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pictures better than they do words. So why not make it work for
you and not against you? Start with a fi rst-person perspective
and draw a picture or make a collage or vision board of your
goal that captures specifi c elements like size, color, shape, dis-
tinct parts, setting, background, lighting, emotions, and move-
ment. Then write your goal down using concrete words that will
sear it into your brain.
I’m not saying every one of your HARD Goals will make
you an Einstein. But if you follow the rules in this chapter, you’ll
certainly be acting like him. After all, this is the guy who, while
describing how he used visual imagery to think, said, “I very
rarely think in words at all.”
The story goes that one day Albert took a nap on a sunny
hillside. The sun’s rays fi ltered through his half-closed eyelids,
and he imagined himself sitting on one of the sun’s rays, travel-
ing deep into the universe. At the end of his journey he found
himself right back where he started, napping on that hillside.
This visualization allowed him to see the “space-time” curve,
and so was born the general theory of relativity, a radical depar-
ture from the popular physics and mathematical thinking of the
day. That’s a pretty big push for the power of visualization (and
napping).
Get more examples and tools at hardgoals.com.