VISION BOARD BLOG

THE VISION BOARD Book Reading & Signing at Mystic Journey Bookstore Venice, CA on August 27, 7-10 pm

Please mark your calendars for a book reading and signing with best-selling author Joyce Schwarz, THE VISION BOARD: the secret to an extraordinary life at Mystic Journey Bookstore in Venice, CA on Thursday, August 27 from 7 -10 pm  We wll be featuring VIP's and celebrities who are featured in the book telling their true storeis of how a vision board changed their life for the better!

To preview a chapter of THE VISION BOARD book go to: http://tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook.

The event is FREE and open to the public but space is extremely limited. To RSVP, please email: thevisionboard@aol.com

More information and list of special guests to follow!

To find out more about the bookstore and claim your 15 percent off coupon go to: http://www.mysticjourneybookstore.com

The Vision Board book author Joyce Schwarz Explores Oprah's O Dream Board !

By Joyce Schwarz blogging at www.visionboard.info Yes, of course we HAD to be among the first to try out Oprah.com's new "O Dream Board' downloadable System.

See the boards that Joyce Schwarz, author of the bestselling book "THE VISION BOARD" Harper Collins Publishing, Collins Design, created using the O Dream Board system.

 Bestselling author, Joyce Schwarz, THE VISION BOARD book: the secret to an extraordinary life, Harper Collins Publishing is visioning partnering with Oprah.com and sharing her book with Oprah and her fans! For a free chapter of THE VISION BOARD book, go to: http://tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook

To order THE VISION BOARD book go to http://tinyurl.com/visionboardamazon

Here is another view of the board Joyce Schwarz created using Oprah.com's O Dream Board system. This time we turned the intentions on!

O DREAM BOARD link and summary of features:  

try O Dream Board

link provided by www.visionboard.info (blog for THE VISION BOARD book by Joyce Schwarz.

The O Dream Board includes:

a) almost 600 free copyright free images from Getty Images

 b) intentions creator with intentions that you write yourself (like affirmations or what you intend to take action for or do to create your best possible life or envision your best life as Oprah says. With the ability to hide or display your intentions.

C) text box creator to add text to your board

D) Ability to upload your own pictures to the board from your own computer.

E) Ability to title each board your make with your own title at the bottom of the page

F) Ability to download O Dream Board to your computer.

G) Ability to take a snapshot of the board 1) with intentions displayed or 2) without the intentions displayed

H) create as many versions of the board as you want and store the snapshots on your own computer

I) Link to Walgreens.com to print your dream board as a photograph

m) Change the color of the fonts of the text and 2) change the size of the fonts and make them bold or italic.

n) Change the background of your text box with a handful of colors

o) Size your photos with just stretching or squeezing corners with your mouse.

P) make your board for Mac or PC (there is no Linux edition yet)

and MORE....that's just our first look. We'll be in touch with our contacts at Oprah.com to see what more they have in store. We do know that we've seen beta tests for the software on POWERFULINTENTIONS.com and on the Oprah.com site. So far we cannot find any press releases or promo other than what is on the Oprah.com website at this link: http://www.oprah.com/article/spirit/inspiration/odreamboard

Here are some screengrabs of the pages from Oprah.com we've included the URL so as to abide by copyright:

 Sample dream boards you can create using the new Odreamboard system on Oprah.com.

 

The Vision Board book #1 Spiritual/mystical bestseller on Amazon Canada

yes, great news THE VISION BOARD book by Joyce Schwarz with the foreword by famous Canadian speaker and motivational author Bob Proctor is number 1 AGAIN on Amazon Canada -- for 28 weeks total for this year. Thanks for your ongoing support.

 

For a free chapter of the book go to http://tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook

To buy the book in the USA go to http://tinyurl.com/visionboardamazon or go to more than 6,000 bookstores near you including Barnes & Noble & Borders & more!

Any questions or wish to book author Joyce Schwarz for speaking engagements email: joyceschwarz(at)gmail.com

It's time to Re-vision 2009 Do a new Vision Statement & Vision Board!

Re-Visioning 2009: Make a new vision statement & vision board NOW
by Joyce A. Schwarz, www.ihaveavision.org and www.visionboard.info  

At this time of the year, many of us are looking forward to a great summer and we may also be looking at what we've accomplished so far in 2009.

