Mental Preparation

"how can we do it barney?"
"use your imaginations!"

mental preparations are important in doing anything big. becoming barney is now a useful tool. i remember when i was many many years younger, i use to hate this purple dinosour. and my friends(and me of course) use to sing

'i hate you,

you hate me,

lets gang up and kill barney,

with a great big bang,

and a knife in his back,

no more purple dinosour.'

and yes, this song still last till today. what does this mental preparation got to do with the stupid purple dinosour? well, in every episodes, the kids a.k.a barney's friends will imagine their stupid dinasour turn alive and make all kinds of stuff with them. alphabet soup, going to space, do this do that. and the purple dinosour will always "use your imaginations" and the impossible will become possible.

let me quote some examples on how to practice mental preperation

for a speech in an orientation day activity i imagine
'as i walk up the stage.. holding my script that i wrote and re-wrote thousands of times.... hundreds of eyes staring at me.. i look back at them with a confident face, and start. "good morning!" and i felt a cold breeze over my face and neck and i see crows flying over... so i try again "GOOD MORNING PEOPLE"... "good morrnin" a soft barely audible whisper... so i shouted on top of my lungs " GOOD MORNING PEOPLE!! RESPOND YOU DAMN STUPID %#$@^ NEWBEE NOOBS!!!!" "GOOD MORNING!!!" a louder responds.. ah. dats better...... [and so on...]

or maybe when i propose to my future wife.. i imagine
'as i walk towards her sitting on the bench in the park, in my hands holding tight a [insert object] and a beautifully design ring engrave with the special date and names... with the face of determination.. step by step i took.. she looks up.. her beautiful face shines like the sun.. i was blind, quickly i swift out my sunglasses, put them on, regain my composure, take a deep breath, and continue my walk that might change my destiny, i walk.. and walk... as i approach her, i kneel down, and recite [insert love poem] and the killer 4 words question,.. will you marry me?? her mouth open wide and her face now shine like a stadium spotlight and i was......

right... too much information. anyway.. practicing mental preparation needs great imagination skills(like barney) and some expectation on what are you are going to face. i find this few steps helpful when i do my mental preparations.

1) imagine the non-living objects that you will see when you.. the path you take or walk..
2) then, you can add the living things in. humans, plants, housefly, mosquito, dog, cat, etc etc
3) since you have everything, den make this a picture in your head with both living and non-living things.. draw a map or a picture if you want.
4) now the fun part. give life to your picture. make the things move.. give life to the living things..
5) now everything is set, you can start placing yourself in the picture. what are you doing and what will you do if....
6) repeat step 4 and 5 to change the scenario of the whole picture. maybe a fire happen. or suddenly superman flew in with a green underwear. how will you act or react

tada.. this is how i practice my mental preparation.. it usually works with me.. and maybe other too.. who knows right?? anyway preparation is still the key to a better success right?