Managerial Personality Development- IV

67
Managerial Personality Development- IV Prepared By: Neha Munjal BBA CAM- IV M, E

Transcript of Managerial Personality Development- IV

Page 1: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Managerial Personality Development- IVPrepared By: Neha MunjalBBA CAM- IV M, E

Page 2: Managerial Personality Development- IV

UNIT-1- Overview Relaxation and rainbowsYou and yourself image wordsThoughts and feelingsNeutralising the negativeChoices and changesYour imaginations and the

innerselfPhysical senses

Page 3: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Psychic sensesCreating your own realityHealth and harmonyThe essence of energy and

enlightenmentEmpowerment

Page 4: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Relaxation Techniques Technique 1: Breathing meditation for stress

relief: With its focus on full, cleansing breaths, deep

breathing is a simple, yet powerful, relaxation technique. It’s easy to learn, can be practiced almost anywhere, and provides a quick way to get your stress levels in check. Deep breathing is the cornerstone of many other relaxation practices, too, and can be combined with other relaxing elements such as aromatherapy and music. All you really need is a few minutes and a place to stretch out.

Page 5: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Practicing deep breathing meditationSit comfortably with your back straight. Put one

hand on your chest and the other on your stomach. Breathe in through your nose. The hand on your

stomach should rise. The hand on your chest should move very little.

Exhale through your mouth, pushing out as much air as you can while contracting your abdominal muscles. The hand on your stomach should move in as you exhale, but your other hand should move very little.

Continue to breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth. Try to inhale enough so that your lower abdomen rises and falls. Count slowly as you exhale.

Page 6: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Technique 2: Progressive muscle relaxation for stress relief: Progressive muscle relaxation involves a two-step process in which you systematically tense and relax different muscle groups in the body.

With regular practice, progressive muscle relaxation gives you an intimate familiarity with what tension—as well as complete relaxation—feels like in different parts of the body. This awareness helps you spot and counteract the first signs of the muscular tension that accompanies stress. And as your body relaxes, so will your mind. You can combine deep breathing with progressive muscle relaxation for an additional level of stress relief.

Page 7: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Practicing progressive muscle relaxationMost progressive muscle relaxation practitioners start at the feet and

work their way up to the face. For a sequence of muscle groups to follow, see the box below.

Loosen your clothing, take off your shoes, and get comfortable. Take a few minutes to relax, breathing in and out in slow, deep

breaths. When you’re relaxed and ready to start, shift your attention to your

right foot. Take a moment to focus on the way it feels. Slowly tense the muscles in your right foot, squeezing as tightly as

you can. Hold for a count of 10. Relax your right foot. Focus on the tension flowing away and the

way your foot feels as it becomes limp and loose. Stay in this relaxed state for a moment, breathing deeply and

slowly. When you’re ready, shift your attention to your left foot. Follow the

same sequence of muscle tension and release. Move slowly up through your body, contracting and relaxing the

muscle groups as you go

Page 8: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Progressive Muscle Relaxation Sequence The most popular sequence runs as follows: Right foot* Left foot Right calf Left calf Right thigh Left thigh Hips and buttocks Stomach Chest Back Right arm and hand Left arm and hand Neck and shoulders Face

Page 9: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Technique 3:Body scan meditation for stress relief: A body scan is similar to progressive muscle relaxation except, instead of tensing and relaxing muscles, you simply focus on the sensations in each part of your body.

Practicing body scan meditationLie on your back, legs uncrossed, arms relaxed

at your sides, eyes open or closed. Focus on your breathing , allowing your stomach to rise as you inhale and fall as you exhale. Breathe deeply for about two minutes, until you start to feel comfortable and relaxed.

Page 10: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Turn your focus to the toes of your right foot. Notice any sensations you feel while continuing to also focus on your breathing. Imagine each deep breath flowing to your toes. Remain focused on this area for one to two minutes.

Move your focus to the sole of your right foot. Tune in to any sensations you feel in that part of your body and imagine each breath flowing from the sole of your foot. After one or two minutes, move your focus to your right ankle and repeat. Move to your calf, knee, thigh, hip, and then repeat the sequence for your left leg. From there, move up the torso, through the lower back and abdomen, the upper back and chest, and the shoulders. Pay close attention to any area of the body that causes you pain or discomfort.

