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"the secret" challenge

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Home Stager with Ski Utah Real Estate

So I first heard about "the secret" over a year ago on Oprah. It is a sort of self help way of living and a belief that what you think creates an energy and in turn becomes your life. So if you can learn to control your thoughts and keep them positive you can achieve anything, partially because your thoughts often times turn into your actions as well as the positive energy you put out attracting those things you desire to yourself.  On Oprah they talked about vision boards. A vision board is basically like a visual goal board of pictures and words expressing your desires and helping to create positive energy so you can have those desires become real. The guest said he had made a board, ended up packing it away and several years later after moving into a new home he unpacked the vision board only to notice that he had achieved all these things on his board including owning the exact home he had the picture of on his board! So I am pretty open minded and thought I'd try it out. During this time I was in an on and off relationship with a man I was very much in love with so on my board all I put was a picture of a wedding ring, a check I wrote out to myself using this mans last name as my own, and a picture of hotel in a tropical place. Well I put this away and completely forgot about it until tonight when a friend of mine and I were talking about "the secret" again. I immediately got the board out and chills hit me as I noticed the picture of the wedding ring on my vision board is the exact ring my now husband, who's last name I chose to use on the check, gave me and the fact that we got married in Hawaii, of course a tropical place. 

So need less to say I am a believer in the laws of attraction and I felt I should share this with the business community and challenge you to create your own vision board. What better time to be able to inspire some hope in yourself and your business than now, We are living in troubling tough times especially being in the real estate industry. So I challenge you to make your own vision board and make some goals! Maybe this new year might end up being better than you originally imagined!

BTW you can watch "the secret" on www.thesecret.tv.com

 

Christine Donovan
Donovan Blatt Realty - Costa Mesa, CA
Broker/Attorney 714-319-9751 DRE01267479 - Costa M

I have heard of vision boards before.  It sounds like a great idea for clarity if nothing else.

Nov 18, 2008 04:56 PM
Carol Swain
Keller Williams Real Estate - Langhorne, PA
Realtor, -www.swainsells.com- Bucks County, Pa

The vision board idea was mentioned to me again at a class I was at two weeks ago.  I think it is a great idea.

Nov 18, 2008 08:49 PM
Norma J. Elkins
Elite Realty Group - Morristown, TN
Realtor - Elkins Home Selling Team

The vision board is great because it keeps your goals in front of you - I have heard "out of sight - out of mind" -

Nov 18, 2008 10:02 PM
Bethany Poole
Ski Utah Real Estate - Salt Lake City, UT
Bella Staging & Design SLC, Utah

It's good to hear that others are opened minded about the idea! Even though I have always thought a vision board sounds a little cheesy, I  just figured, what do I have to lose?  Besides that, it's fun being creative and the end result makes me happy to look at! As well as the possibility of actually achieving my goals because I made some!

Nov 19, 2008 04:13 AM
Leslie Prest
Leslie Prest, Prest Realty, Sales and Rentals in Payson, AZ - Payson, AZ
Owner, Assoc. Broker, Prest Realty, Payson,

I don't buy the explanation in the Secret of how the attraction is supposed to work, but I definately believe in positive thinking. We create our reality to a much larger extent than most of us really want to believe.

Nov 19, 2008 04:27 AM