Dare to be... a visionary.

At my company, Soul Deep Beauty Skin Therapy, I am not only focused on helping people take the lead in realizing the importance of skin care, but I also want to help encourage both men and women to take the lead in their own personal lives. Encouragement can help empower, and it's life's little experiences that help get us to our big goals.

I decided to start a "Dare To Be" campaign. This journey will be little baby steps towards living outside the box. Not all steps will be for both men and women (unless that's your thang), but it's just a way to experience things we never have before.

So in the spirit of the New Year, the latest challenge is something I actually did several months ago, and that is - I created a vision board. They became widely popular when The Secret came out, and I had mentioned before that that book made me change my mode of thinking after I read it. It basically talked about the law of attraction in that what we put out into the world comes back to us weather bad or good.

At the time I created my vision board, I was in a place of knowing what I wanted to do, but feeling like it was so far away and out of my grasp. So,I decided to stop telling myself "no" and put it out there that I can have the life I always dreamed. But, there was only one problem- how the heck do you make a vision board? I had no idea where to start other than clip pictures and images from magazines. I am an organized person so one big collage of a whole bunch of stuff wasn't going to work for me. I needed structure.

It wasn't until I read an article in Essence Magazine by motivational speaker and teacher of "The Secret", Lisa Nichols, that I figured out how to structure my vision board. ....I now was able to create order for my board which made me happy. I sectioned my board into four sections: Health & Wellness, Love & Relationships, Work & Finances and Spirit &Affirmations.

Here's what you need:
Poster board
Plenty of magazines
Scissors
Glue Sticks/ Tape
Markers
(Optional- glitter, sticker decals, etc. depending on how glamorous you want to make it.)

Here's what you do:
Basically cut and paste images and words that mean something to you and represent your goals. When researching vision boards, I came across a site for another motivational speaker named Christine Kane and she said it best: "Vision boards add clarity to your desires and feelings to your visions." And have fun with it. I felt like I was in grade school again as I was sprawled on the floor, with my legs kicking in the air.

The Results:

Whole thing

The Payoff:
So the thing I thought was the least likely to happen, did. In the Work & Finances section I pasted my pic in a magazine article and wouldn't you know that this month was the third time my name was in print in HER Detroit Magazine. Hallelujah! And as for the other goals that I haven't reached yet, I'm getting there with baby steps.

Whether you look at your board daily or weekly, you should ask yourself what you've done to make your visions happen.

What about you, what would you put on your vision board and if you already have one, how's it going?