| offer you proof that it does. Then in the next article, | | | | Dream: MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERVisualization |
| I'll talk about what it is and why it works.1. | | | | technique: Played schoolteacher as a child in my |
| Dream: BECOME A PILOTVisualization technique: As | | | | bedroom. In later years, I would go to church, sit in |
| a teen, I drove my mother's car down the middle of | | | | the main lecture hall (with seating capacity of 2,000) |
| the highway and pretended to take off and land. Paid | | | | and imagine myself on stage speaking to thousands. |
| the price in terms of 4 speeding tickets! Instead of | | | | Then I practiced by getting in front of several civic |
| hanging out at the mall with my friends, I used to go | | | | clubs (i.e. Kiwanis, Lion's, Rotary, etc.).Result: Spoken |
| to the airport as a youngster and watch planes take | | | | to thousands around the country and continue to |
| off and land all day long. Played with model airplanes | | | | build a reputation as a professional speaker.Need |
| and flew them over makeshift villages with plastic | | | | more proof? Visit my website and see testimonials |
| green roofs and white picket fences. Sat on my | | | | from various audiences at: The first time I spoke to |
| couch and visualized myself flying in all sorts of | | | | 1,000 people was at a high school in Virginia in the |
| weather conditions - imagined feeling the vibration of | | | | late nineties. In the near future, my website will be |
| the engine and went through the motion of starting it | | | | undergoing a major facelift, which will include videos |
| up, rolling down the runway and taking off, etc. | | | | of speeches I've done. Stay tuned!4. |
| Finally, I bought a MS Flight simulator and hooked it | | | | Dream: WIN SALES CONTEST AT MERRILL LYNCH |
| up to my desktop computer and played with it for | | | | (during the early 1990's)Visualization technique: Cut |
| hours.Result: Became a pilot May 2001. Two years | | | | out a picture of the hotel of where winners would be |
| later, got a commercial certificate. Three years after | | | | staying. This was posted by the telephone in my |
| the commercial, became the world's first deaf | | | | office where I could see it every day. For months, I |
| instrument pilot (fly in the clouds on | | | | imagined myself wriggling my toes in the warm sand, |
| instruments).Need more proof? Visit the bio section | | | | swimming in the ocean and watching the sunset from |
| of my website, scroll down the page and you'll see a | | | | the hotel balcony.Result: Won sales contests three |
| bunch of links to newspaper articles: | | | | years in a row. Went on all expense paid trips to |
| Dream: BECOME A PUBLISHED AUTHORVisualization | | | | Bermuda, Mexico and Florida.Need proof? I have a clip |
| technique: In 1996, I cut out a section of the New | | | | of myself being interviewed on national TV (CNN) but |
| York Times best-selling list and put it on my | | | | until I learn how to post videos online, you'll just have |
| refrigerator. Crossed out the top-selling author's name | | | | to believe me on this one. I might even have some |
| and wrote in mine. Every time I walk in the kitchen, I | | | | photos buried somewhere - I'll have to go look for |
| am reminded of my desire to be a "best-selling" | | | | them!Food for thought: The more you visualize, the |
| author. Note: This piece of newspaper is now turning | | | | more your dreams will come to pass and manifest |
| yellow and curling at the corners!Result: Published 3 | | | | for you!Profoundly deaf since birth, Stephen Hopson |
| stories in 3 different best-selling books. Also written | | | | is a former award-winning stockbroker turned |
| and published several articles online.Need more proof? | | | | motivational speaker, author and pilot. He works with |
| Visit your local bookstore and pick up a copy of | | | | organizations that are ready to explore and |
| "Chicken Soup for the College Soul". Go to page 278. | | | | overcome adversity because no one is immune from |
| Order a copy of "heartwarmers" from Azriela Jaffe | | | | it - adversity does not discriminate. His professional |
| (it's now out of print but it was an Amazon | | | | speaking services, Obstacle Illusions, include fun and |
| best-seller when it first came out). She has some | | | | passionate presentations, especially the story of how |
| extras in her inventory - contact her at: The | | | | his fifth grade teacher forever changed his young life |
| "heartwarmer" story ("Three Words") is on page 38). | | | | with THAT'S RIGHT STEPHEN! |
| And finally, the third one was published in "Magical | | | | |