The series is based on a 1999 novel Flashforward
FlashForward by Robert J Sawyer. I believe the writers had a great imagination as well as basic knowlege of the Law of Attraction.

The synopsis of the show is that everyone on the planet simultaneously lost consciousness for 137 seconds. During this time people seen a vison of their lives approximately six months in the future – a global FlashForward.

What interests me so much is how the people are “Totally Convinced” that their visions will come true – whether they be good or bad. The people that did not have visions believe they will be dead in 6 months.

A lot of the people that had negative FlashForwards are trying to figure out a way to stop their visions from being a reality.

My question to you is “What would you do if you got a glimpse of your own personal future?”

Would you do everything in your power to make it come true? Or to stop it from happening?

Bottom line is YOU DO HAVE THE POWER to create your future.

You can create your own vision of how you want your life to be in 6 months, in a year or 10 years from now.

If you are like the people in the show and become “Totally Convinced” that your future will happen, then your subconscious will work overtime to make it happen.

What’s your part in creating your future?
1 – Decide what you want
2 – Practice visualizing what it will LOOK and FEEL like
3 – Be Totally Convinced it will happen at just the right time

You deserve the life you want. Begin Creating your future now!

By building confidence you’ll have be able to maintain a more positive attitude which will help you to “Let Go” of things you have no control over. Learn to avoid obstacles that tear down your self confidence.

5 Tips to Building Confidence:

Building Confidence Tip#1 – Identify Your Skills and Strengths

You’ll want to take a long good look at your self!  Know what your strengths are.  Know what you enjoy doing.  A lot of people make the mistake of trying to build on their weaknesses …. Why do this?  It’s much more beneficial to FOCUS on your strengths and build upon them to become the GREAT person you are!

The solutions to your self confidence issues lay within you – NOT outside of you.  It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks or believes.  In matter of fact you shouldn’t concern yourself with what others think.  They are creating their life’s.  You need to concentrate on your own.

YOU have talents that make you very uniqe and special.  Find your talents and learn how to use them.

Building Confidence Tip#2 – Associate with Winners

If you want to be a winner, learn to hang out with winners. The people you associate with can alter your mindset in a BIG way!  Hang out with winners and soak up some of their winning energy!!!

You’ve heard the saying “Misery loves company”, it’s so true.  If you’re surrounded by whiners, complainers, backstabbers and gossipers – guess what?  You’ll soon be whining, complaining etc.  If you can’t avoid being around them then you absolutely MUST spend just as much time if not more time with positive, energetic, supportive, successful, and honest people.

Building Confidence Tip#3 – Practice Positive Self Talk

You are talking to yourself every second of every day.  You just might not realize everything you are saying to yourself.   All self talk is – is your thoughts and you can learn to control them.

When someone compliments you, say “Thank You” and BELIEVE what they said.  You are a beautiful, incredible loving human being who is deserving.

Have you ever told yourself that you were unworthy, undeserving, stupid, unlovable or ???  When you tell yourself these false beliefs they run over and over in your mind – destroying your confidence.

Be conscious of your thoughts.  Replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts.  Start telling yourself You are worthy, deserving, smart and lovable. 

You create your reality with your thoughts and words so choose them carefully.

Building Confidence Tip#4 – Set Realistic Goals

You know yourself better than anyone else does.  You know what you love to do and what you try to steer clear of.  Set your goals accordingly.  Goals need to be realistic.  You’re a smart person, you know if you’re 5′ 6″ that your not going to wake up tomorrow being 6′ tall.  You know that you’re not going to wake up tomorrow 20 pounds lighter.

Celebrate the achievement of each step of each goal when you reach them. Don’t set the bar too high or you’ll be disappointed and lose motivation to try again. 

“There are no failures – just experiences and your reactions to them.” Tom Krause

Building Confidence Tip#5 – Be You

Feel your feelings.  Learn to express your creativity.  Evaluate you on reactions to your experiences.  Many of your reactions have been taught to you from “well meaning people in your life.”

Learn to listen to your inner voice.  Don’t be afraid to say what you want to say.  Tell jokes, write stories, place classified ads – Do what you need to do to express the true you. Tell people when they are behaving in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable.  Saying what you need to say may mean hearing yourself for the very first time.

Finding your voice means being honest with yourself and portraying yourself honestly to others.  Sharing your thoughts and feelings may help others to avoid some of the pain you have experienced.

According to Jack Canfield, you will be able to “produce miracles” with the life-changing ideas you’re about to learn with Maximum Confidence: 10 Steps to Extreme Self-Esteem.  That’s because when you feel good about yourself, you attract the people and events that empower you for more success than you’ve ever dreamed possible.

