How Dreaming Can Help You Succeed

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The subconscious mind is a source of unbelievable power.

Every time you get a flash of inspiration, the right idea coming to you at the exact right time, is because your subconscious has been working behind the scenes on your problem and when the time is right, present you with a solution.

When sleeping it works best

I cannot tell you how many times I have woken up in the middle of the night with a great idea.
I always sleep with a notebook beside me so that I can capture these ideas and not forget them.

Some of my most popular posts have been written because I dreamed it.

How to make your subconscious work on the right things

Focusing your mind on a goal is key. The subconscious mind works on one task, your most important task, always. It determines what you think is most important by listening to your thoughts.  The things you think about most, with the most feeling, are obviously the most important things for you, so your subconscious goes to work.

Goal Setting

By setting goals and plans in writing you help yourself crystallize a picture of what you want, by reading these goals every morning and evening you imprint them in your mind and when you start thinking about them continuously, which is the result, you activate the subconscious mind.


How do you know what you think about?

Dreaming is the result of what you keep in your mind, it is a window into your subconscious and it lets your subconscious mind work without your conscious mind getting in the way.

If you find that you are dreaming of things completely unrelated to your goals, which is usual, you might need to do something in order to increase your focus on your goals.

Take some time to set your goals in writing and imagine the future you are dreaming about.

My two favorite techniques for getting goals into the subconscious mind

1. Goal Setting
Write down your goals in the positive, present tense, as if you have already completed them and add the deadline you have set.

For example: “I have 12 million dollars in the bank by the 31 of August 2014.”

2. Visualizing before I sleep – which is why I wake up so often
Before I go to sleep I chose my most pressing goal and write it down on a piece of paper, using the method above. I’ll sit completely quiet and just visualize that goal for 30 seconds – 2 minutes.
I then put it out of my mind and go to sleep.

When you program your mind in this fashion it shoves the goal into your subconscious and lets it know that this is the most important thing for it to work on right now.

I hope you liked this article and found it useful.

If you would like to read more from Daniel M. Wood you can find more at his blog Looking to Business.com. He writes mainly about Motivation and the Principals of Success.

 


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  • Nickie

    interesting..

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  • http://jerrystocking.com/blog/ Josh

    The time after I first wake up and before I fall asleep seem monumentally important in defining my days. I believe it is our actions and dispositions at thees times that establish our rhythms. I like to wake up and pop out of bed, chat on the phone for a minute and get breakfast right away. Momentum helps achieve goals.

  • http://artistsroad.wordpress.com Patrick Ross

    I’m so glad to have found this post! I’ve been doing this for years without really knowing how, and in recent years I’ve learned not everybody does it. In fact, when I talk about it, a lot of people express skepticism that it’s even possible.

    I find this works best for me when I have some knot to untangle, when I want to get from A to C but am not sure what obstacle B is (it’s usually a bit less ambitious than a goal of $12 million). Invariably I awake refreshed and with the answer right there in my head, so clear it takes me a minute as I wake up to remember what question the answer is answering.

    Now I have something to direct my blog readers to and others who can learn this isn’t just weird wiring on my part, it’s something we all can do.

  • http://www.Mazzastick.com Justin | Mazzastick

    Daniel,
    Great points on using the sub-conscious mind. I don’t think a lot of people get the sub-conscious or more importantly how to use it. You did a great job of explaining it.

  • http://www.bradentalbot.com Braden Talbot

    I would advise anyone who wants to get even more gung-ho with sleep productivity to check out lucid dreaming (being aware that you are dreaming while you are dreaming).

    My favorite author on the subject is Stephen LaBerge and his book ‘Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming.’

    It’s quite possible, but does take work. Plus, it’s just really fun and cool once you have a sustained lucid dream.

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  • AH

    Great points. I’ll try to remember that!!

    AH
    Http://ahechoes.wordpress.com

  • http://www.kaltechsolutions.com Kaltech Solutions

    Yes! This is so true. In the book ‘The Secret’ they mentioned same. Good Article!

  • http://jbro15.com Jeremy Brown

    I highly agree with goal setting. Setting goals gives you something to work towards, and when goals are accomplished it makes you hungry for more success. When goals fail, it gives you that drive to want to achieve the goals.

    Highly suggest goal setting for anything you do in life. It’s a win-win situation.

    good post!
    -Jeremy
    jbro15.com

  • http://theadoxographer.wordpress.com/ Rosie

    I’m going to try it out!

  • http://winnipegtrafficticket.com/ Sherry

    Ever since I watched the movie Inception, I started to believed about the power of the subconscious mind more. It’s a very interesting topic and to use it as a channel to succeed is a very fresh idea. I’d like to try this one.

  • eric