Page 11: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Move your focus to the fingers on your right hand and then move up to the wrist,  forearm, elbow, upper arm, and shoulder. Repeat for your left arm. Then move through the neck and throat, and finally all the regions of your face, the back of the head, and the top of the head. Pay close attention to your jaw, chin, lips, tongue, nose, cheeks, eyes, forehead, temples and scalp. When you reach the very top of your head, let your breath reach out beyond your body and imagine yourself hovering above yourself. 

After completing the body scan, relax for a while in silence and stillness, noting how your body feels. Then open your eyes slowly. Take a moment to stretch, if necessary.

Page 12: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Technique 4: Mindfulness for stress relief: Mindfulness is the ability to remain aware of how you’re feeling right now, your “moment-to-moment” experience—both internal and external. Thinking about the past—blaming and judging yourself—or worrying about the future can often lead to a degree of stress that is overwhelming. But by staying calm and focused in the present moment, you can bring your nervous system back into balance. Mindfulness can be applied to activities such as walking, exercising, eating, or meditation.

Page 13: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Practicing mindfullness A quiet environment. Choose a secluded place in your home,

office, garden, place of worship, or in the great outdoors where you can relax without distractions or interruptions.

A comfortable position. Get comfortable, but avoid lying down as this may lead to you falling asleep. Sit up with your spine straight, either in a chair or on the floor. You can also try a cross-legged or lotus position.

A point of focus. This point can be internal – a feeling or imaginary scene – or something external - a flame or meaningful word or phrase that you repeat it throughout your session. You may meditate with eyes open or closed. Also choose to focus on an object in your surroundings to enhance your concentration, or alternately, you can close your eyes.

An observant, noncritical attitude. Don’t worry about distracting thoughts that go through your mind or about how well you’re doing. If thoughts intrude during your relaxation session, don’t fight them. Instead, gently turn your attention back to your point of focus.

Page 14: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Technique 5: Visualization meditation for stress relief: Visualization, or guided imagery, is a variation on traditional meditation that requires you to employ not only your visual sense, but also your sense of taste, touch, smell, and sound. When used as a relaxation technique, visualization involves imagining a scene in which you feel at peace, free to let go of all tension and anxiety.

Page 15: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Close your eyes and let your worries drift away. Imagine your restful place. Picture it as vividly as you can—everything you can see, hear, smell, and feel. Visualization works best if you incorporate as many sensory details as possible, using at least three of your senses. When visualizing, choose imagery that appeals to you; don’t select images because someone else suggests them, or because you think they should be appealing. Let your own images come up and work for you.

Page 16: Managerial Personality Development- IV

If you are thinking about a dock on a quiet lake, for example:

Walk slowly around the dock and notice the colors and textures around you.

Spend some time exploring each of your senses.

See the sun setting over the water. Hear the birds singing. Smell the pine trees. Feel the cool water on your bare feet. Taste the fresh, clean air.

Page 17: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Technique 6: Yoga and tai chi for stress relief

Yoga involves a series of both moving and stationary poses, combined with deep breathing. As well as reducing anxiety and stress, yoga can also improve flexibility, strength, balance, and stamina. Practiced regularly, it can also strengthen the relaxation response in your daily life. Since injuries can happen when yoga is practiced incorrectly, it’s best to learn by attending group classes, hiring a private teacher, or at least following video instructions.

Page 18: Managerial Personality Development- IV

What type of yoga is best for stress? Although almost all yoga classes end in a relaxation pose,

classes that emphasize slow, steady movement, deep breathing, and gentle stretching are best for stress relief.

Satyananda is a traditional form of yoga. It features gentle poses, deep relaxation, and meditation, making it suitable for beginners as well as anyone primarily looking for stress reduction.

Hatha yoga is also reasonably gentle way to relieve stress and is suitable for beginners. Alternately, look for labels like gentle, for stress relief, or for beginners when selecting a yoga class.

Power yoga, with its intense poses and focus on fitness, is better suited to those looking for stimulation as well as relaxation.

Page 19: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Tai chiIf you’ve ever seen a group of people in the park

slowly moving in synch, you’ve probably witnessed tai chi. Tai chi is a self-paced, non-competitive series of slow, flowing body movements. These movements emphasize concentration, relaxation, and the conscious circulation of vital energy throughout the body. Though tai chi has its roots in martial arts, today it is primarily practiced as a way of calming the mind, conditioning the body, and reducing stress. As in meditation, tai chi practitioners focus on their breathing and keeping their attention in the present moment.

