The power of visualization
Let’s take an example to illustrate just how powerful visualization can be.
Do the following finger sequence once with your eyes open.
Touch your thumb to index finger
Touch your thumb to ring finger
Touch your thumb to middle finger
Touch your thumb to pinky finger.
Now close your eyes and imagine your fingers doing this, without physically moving your fingers. Repeat it 20 times in your mind.
Open your eyes.
Now try the sequence with actually moving your fingers.
You’ll find that you can do the finger sequence pretty well, even though you only physically did it once. You’ve learned the sequence without actually physically practicing it, but with the power of your mind.
Why is this?
The neurons firing in our brain cannot tell the difference between simply imagining the sequence versus doing it. It’s all the same to our brain (or, at least pretty close).
This is done without actually doing the thing, but achieves a similar result.
This means that we can still learn something without actually doing it, or at least that we can get better at something by just thinking and using the images in our minds.
Wow! Visualization has the power to change your life.