"productive" day dreaming

maddisser101 · 2019-12-04T20:59:34+00:00

No but this is a great idea. I think more people visualize their failure than their success generally anyway. It is nice to flip the script.

i-am-the-prize · 2019-12-04T21:21:52+00:00

kinda. I use repetition of mantras. I have a series of bulleted lists I've built, surrounding PR tenants which I use to fill dead time commuting or showering, when not listening to audiobooks or on phone for work. I've been doing this for about 6 months now.

The visualization thing for athletes like a trigger is real. I'm reading "The Natural" by Richard la Ruina now. He suggests:

record your voice reading out positive attributes about yourself (real now, or goal ones) and play that on a loop to yourself
have a physical trigger (snapping fingers, touching particular thing) that you associate with those positive word loops
then use the physical trigger to "bring your mind there" later, without the word loops playing

(this is the same concept batters use when tapping their bat a given way, same way they do in the batting cage to 'get into the zone')

He uses finger snapping, I've chosen a particular press of my thumbnail against my index finger. I'm now giving his technique a try.

He's a believer in NLP, fwiw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming

SeasonedRP · 2019-12-04T23:18:16+00:00

I did this when I competed in powerlifting. Before workouts, I would get into a relaxed state and visualize each set and rep I was scheduled to do that day. I found it helpful.

Title	"productive" day dreaming
Author	_zyzyx
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Date	December 4, 2019 8:27 PM UTC (6 years ago)
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