Page 20: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Tips for fitting relaxation techniques into your life If possible, schedule a set time to practice each day. Set aside one or two

periods each day. You may find that it’s easier to stick with your practice if you do it first thing in the morning, before other tasks and responsibilities get in the way.

Practice relaxation techniques while you’re doing other things. Meditate while commuting to work on a bus or train, or waiting for a dentist appointment. Try deep breathing while you’re doing housework or mowing the lawn. Mindfulness walking can be done while exercising your dog, walking to your car, or climbing the stairs at work instead of using the elevator. Once you’ve learned techniques such as tai chi, you can practice them in your office or in the park at lunchtime.

If you exercise, improve the relaxation benefits by adopting mindfulness. Instead of zoning out or staring at a TV as you exercise, try focusing your attention on your body. If you’re resistance training, for example, focus on coordinating your breathing with your movements and pay attention to how your body feels as you raise and lower the weights.

Avoid practicing when you’re sleepy. These techniques can relax you so much that they can make you very sleepy, especially if it’s close to bedtime. You will get the most benefit if you practice when you’re fully awake and alert. Do not practice after eating a heavy meal or while using drugs, tobacco, or alcohol.

Expect ups and downs. Don’t be discouraged if you skip a few days or even a few weeks. It happens. Just get started again and slowly build up to your old momentum

Page 21: Managerial Personality Development- IV

YOU AND YOURSELF IMAGE WORDSLearning how to describe yourself

and others accurately is something we usually have to put some effort into. This seems to be especially true in most western cultures where being honest about our skills, qualities and attributes can be confused with being arrogant, "blowing your own trumpet" and being excessively self indulgent.

Page 22: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Well ask yourself now! "What's good about you?"

How many descriptive words can you come up with? Knowing how to describe yourself is something that comes in very useful especially on resumes, job aplications and in job interviews.

An added bonus to knowing how to describe our positive qualitities, is that it helps us combat all the negative talk that goes on in our heads - the voice that continually tells us what and where we're going wrong.

Page 23: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Words to Describe Yourself (Adjectives)

Positive Qualities Inventive, Exciting, thoughtful, powerful,

practical, proactive, productive, professional, quality, quick, balanced, achiever, knowledgeable, leader, literate, logical, initiator, original, outgoing, particular, patient, active, positive, consistent, compassionate, incredible, understanding, cooperative, sporty, generous, forgiving, independent

Page 24: Managerial Personality Development- IV
Page 25: Managerial Personality Development- IV

What causes emotions?

Question: What causes emotions?

Suppose you are at a party and have been introduced to Alex. As you talk, Alex never looks at you; in fact, throughout your brief conversation s/he looks over your shoulder across the room.

  What are you thinking and feeling?

◦ Alex is rude. S/he is insulting me by ignoring me. Mood: ____ ◦ Alex doesn’t find me interesting. I bore everybody. Mood: ____ ◦ Alex seems shy. S/he’s probably to uncomfortable to look at me. Mood:

____

Same situation, different thoughts and moods

Page 26: Managerial Personality Development- IV

The cognitive perspective The cognitive model:

◦ A = Situation -> B = Thoughts/beliefs -> C = Emotions & behaviors

The cognitive therapy model:◦ (1) thoughts influence emotions and behaviors◦ (2) sometimes our thoughts contain distortions and/or are not very

useful◦ (3) leads to maladaptive emotions and behaviors ◦ (4) recognizing and changing maladaptive thinking can lead to

adaptive emotions and behaviors

Empowering and liberating◦ We often have no direct control over the situation◦ We can only control how we react (our thoughts and behaviors)

Page 27: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Role of thoughts in maintaining psychological disorders

Depression◦ Views of oneself and one’s situation that are often marked by

distorted thoughts (e.g., “I am inferior, worthless, nothing is ever going to work out.”)

Anxiety disorders◦ Overestimating the odds of the negative event happening◦ Overestimating the severity of the consequences ◦ Underestimating one’s ability to cope

Page 28: Managerial Personality Development- IV

An overview of how to evaluate and modify your thoughts

1. Identify the thoughts that are causing the negative emotions.

2. Evaluate the accuracy & usefulness of these thoughts 3. If appropriate, modify your thoughts to be more

accurate & useful.