That's why I recommend that you do a quarterly check up on your Vision Statement and Vision Board. I do mine at the start of each season: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring etc.

The most important tools to guide you through the transitions of each year are a Vision Statement and a Vision Board.

What am I talking about? A vision statement is a vivid, idealized description of the outcome that you want. Something that inspires ... energizes you, and helps you create a mental image of your target.

My personal vision statement is short and sweet “TO LIVE THE POSSIBLE DREAM”, a positive spin on Don Quixote’s famous “Live the Impossible Dream”.

Some of you may be familiar with corporate mission statements or company mantras but all too often those come from the Ivory towers and are issued via memo.

Vision statements are much more personal – the concept started from the grass roots and spread across the world by people who want to realize their own personal talents and ensure that their life matches their values.

USE TO ENHANCE YOUR LIFE...and visualize the future: A vision statement can be used to enhance any part of your life, like family or career. It could also be created to visualize a new home or a specific project.

Here are some tips for creating your own vision statement:

*Summarize your vision in a powerful statement (1-4 sentences)

*Make sure it stands the test of time (think ballpark vs. small details)

*Suspend disbelief—anything is possible!

*Follow up with ‘inspired action’ (specific steps toward your vision)

*Post it somewhere you can see it daily (and update it quarterly)

*Consider starting with a wish list or bucket list of your dreams.

*Start with a sentence or two and pare it down to a short phrase

*Pick a power word like freedom and craft your vision around that word.

Where to get your inspiration for your vision?

Give a new spin to a classic song you love.

Rearrange an advertising phrase to inspire you.

See a favorite movie one more time.

Refer to a favorite quotation

Recite your favorite poem, it may offer a hint or two

Once you craft your vision statement here are some ways to use it to inspire you to create your create your best possible holiday season and lead into a new year to remember.

Post it where you can see it daily.

Carry a copy of it in your wallet or handbag.

Add it to your vision board.

Print it on the back of your business cards.

Use the power words in your new vision statement to update our current vision board or create a new vision board just for this upcoming season ie Summertime!

 Joyce Schwarz: Author's Bio
Joyce Schwarz is the best-selling author of THE VISION BOARD the secret to an extraordinary life which has a preface by Bob Proctor and an afterword by Jack Canfield. The book has been featured in TV GUIDE, on Television networks ABC, NBC, CBS, CW in 52 different cities.

 Schwarz is also the founder of THE VISION BOARD Institute and has launched the world's first accreditation program for Certied Vision Board Counselors which you can find out more about by going to www.visionboard.info

SAY YES TO LIFE WITH A VISION BOARD by Joyce Schwarz, author The Vision Board book

SAY YES TO LIFE WITH A VISION BOARD by Joyce Schwarz, author THE VISION BOARD book

In these days of economic downturn, you may hear lots of comments of doom and gloom. What we all need at this time is to say YES, to the great things and people in our lives!.

By creating a SAY YES TO LIFE Vision Board you can do 'just' that!

MAKE A YES TO LIFE VISION BOARD!

Some days it seems that everyone around you is in a negative mood. All you hear is "NO", "NO" or "NO WAY"!

So what can you do --well, JUST SAY YES!

*SCROLL DOWN TO SEE 5 NO COST TIPS TO SAY YES TO LIFE TODAY!

Here are 5 NO COST WAYS TO SAY AND "SHOW" YES to the world even before you make your vision board:

1) Go to the park and take a ride on a swing -- go ahead act the age of your shoe size? Ever heard that before --my shoe size is 8 -- so I get to be an 8 year old anytime I want!

2)Eat dessert first! I just found out that October 28 --the launch date of The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life is NATIONAL CHOCOLATE DAY! Ymmm so I'm taking this opportunity to remind you to eat your dessert first that day -- it's only 19 days away! A little bit of dark chocolate is full of anioxidents so go ahead splurge every day with a bite or two of the most decadent chocolate you can find!

3) Put on your happy cap if you're having a bad hair day. I always keep a few of my favorite baseball caps with fun logos hanging as decorations in one of my closets! When I'm feeling a bit down -- I ALWAYS wear my sequineed black and silver baseball cap and I take it on trips around the world-- even on a ride on an Arabian horse in Petra, Jordan!

NO MORE BAD HAIR DAYS! Okay -- we'll have to get some SHARE THE VISION baseball caps to tie in with our website www.ihaveavision.org! More on that later.