In this amazing audio program, you’ll learn to develop winning habits that will pay off for you everyday. You’ll discover how to celebrate and capitalize on your strengths and how to accept your weaknesses without guilt or remorse. Get Maximum Confidence by Jack Canfield now.

We are brought up with these fantasies, as they are embodied in the fairy tale of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. TV brings us the reruns of I Dream of Jeannie; Many movies and books also feed our imagination with genies, witches, and ghosts.

The dream of instant riches is evident in the popularity of gambling and state lotteries. Countless numbers of people spend their last dollar – or their rent – for the slight chance of winning millions and having their entire lives change in the course of minutes.

The irony of all of this is that we humans have always had the power to obtain our dreams all along. How? By working with The Law of Attraction. This law has been around since the universe began and is working in your life right now – whether or not you know about or believe it.

What is The Law of Attraction?

You get what you think about, your thoughts determine your destiny. Thoughts have an energy all their own, and they attract things which have a common energy. It is one of the Laws of the Divine Universe and it applies to everyone. It is as unbreakable as any law of science or mathematics. It does not even require your belief to work. Only to control it, to seize your destiny, must you believe in the Law’s power.

You’re probably asking how you can use the Law of Attraction to create the life you dream of. Here are some guidelines to help you get started …

1. Decide EXACTLY what it is that you want. You want to have a clear specific thought of what it is you want to create. If this is hard for you, you might think of what you don’t want – the reverse will more than likely be what you do want.

2. Set time aside each day to meditate. Concentrate on FEELING like you already have what you desire right now. You are living in your dream home. You are driving your brand new red sports car. You are financially independent. etc …

3. Show GRATTITUDE for what you already have, as well as what you are attracting. Say “I am so happy and thankful now that …” This helps you to obtain and maintain the positive vibrations needed to attract good things into your life. Often times, we don’t get what we want, because we are focusing on the negative. If we are waging war in our minds about what we don’t want – we are thinking about it.

Remember: The Law is working in all places at all times. It’s up to your to use it for yourself, rather than allow it to use you.

Over the last few years I have come to believe that “Magic” is indeed real – when used appropriately with the Law of Attraction.

When we learn to harness the power of our own thoughts and feelings we can in essence attract that which we desire. It doesn’t come as fast as Bewitched snapping her fingers and ending up in New York …..

But, stop and think about it. If you have a burning desire to go to New York, and begin thinking about New York, planning your vacation, deciding which hotels you’d like to stay in, etc–then you are in the beginning stages of making it happen. Note: I haven’t said you’ve purchased the tickets, set a date or have a definitive plan.

What you are doing is putting the positive energy out into the universe, stating that you will visit New York, stay at a particular hotel, see specific sites, etc…. As you continue to send out this positive energy into the universe, Magic will happen.

You will find an incredible opportunity to go to New York, stay at the hotel of your choice, see the sites … And at the same time as the opportunity comes to you – a means to pay for it will appear. The trip might even show up as a gift or as a prize in a contest you entered.

In Bewitched, you’ll notice that Samantha is forever trying to teach Tabitha the ins and outs of magic. She is teaching her daughter how to be responsible and how to use her powers wisely.

The same goes for us! We need to learn how to use the power of The Law of Attraction wisely. The Law of Attraction is truly a simple process – we just like to fumble it up in our minds.

First – You need to DECIDE exactly what it is that you want.

Second – You need to FEEL like you already have it.

Third – You need to ALLOW the universe to provide it.

Begin practicing these simple steps of the Law of Attraction and you will begin to see MAGIC happen in your life.

It carries over no balance from day to day.

Every evening deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day.

What would you do?
Draw out every cent, of course!!!!

Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME.
Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds.
Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose.
It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft.
Each day it opens a new account for you.
Each night it burns the remains of the day.
If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss is yours.
There is no going back.
There is no drawing against the “tomorrow”.
You must live in the present on today’s deposits.
Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success!

The clock is running.
Make the most of today.
To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a pre-mature baby.

To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.

Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time.

And remember that time waits for no one.
Yesterday is history
Tomorrow is mystery
Today is a gift
That’s why it’s called the present!!

Author Unknown

So why doesn’t everyone use it for their own benefit?

If you want to create the life of your dreams it is imperative that you use your imagination.

What comes to mind when you think of your imagination?
Do you think of children conjuring up monsters in the closet or imaginary friends?
Do you think of children playing with dolls, Legos, Tinker-toys or other games?
Do you think that imagination is something that adults never use?

According to Dictionary.com: Imagination – “The faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses.”

“Forming mental images” – now that’s something most of us can relate to. We form mental images in our heads all of the time – How to decorate our home; What our vacation will be like; What we plan on doing over the week-end etc.

Using your imagination makes it possible to experience any and everything just by forming the mental images of it in your mind. Everyone – regardless of age possesses the ability to imagine. Though some people have developed it into an art form.

