How to Coach Yourself and Others Better Coaching Through Visualisation | Page 94

begin again to morrow. Very often the solution you were looking for is easily found after a good sleep. 2 Incubation lasting minutes This incubation process takes place within the creative session. When you feel difficult to go further, just stop, go into a pause and make the following exercise:  Call your image resource (A quiet river for example). Vision it and enjoy.  Then, imagine again your mental office and your advisors  You are now ready for beginning a second round of your creative session. External readings About preparation and incubation go to: www.enchantedmind.com . Visit the entire site. You will find some complementary explanations and a lot of interesting tests. 5. Illumination We are now entering in the creative work and we expect to get an illumination. I like this word "illumination" because most often an innovative idea appears like a flash into your mind. It causes a great excitement and a feeling of happiness and pleasure. We shall now review the different methods which are expected to provide you with this illumination. 1 Brainstorming Brainstorming implies a group of person. In your case, as you are using creativity to get a new idea for starting your business, the group could include some friends and relatives. 94