When was the last time you dedicated an hour to dreaming about your future? Better yet have you ever committed an entire weekend to seeing what you’d like for your life? Some people take extended periods of time, weeks, and envision their future. Have you done that?
A quarter of the general population is naturally inclined to visions of what they want and believe their life can be. But that doesn’t mean the other seventy-five percent of the world can’t benefit from this right brain experience. They can but they must be intentional about it.
Obviously we all have a right brain with proclivity for big picture cognition. It is the right brain that has the capacity to set us off on a course of incredible promise filled with what seems like unfathomable experiences. But it must be given time and freedom to dream. The right brain determines where we go and the left-brain gets us there.
Imagine you are taking a trip. You are leaving from Indianapolis. You get on the loop, Interstate 465, and begin to drive. But where are you going? The loop takes you around the city. And while you are indeed making great time you will inevitably end up back where you started. No matter how fast and smooth the trip feels, you’ve really made no progress. You must have a destination that causes you to take a connecting highway in a particular direction toward that destination. Once you have the destination in mind then the GPS in your car will help you get there.
Now imagine that your life is a journey, a trip. The right brain determines the destination of your life. The left-brain functions as the GPS and provides you with the necessary information to navigate to your chosen destination. Most people who get nowhere in life have not given much time or thought to where they wanted to go. All who accomplish great things have “seen” where they were going long before it happened.
So dedicate an hour, a day, a weekend, a week or longer to the right brain visioning process. See what you want, where you would like to go, what your destination is. Remember you will end up exactly where you expected. If you expect little you will get little. If you expect much then incredible things will happen. Put your right brain to work. We are, after all, living in the RightBrain Revolution!