Children naturally use their imagination. As they grow older, they constantly hear adults telling them to “Stop Daydreaming”. Children believe what they are told, and as they grow older begin to lose the power and the wonder of their imagination.

Daydreaming may seem impractical to some, but without creativity and imagination where would we be today? We wouldn’t have the luxury of electricity, televisions, computers, phones, cars, washing machines etc. We also wouldn’t have the luxury of reading – after all without imagination, Harry Potter, Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Star Trek etc would not exist. Our own imagination is what allows us to enjoy reading and being whisked away to faraway places.

Your imagination allows you to not only see mental images in your mind – You can also imagine physical sensations, feelings and emotions. Taking a “mental vacation” reduces stress as it frees your mind from tasks, difficulties and unpleasant circumstances that are currently challenging to you.

Why do so many adults lack imagination?
The answer may lay in the fact that it gets squashed and put down as we get older. When children begin the pre-teen stage it’s no longer acceptable to play with imaginary friends, to create a life with dolls or to build imaginary characters and building with Legos.

The older we get, the more we are told to be “realistic”. We are told we can’t go to a certain college because we aren’t smart or rich enough. We’re told to stop dreaming about visiting faraway places – because it will never happen. We are told we have to work hard for a company with benefits. We become slaves of what other people think and say we can or cannot do.

#1 Reason Why You Must Use Your Imagination
Is simply to CREATE THE LIFE You Desire! Your imagination is what will allow you to visualize your dream life. It will allow you to see, feel and taste the kind of life you want to live.

Visualization has helped millions of people achieve goals. And it can be the most powerful tool for achievement you have ever used. Whether it is for decision making, problem solving, heightening creativity or controlling a specific behavior, The Power of Visualization can transform your life. Let Dr. Lee Pulos teach you that, truly, seeing is achieving.

By developing a strong imagination you will be strengthening your creativity. Through the art of visualization when you learn to work with your imagination you will be on the path to making ALL of your heart’s desires come true.

You can begin to develop a strong imagination by using “The Power of VisualizationBy Lee Pulos, Ph.D.

It’s so much fun dressing up and playing make believe. If you think Halloween is only for children, then think again. Halloween is a time that people let their imaginations run wild.

You’ll see homes with tombstones, ghosts and goblins adorning their front yards. Drive down most streets on Halloween and you’re bound to hear ghoulish sounds of screeches and screams.

Decorating your home for fun or for a party your hosting brings out the creative side of you. Let your imagination run wild and just enjoy the process.

Now is the time that many are shopping for the Best Costumes  for children of all ages! Wearing a costume helps you let your hair down – so to speak. You don’t have to be concerned about everything being “just right”. Everything and Anything goes! You can choose to be as pretty and sexy as you choose or as ugly and ghastly. You’ll be a hit either way.

At parties a lot of people love to wear masks to hide their identity. When everyone is in Costume, people tend to become less intimidated. They feel like they belong – regardless of how outrageous – frightening, hilarious or sexy their costume is.

There are some major benefits of celebrating the festivities of the holiday. People of all ages have fun dressing up their homes, offices and selves. Having fun is beneficial as it reduces stress and helps you to be more positive and puts some balance in our lives.

Dressing up gives us the opportunity to express a different part of our personality that we might hide from others (and ourselves) most of the time. For example if you’re usually quiet and shy, it might be easier to approach someone when you’re in costume.

This Halloween take the time to discover who you really are…
What do you really want out of life?
What are your deep seated desires?
Are you denying yourself of the life you deserve out of fear of fear of being yourself?

Halloween is a time we let our imaginations go wild – let your imagination keep on growing. Learn to nurture it. Learn to trust it – don’t hide it away after the season is gone.

It’s time to take off the mask you’ve been wearing for years and reveal the real you! When you do this you’ll open yourself up to immeasurable happiness and positive energy.

How we think controls what we do and how we handle our lives. If a negative thinker is in a stressful situation, they’ll spend their time worrying about the situation, anticipating the worst, and ignoring the positives.

When a positive thinker is faced with a stressful situation, they instead focus on how they can overcome the situation an what they can learn from it.

A negative thinker gets bogged down by anxiety while positive thinkers are busy solving and learning from hardship.

Coincidentally, people who think positively are not only less stressed and better at coping, they’re also less likely to get communicable and non-communicable disease, have a greater sense of well-being, and they even live longer. So cut off those destructive negative thoughts and think positively.

You’re probably thinking “That’s nice, but how do I actually change my thought from negative to positive?”

 The truth is that most of our thinking is automatic. This means it takes time and effort to change our thoughts, but it doesn’t mean it’s impossible.

Take time to stop regularly throughout the day and reflect on your thoughts. Take specific negative thoughts you have and write them down. Next to them, write a positive version of each negative thought, then get rid of the negatives and keep the positives.