Page 29: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Step 1. Identifying thoughts

How to identify the thoughts that influence your emotions and behavior

The concept of “automatic thoughts”

(1) Identify a situation in which you were experiencing an emotion

(2) Name the emotion(s) (3) Pose questions

◦ What am I telling myself?◦ What was going through my mind just before I started to feel

this way?◦ What does this say about me? ◦ What does this mean about me? My life? My future?◦ What am I afraid might happen?

Page 30: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Step 2. Evaluating & modifying thoughts

Pre-requisites are a willingness:◦ to consider that our habitual ways of thinking may be

inaccurate and distorted, and to treat our thoughts as “hypotheses” rather than facts. (In other words, “don’t believe everything you think.”)

◦ to use logic and evidence to evaluate our thoughts

How to do it:◦ Consider whether the thought contains any cognitive

distortions◦ Pose questions about the accuracy and usefulness of the

thought (e.g., what is the evidence? Is there another way of looking at it?)

◦ Modify the thought to be more accurate and useful

Page 31: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Evaluating the accuracy & usefulness of our thoughts

Accuracy questions: What is the evidence that supports / contradicts this thought?

Is there another explanation? Another way of looking at it? Am I overestimating (a) the probability of the negative event

occurring, or (b) severity of the consequences of the event? What is the worst that could happen? What is most realistic? If a friend had this thought, what would I tell them?

Usefulness questions: What are the (dis)advantages of telling myself this? What might be a more useful or helpful way of thinking? To the degree the belief is true, what should I do about it?

Page 32: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Example1: Illustrating how thoughts are based on interpretations (Sally & her daughter)

Sally is at home with the flu and asks her 7 year-old daughter Barbara to play quietly as she rested.

An hour later, Sally walks into the kitchen and sees crayons spread all over the floor, shredded colored paper, and an open bottle of glue on the table, and a half-drunk glass of milk on the counter.

What is Sally feeling and thinking? Sally goes looking for Barbara and finds her sleeping

soundly in the living room. On the cushion next to her she finds a large brightly colored card, covered in hearts, that read “I love you Mom. Please get well soon!”

Illustrates the importance of gathering additional evidence

Page 33: Managerial Personality Development- IV

NEUTRALISING THE NEGATIVESFirst, we look at “Thought

Awareness”. As you will see, this is a technique that helps you understand your fears and negative thoughts. We then look at rational thinking and positive thinking as ways of countering the negative thoughts that you have identified.

Page 34: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Using the Tool:Thought AwarenessYou are thinking negatively when you fear the future, put yourself down, criticize yourself for errors, doubt your abilities, or expect failure. Negative thinking damages confidence, harms performance and paralyzes mental skills.

A major problem with this is that negative thoughts tend to flit into our consciousness, do their damage and flit back out again with their significance having barely been noticed. Since we do not challenge them, they can be completely incorrect and wrong, however this does not diminish their harmful affect.

Thought Awareness is the process by which you observe your thoughts and become aware of what is going through your head.

Page 35: Managerial Personality Development- IV

We use Thought Awareness in thinking about an upcoming event. This is one way of using it. Here you observe your stream of consciousness as you think about a stressful situation. You do not suppress any thoughts. Instead, you just let them run their site while you watch them, and write them down as they occur.

Page 36: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Another more general approach to Thought Awareness comes with logging stress in your Stress Diary.

 One of the benefits of using the Stress

Diary is that you log all of the unpleasant things in your life that cause you stress for one or two weeks. This will include negative thoughts and anxieties, and can also include difficult or unpleasant memories and situations that you perceive as negative.

Page 37: Managerial Personality Development- IV

By logging your negative thoughts for a reasonable period of time, you will quickly see patterns in your negative thinking. When you analyze your diary at the end of the period, you should be able to see the most common and the most damaging thoughts. Tackle these as a priority.

Thought awareness is the first step in the process of managing negative thoughts, as you cannot manage thoughts that you are unaware of.

Page 38: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Rational ThinkingThe next step in dealing with negative thinking is to challenge the negative thoughts that you identified. Look at every thought you wrote down and rationally challenge it. Ask yourself whether the thought is reasonable: Does it stand up to fair scrutiny?

