Even if you don’t believe in visualization, I’ll bet you practice at least one form of it sometimes.

Most people have heard of visualization – clearly imagining a desired outcome.  Many people use it hoping to increase their chance of success.

Other people consider visualization New Age fluff.  They deride those who recommend it.

However, even though they scoff, they’re often dedicated practitioners of a specific form of visualization.

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The Visualization Everyone Does - Even If They Don’t Believe In Visualization

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“It’s not what you get that matters, it’s who you become.”
My appreciation of the wisdom of that statement has grown over the years. Most recently, I thought of it while I was getting my hair cut.

I go to a one-person shop in the village close to where I live (we actually do refer to it as the village, quaint as that may sound to some). The woman who cuts my hair rents a cute, small free-standing building behind the inn on the main street. The patisserie that bakes for the inn is right across the brick driveway. It’s a nice location.

When I was there earlier this week, she told me that she was thinking of expanding her business and hiring two talented women who wanted to work with her. She wasn’t worried about the hair cutting part, but about the management part.

She realized, as the book “The E-Myth” points out, that being able to run a business is different than being able to do the work of the business. That is, just because you’re a good electrician doesn’t mean you’ll be good at running an electrical contracting business.

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“It’s not what you get that matters, it’s who you become.”

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