Treat #65
: The Magic Written Word
I have a friend whose company may be going out of business. She was focusing on her own fear and the fear in her colleagues who were losing their jobs. I told her about the technique of writing envisioning statements as a way of setting clear intentions and moving into action. She had fear about finding a new job after such a long career in one industry. I suggested she simply write down what it is she sees herself doing next in her life. As she could only focus on “today” with all that was going on, she decided to use the technique to envision how she wanted her afternoon to go. How creative was that? Writing down what she wanted worked! Her afternoon unfolded exactly as she envisioned. I was excited too, because I had never thought to use envisioning statements in this way.
I liked her idea so much, I began writing down short little envisioning statements of how I wanted a phone call to go, how I wanted my flight to be, how I would like a day of coaching to unfold. They’re usually about three sentences long and I write whatever is present to write. Sometimes I am surprised by what comes out on the page.
After the event I read the envisioning statement. Almost every time my experience of what actually happened matched what I had written beforehand. Magic? The magic for me is in the fun of writing what I want to happen in the first place. If I approach it from my child-like innocence and give myself the freedom to ask, I find the results even more powerful.
I believe we are given what we are willing to ask for from our hearts. Writing it down clarifies the intention and prepares us to receive it. I think in the action of writing my attention is focused clearly on where I am headed. If I leave things in my head they just float around as nice ideas without any place to land.
I was thinking to myself about all my clients who everyday dread their email in-boxes. It seems to be the topic of conversation lately. I wonder what would happen if people wrote one sentence about how they want their email processing to go before opening their email in-box? For example, I love getting to the bottom of my in-box with all my attention and focus…lickity-split. The more freedom I give myself to have fun in the process, the more expanded the outcome.
In using this technique, I write down what is true for me in that present moment and I am not attached to how it will show up. If I try to control the outcome by writing a mentally predetermined outcome, without any of my enthusiasm in it, I find it's not as effective. Make your to-do lists fun by using language that engages you.
On the first day of coaching with my clients, when they are drawing their mind map with crayons, I love how their foreheads expand with each mark they put on the page. In that process, they freely ask for what they want to take place in our session. If they catch the vision, they literally direct how the two days will go. In my experience, the more expansive their request, the more powerful is their experience.
If for some reason you don't have paper to write on when you want to declare/ask for an outcome, write it on the palm of your hand with your finger as a pen. I learned that from my seatmate on the plane yesterday. He learned it from an autistic kid. The key is to just be willing to write it down.
Declaring what we want by enthusiastically writing it down puts us in the receiver seat. Then all we need to do is simply step forward into the picture of our own creation and experience the magic of it all.
Martha Invitations
1.For the next phone call, meeting, or email in-box session, write down in advance an outrageously successful outcome you want.
2.Ask for something today that you would really like to receive…big or small.
3.Play with how you write things down and make it fun.
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