Page 39: Managerial Personality Development- IV

As an example, by analyzing your Stress Diary you might identify that you have frequently had the following negative thoughts:

Feelings of inadequacyWorries that your performance in your

job will not be good enoughAn anxiety that things outside your

control will undermine your effortsWorries about other people’s reactions to

your work

Page 40: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Starting with these, you might challenge these negative thoughts:

Feelings of inadequacy: Have you trained and educated yourself as well as you reasonably should to do the job? Do you have the experience and resources you need to do it? Have you planned, prepared and rehearsed appropriately? If you have done all of these, are you setting yourself unattainably high standards for doing the job?

Page 41: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Worries about performance: Do you have the training that a reasonable person would think is needed to do a good job? Have you planned appropriately? Do you have the information and resources you need? Have you cleared the time you need and cued up your support team appropriately? Have you prepared appropriately? If you have not, then you need to do these things quickly. If you have, then you are well positioned to give the best performance that you can.

 

Page 42: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Problems with issues outside your control: Have you conducted appropriate contingency planning? Have you thought through and managed all likely risks and contingencies appropriately? If so, you will be well prepared to handle potential problems.

Page 43: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Worry about other people’s reactions: If you have put in good preparation, and you do the best you can, then that is all that you need to know. If you perform as well as you reasonably can, then fair people are likely to respond well. If people are not fair, then this is something outside your control. Often, the best thing to do is to rise above unfair comments.

Page 44: Managerial Personality Development- IV

When you challenge negative thoughts rationally, you should be able to see quickly whether the thoughts are wrong or whether they have some substance to them. Where there is some substance, take appropriate action. In these cases, negative thinking has been an early warning system showing where you need to direct your attention.

Page 45: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Positive Thinking & Opportunity SeekingWhere you have used Rational Thinking to identify incorrect negative thinking, it can often be useful to prepare rational positive thoughts and affirmations to counter them. It can also be useful to look at the situation and see if there are any useful opportunities that are offered by it.

Page 46: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Affirmations help you to build self-confidence. By basing your affirmations on the clear, rational assessments of facts that you made using Rational Thinking, you can use them to undo the damage that negative thinking may have done to your self-confidence.

Page 47: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Continuing the examples above, positive affirmations might be:

Feelings of inadequacy: “I am well trained for this? I have the experience, the tools and the resources I need. I have thought through and prepared for all possible issues. I can do a superb job.”

Page 48: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Worries about performance: “I have researched and planned well for this, and I thoroughly understand the problem. I have the time, resources and help I need. I am well prepared to do an excellent job.”

Problems issues outside your control: “We have thought through everything that might reasonably happen and have planned how we can handle all likely contingencies. Everyone is ready to help where necessary. We are very well placed to react flexibly and effectively to unusual events.”

Page 49: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Worry about other people’s reaction: “I am well-prepared and am doing the best I can. Fair people will respect this. I will rise above any unfair criticism in a mature and professional way.”

If appropriate, write these affirmations down so that you can use them when you need them.

Page 50: Managerial Personality Development- IV

summaryThis set of tools helps you to manage and counter the negative thinking.

 Thought Awareness helps you to understand the

negative thinking, unpleasant memories and misinterpretation of situations that may interfere with your performance and damage your self-confidence.

 Rational Thinking is the technique that helps you

to challenge these negative thoughts and either learn from them or refute them as incorrect

Page 51: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Positive thinking is then used to create positive affirmations that you can use to counter negative thoughts. These affirmations neutralize negative thoughts and build your self-confidence. It is also used to find the opportunities that are almost always present to some degree in a difficult situation.

Page 52: Managerial Personality Development- IV

CHOICES AND CHANGES We have many choices in life. The choices people make today affect

their lives tomorrow. Take a moment to reflect and ask yourself the following questions.

* Are you living the life you imagined?

* Are you making the income you deserve?

* Are you too busy working to enjoy life?

* Are you too busy to enjoy what’s important, your family?

* Will you be in the same situation 5 years from now?

* Will you be able to comfortably retire when the time is right?

Are you willing to investigate other options that may change your life for the better?attribution

Page 53: Managerial Personality Development- IV

If you answered yes to any of these questions and are interested in making a conscious choice to change your life for the better, read on to see how you can put your future in your own hands today.

