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2) 3) 4) 5) 6) how you can get it. This means that creative visualization forces you to “plan” as you imagine your scenario, and with that plan in place, you are already as if fifty percent done with what you have to do. It also works by improving a person’s capacity to focus. Creative visualization would not make you a believer in multitasking. Instead, it will encourage you to focus all your efforts until you achieve your goals one by one. This makes it easy for you to eliminate distractions and be motivated to finish one task or one goal at a time as you maintain a positive and strong mental attitude that is ready to take on various challenges which you may end up using to your advantage. It activates a person’s passion and motivation. Creative visualization works by using a person’s ability to perform with consistency. This is only possible when a person gets to activate his sense of passion. Passion is a greater degree of commitment. It’s passion that separates people of mediocrity from people of achievement. It is what fuels perseverance and the capacity to succeed – the very ingredients that creative visualization techniques imbibe in a person. It secures possibilities. Creative visualization works because it dispels fears, reservations and uncertainties. Instead it focuses on prospects, chances and opportunities. By securing possibilities and ensuring in your mind that you can achieve what you plan to do, it enables you to take risks that you might otherwise not take because of fear of failure. By making you more certain of yourself, creative visualization, in effect, gives you more courage and confidence. Creative visualization works because similarities form a stronger bond of attraction. Some people say that “opposites attract” while others say that “birds of the same feather flock together.” Have you ever wondered which of these sayings are truer? In reality, similarities form a stronger bond than differences, especially when it comes to people and relationships. Creative visualization works because it draws you near to people whose thoughts and actions are of the same caliber as the ones that you have. Notice how successful people surround themselves with like-minded individuals who are similar to them – people who collectively value perfection, excellence, diligence and success. Creative visualization works in pretty much the same way, but it trains to you have a winner’s mindset right from the very beginning. Creative visualization goes through steps or stages. What makes creative visualization techniques quite effective is that it starts by making you familiar with small accomplishments or what you may call “small steps,” and then it leads you to achieving big accomplishments or taking big leaps later on. This gradual increase in experiencing various levels of success will build your confidence and enable you to understand how creative visualization can take you further. The benefits of visualization Visualization has numerous benefits that encompass various aspects of your life. This section will discuss some of these benefits, so you can closely evaluate how relevant these benefits are to your life. 1. Psychological strength. Anxiety and depression are the most common mental health challenges in the world today. People with difficult experiences are unable to cope with their situations and feel powerless to change them, hence, mental