There's certainly vision science that's tied up in that very first stage of of goal setting , like identifying what that goal is in the first place and taking those first steps , a lot of people's go to strategies that involve vision are are vision boards or dream boards or , you know , post it notes , right ? They're creating some sort of visual representation of what it is that they want to accomplish ? Where is it that I want to be in five years ?
Defining the goal can be really challenging for people . And that's a strategy that works and involves our visual experience , right ? It's not just people aren't saying like , why don't you just sit around and and imagine what you want your life to be like in 10 years , the strategy that people are suggesting is like no cut out the pictures , put it on a board and stick it by your bathroom mirror .
Where is it that I want to be in five years ? 10 days , 10 years , whatever , whatever that timeline is that they're working under the idea of vision boards or dream boards is that you like , you know , almost like a scrapbook , collect visual icons that reflect where you want to be to motivate yourself . It's a really common tactic that people use and it's not bad to do that , right ?
And the idea like , write it down , right ? They're telling you write it down like , or , or create a visual manifestation of it . Um And so , yeah , that , that's effective for identifying what you want , but it may not actually be effective for helping you to meet the goal to get the job done .
Uh Because what happens ? These colleagues Gabrielle Oten Jen and her and her research team have found is that , you know , going through and dreaming about or , or , or visualizing how great my life will be when I get Xy and Z done . Um That is , that is like a goal satisfied .
