Dreams

So, in 1.1 Decide i mentioned Walt Disney and Imagineering. Seemingly, not everyone understood what I was referring to so that is why I decided to explain it to you, as it helps alot in building confidence and self-belief.
Mr. Eric Toste, currently Head Master of the International English School in Gävle told me alot about this during my lessons with him. I will do my best and try to repeat his words.

Keep in mind that this technique is very hard to master and that it takes time and devotion to use it. I am far away from mastering it, but still I feel that it has helped me a lot in my life. Both in mental preparation before competing in ballroom dancing and in boosting my self-esteem.

Imagineering—the technique of showing our minds how we want things to go; and a term first coined by the legendary dreamer, Walt Disney. We should all take his advice and allow ourselves to practice sensory rich imagineering. Champions such as Mike Tyson (Mr. Toste loves to use Tyson as an example) use imagineering prior to their events. It's also often used by people in order to help them achieve the successful completion of a project or an important goal over time. This simple practice has been proven to be so essential and so effective, that the athlete who fails to practice the technique apparently never plays to his true potential. Interestingly, the same results have been observed with actors and musicians, as well. For performance of any kind, mental preparation is as important as physical training.

Mike Tyson said:

What’s really the key with imagineering is that you not only see and watch, but that you actually feel yourself succeeding, over and over again. Make sure that you bring emotion into your mental practice. Practice feelings along with images including those related to your overcoming adversity and being able to successfully fight your way out of challenging predicaments or situations. Never allow yourself to entertain images or feelings of defeat during your imagineering sessions. This is because whatever impressions reach the subconscious mind it will accept as being true—and what it believes to be true affects your performance. Feed it empowering, successful images and feelings, and it delivers performance, drive, and motivation from deep within yourself in line with those images and feelings. However, if you feed it suggestions of worries or failure then you will defeat yourself. Success, victory, and your ability to effectively overcome adversity, is what you must rehearse, rehearse, and rehearse again. Relax, be still, and in your mind - you must see it, feel it, and accept that it is coming your way. This process of conditioning for success set's things in motion. It creates confidence and confidence is one of the most significant by-products of good mental training. The most powerful confidence comes as the result of both physical and mental preparation—and winning and achievement has everything to do with preparation. If you think you’re confident now, and you’re not using mental training techniques, then you really can’t even begin to know what you’re missing or understand how much you stood to improve with mental training — that insight comes only through its practice.