Page 54: Managerial Personality Development- IV

A large majority of the workforce can be classified as followers. They are content and believe they must accept what life has given them. For instance, they may be stuck in someone else’s dream, stuck in the same job and live in a life that rules them and makes decisions for them.

Then there is the small minority of individuals who want more out of life. These are the people who have ambition, purpose and who are driven to succeed. They are not content with what life gives them but rather choose to take control of their future and create a lifestyle by design. These individuals turn their ambition, purpose and integrity into a better lifestyle and begin to experience true freedom, personally and financially. You see these are the ones who become leaders and entrepreneurs.

Page 55: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Will you be the next leader and entrepreneur?

You might ask where and how do I start?

Page 56: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Begin your journey by following these simple steps.

· Begin to visualize the life you want, create a clear vision

· Create a vision board of what your future life will look like

· Write down your goals and plans

· Have lofty goals and dreams, do not put limits on yourself

· Personal development is essential, read books and listen to audios on this topic

· Avoid negative thoughts, replace them with positive thoughts and affirmations

Page 57: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Avoid negative people, they are dream stealers

· Be enthusiastic, share your enthusiasm with everyone

· Be grateful for everything you have, stop focusing on what you don’t have

· Put your fears aside

· Push yourself to get out of your comfort zone

· Learn to accept rejection, not everyone wants what you have to offer

· Do not be tied to the outcome

· Do not quit before you beginHave patience

· Begin your journey NOW

Page 58: Managerial Personality Development- IV

You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Remember, life is all about choices. Make the choice now to change your life for the better and put your future in your own hands. Do not let life pass you by....

Page 59: Managerial Personality Development- IV

YOUR IMAGINATION AND INNER SELF Imagination, which can also be called inner vision,

is a gift that has many positive applications, but more than often it is not well-developed or correctly used.

Few people possess the ability to control what enters their minds. They let their minds and imagination do as they please, and let any stray thought or mental image appear on the screen of their inner vision. This lack of control leads to lack of control over their lives.

Let your imagination run riot, and your life will be a mess. Control it and visualize only what you intentionally decide to visualize, and you change your life in accordance with your will.

Page 60: Managerial Personality Development- IV

What is the imagination - the inner vision?

It is the ability to see in one's mind mental images of something that exists, and also the ability to imagine objects, situations or circumstances that do not exist now.

Imagination is not only visualizing mental images. It is possible to visualize using all the five senses. You can visualize a sound, taste, smell or a sensation.

Page 61: Managerial Personality Development- IV

If you watch your mind, you will find out that you are constantly using your imagination in various ways. You use it while thinking about the past or future, planning, painting, writing, and describing something.

Page 62: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Do you write, paint or engage in any creative activity? Do you cook, decorate or love to do new things? If you do, then you are using your imagination.

When you worry or feel fear you use it too. At such times you automatically visualize unhappy or unfortunate situations. If you keep visualizing these negative mental images you may eventually attract them into your life.

Page 63: Managerial Personality Development- IV

The ability to visualize clearly can be developed, and this can be fun. Exercises for developing this ability will at the same time also improve your ability to concentrate, and as a bonus, you might find that you gain a power which you can use to shape and improve your life.

Page 64: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Developing the imagination, the power of your inner vision:Find some fifteen minutes every

day for the exercises. Visualize something simple that

you can believe you can get, such as going to a movie with your girl/boy friend or with your husband/wife, eating at a certain restaurant or doing something else you would like to do.

Page 65: Managerial Personality Development- IV

Visualize your desire clearly, and include in the visualization all the five senses. If it is watching a movie together with another person, imagine the two of you entering the cinema and sitting down. Listen to the people around you, use your sense of smell and feel the coldness or warmth in the cinema hall. Visualize eating popcorn or drinking some soft drink, and enjoy the taste and smell.

Page 66: Managerial Personality Development- IV

You might find out it is easier to imagine with some of the senses, and a little difficult to imagine with the others. Go on with the exercises and you will strengthen your ability to imagine with all the senses.

Do the same exercise everyday, and you will find that it gradually becomes easier.Sometimes you may find that your mind starts to verbalize about what you are imagining. Be careful not to replace the imagination with words. The aim is to use the imagination, not words.

Page 67: Managerial Personality Development- IV