Keep telling yourself the positive thoughts throughout the day. If you keep telling yourself the same things over and over, you’ll eventually start to believe them and start to think about them automatically.

If you have an anxiety disorder, you may find there are so many negative thoughts swirling around in your head they’re just impossible to get rid of.

 While you make one thought positive, 10 more negative thoughts pop into your head. Such an overwhelming amount of negative thought can be difficult to overcome. If you recognize this problem, then you’ll probably benefit from meditation. This is a breathing and focusing method used to relax your body and clear your mind. Once you remove obsessive negative thoughts from your head, then you can then start to replace them with positive thoughts.

The road to less anxiety is long, and it’s not easy. If you keep at it, you’ll eventually learn to live a happier, healthier, longer life.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.

After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?”

The other friend replied “When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”

LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.

ACCOUNTABILITY
Be responsible and accountable. There is nothing to gain from pointing the finger or blaming others.

BUILDING POSITIVE HABITS
Lay a foundation brick by brick, in no time you will have a great wall to protect from the negativity and negative habits that are so prevalent in the world today.

CONSCIOUSNESS
Become aware of everything. Be aware when negative thoughts cross your mind. Be aware of the people you associate with. Be aware of how you think and live your life everyday.

DRIVE
Don’t give up. Be relentless, if something falls short of expectations, take a step back, reassess, make the necessary corrections and try again, then again, and again if needed. It has been said that Thomas Edison made 1000 attempts before inventing the light bulb. Make no mistakes persistence will pay off.

EFFICIENCY
Becoming efficient and organized is the foundation of personal development. Strive to accomplish more in less time.

FINISH
Completion of tasks or projects is crucial to personal development and success. Once something gets started, make sure it gets finished.

GOALS, GOALS, GOALS
Setting and achieving goals provides the empowerment to achieve anything in life. The world’s greatest leaders are master goal setters. Knowing where they want to go with a plan in place is the reason for their successes.

HAPPINESS
Life is full of bumps in the roads. Rather than dwelling on the negatives, take these little bumps and be happy that life has given a new challenge. Find a positive solution. Remember the song “Don’t worry, Be happy”.

INDIVIDUALISM
Be the unique individual you are. There is no law that states in order to become a better or more successful individual requires you to change who you truly are.

JOY
Find the joy in everything. Life is too short to dwell on negatives.

KNOWLEDGE
Learn something new everyday. Talk to others, read books, research on the internet, find a mentor, or listen to motivational tapes or cds. The Tony Robbins, Brian Tracys and Zig Ziglars of the world became the leaders they are through their knowledge.

LEADERSHIP
Lead by example, be the model for others to emulate. Be knowledgeable, fair, consistent and approachable. Become a coach or mentor to someone. Strive for excellence.

MOTIVATION
Get excited about improving life. Be a visionary and achiever.

NEGATIVITY
Plain and simple, get rid of it, flush it down the toilet. Negativity is like poison and it is more contagious than catching a cold.If you associate with negative people it is imperative to get rid of them also.

OPEN MINDED
Keeping an open mind is crucial to success. Limiting thoughts and actions will hinder growth and more than likely bring everything to a grinding halt. Keep the eyes and ears open, the opportunity to grow is more often than not right in front of you.

PROGRESS
Move forward, eliminate procrastination and get things done.

QUOTES
A great motivator is to read quotes from well known writers, leaders in business and motivational speakers.

RATIONALIZATION
Use common sense, take the time to think things out before making decisions or taking action.

SIMPLE
Follow the KISS principle. Keep It Super Simple. If there is no need to complicate something, don’t.

TAKE CONTROL
Take responsibility for your life. Set goals, make plans,stay focused, and take action.

UNSTOPPABLE
Those who achieve their goals and dreams in life possess an unstoppable attitude. Their attitude can be compared to a F-5 tornado. These people believe that there is nothing that can get in the way of their success, if something tries, they will blow right through it.

VISION
Dream, envision, prioritize what is most important, and set out to accomplish it. At the end of your life don’t let yourself regret not doing the things you truly wanted to do. Envision it, Live it.

WRITE IT DOWN
Put your goals down on paper, post reminders around your home and workplace to keep you focused on them. Keep a journal of your life, document your accomplishments as well as your failures, it’s a great way to track your life.

XPERT
Become an expert at what you love, learn everything about it. Knowledge and passion leads to wealth.

YEARN
Without a need there is nothing to yearn for. Whether there is a need to spend more time with the family, make more money or get that promotion at work. Yearn for it, want it, crave it, then get a plan in motion to get it.

ZOOM
Get into the race car of life, buckle up, shift it into overdrive, put the pedal to the metal and zoom your way to the top.

See you there.