The Power of Vision Boards – Guest Post by Michelle McCullough

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Michelle McCullough’s Vision Board

I am so excited to have the amazing Michelle McCullough here to guest post today. She is a successful mother, wife, and life coach. And her tips will change your life.
The rest of the post is Michelle’s, in her own words.
I don’t believe in New Years Resolutions, but, before you judge (or think that I’m judging you) hear me out. In the past, I have started each year with a renewed sense of accomplishment and positive thinking.  I follow up this cheery thought with ambitious goals.  Lose 20 pounds, make X amount of money, send birthday cards to family on time…the list goes on. A couple months (or days?!?)  later I lose my positive attitude and stop focusing on my resolutions and then I fall into a slippery slope that ends in a mild depression. Then it takes me a couple of months to get out of my why-can’t-I-keep-a-resolution funk and get on with my life.
Does that mean that I don’t periodically set goals or evaluate where I am and where I can improve? No.  Does that mean that I didn’t have goals last year or things that I wanted to accomplish?   Certainly not.  I had a very productive year and made some great strides in my business.  I just went about it a different way.
Here’s what I do:
I create a vision board.
Vision boards are a picture view of your goals.  Want to go to a tropical location?  Put one on your board.  Have a specific financial goal? “Doctor” a bank statement or find a picture of money that represents what you’re looking for.  Have a health goal?  Put pictures of healthy foods, find a number on a scale through Google images.  You get the idea.
I like to make mine on a cork board.  I like the durability and the ability to take pictures off when they come to fruition – then I can add new things.  My friend, Kelly, loves poster boards.  They are super cheap and she likes to keep them all in her closet.
I like seeing my dreams in pictures.  I have a picture that represents my financial goals – even though I don’t put the actual number.  I have a visual of my marketing and media opportunities and ways I want to expand my business.  I even have pictures of the new office furniture I want, which sounds silly, but that’s the same way I got my new flatbed scanner.  I like visualizing myself having already achieved these goals.  I like to trust the universe and what God has in store for me, because I know that He thinks more good for me and my business, than I do for myself.
I take time, once a month, to relax, reflect, ponder and review.  I look at what I did, I look at what I didn’t do, and I look at what I want to do next.  Goals and resolutions are not a yearly thing for me; I work best in smaller chunks of time.  Though I get most of my success for imagining the end result and the big picture, from there I work backwards to break down my dreams into smaller manageable tasks and activities, and that’s where achievement takes place for me.
In this video I share some of my success stories of how vision boards have worked.

The great part about vision boards is that there is really no right or wrong way to make them.  Create one, and see what happens. I can’t wait to hear your success stories!
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Michelle McCullough ThumbnailBestselling author, Michelle McCullough is the Managing Director of Startup Princess and is also a sought after business strategist and speaker. She’s the creator of “The Marketing Playbook” a digital marketing planning tool for entrepreneurs and small businesses. She’s been featured in numerous media outlets including entrepreneur.com and UVBQ’s 40 under 40.  She’s also the host of a weekly radio show.  As a mother of two young children she knows there’s no time to mess around.  It’s time to Make It Happen.   (Michelle’s motivational book “Make It Happen – The Success Practices for Peak Performers” will be out in early 2015.  Sign up for the Make It Happen Toolkit and you’ll be first to hear about it’s release!)
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