4) Share a compliment-- say something nice today to someone you DON'T KNOW -- if life is a little cloudy-- I always make sure that I give a compliment or two to someone I see in a store or even in a parking lot.

It's easy --and yes, you can be sincere -- after all -- most people love to be told that their car is a beautiful color or that their T shirt is so much fun or that you love that gorgeous Olive green handbag that the senior you see at the post office is carrying.

You'll be amazed how much it perks you up!

5) CALL A PAL you haven't talked to in a few months or even a few years. Ask them the questions about their life and family -- be a good listener, don't spoil the moment by dragging them down with your own doldrums! Remind them of a couple of fun things you did together.

That's a great way to open the call --start by saying "remember the time we did....."

Now make a list of all of the great things you appreciate in your life and all of the great people and take some pictures of them or go through a magazine and begin to place them on a vision board.

What's a vision board? Most of you know a vision board is a visual map or depiction of how you'd like to live your best life possible and a way to pay tribute to the wonderful things you have and are creating in your life.

Take a poster board or a blank journal and paste some of these YES images in your journal or on your board. And add affirmations that remind you that you are grateful for what IS yes in you life and what will add more YES to your life in the future. Speak in the present tense (not the future) I am grateful for the wonderful home I have on a hill in the forest! YES I have that home now! See it experience it.

ADD MORE YES TO YOUR LIFE TODAY!

Author's Bio
Joyce A. Schwarz is the author of THE VISION BOARD, th secret to an extraordinary life. For a free chapter of the book go to http:/tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook

Let's Blow this Popsicle Stand --How any image can be interpreted with pix from Joyce Schwarz THE VISION BOARD author

How can you get the right image for your vision board? Well, we're coming up on father's day and this is the first one without my dad. So I decided to take one of his favorite phrases (considering it's Friday and very appropriate) and look at the phrase " LET'S BLOW THIS POPSICLE STAND -- which generally meant we were about to go out and get icecream or go to the movies or something fun! Not dissimilar to OUTTA HERE now!

Look at the pix I found quickly on Google images:

 

 

Boy was I ever surprised when I looked up the origin or as they call the entymology of that phrase LET"S BLOW THIS POPSICLE STAND -- hopefully it will give you a chuckle and realize that there are a thousand images you can use to support your vision and hopefully your vision is a lot more positive than the derivation of this phrase!     ENJOY

let's blow this popsicle stand!

100 up, 118 down

Legend has it that this term was first coined in the 1940's by a Jamaican named Antoine Cleo. Antoine Cleo believed that filling the area of a popsicle with deadly radiation, could be used against certain countries as biological warfare. He believed that the radiation had certain brainwashing chemicles inside of it and that placing the popsicles at stands at random areas could allow more people to buy the popsicles, thus was his plan for world domination. However, his plans were soon foiled when a strange cult called the Kindred Spirits (The Cult leader was Later identified as a man named Dushka Deshvky) blew up all the popsicle stands in America, including killing the perpetrator, Antoine Cleo. "Lets blow this popsicle stand" was then started as an inside joke between 4 teenagers, then it spread throughout the United States, the phrase from then on meant, "Lets get out of here fast, before something bad happends to us." Now maybe after hearing this, we can walk away a little wiser about what this phrase means. Source: Evil minds of the 1900's.

FOR A FREE CHAPTER OF THE VISION BOARD go to http://tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook.

To buy the book go to your local bookstore or get it on amazon.com at http://tinyurl.com/visionboardamazon

Create a Father's Day Vision Board by Joyce Schwarz, author THE VISION BOARD BOOK

How to create a Father's Day Vision Board By Joyce Schwarz author THE VISION BOARD book
by Joyce Schwarz 

This article will show you how to create a Father's Day Vision Board step by step that really enhances your relationship with your father no matter what is happening in his or your life or even if he has passed on!

Father's Day is coming up and for many fathers and sons it is a time of joy and great fun and wonder to share the day with their dad and their offspring.


For other men and boys and girls Father's Day can be a challenging day because a) their relationship with their father is not up to par or their father has passed on or they are a new dad adn not sure how to form a real bond with their kids.

How to create a Father's Day Vision Board step by step (basic version):

1) Gather together pictures of your dad alone and pictures of you with your dad -- if you have them from past albums or from old shoeboxes full of photos.

2) Get a large poster board or consider putting the pictures into a journal or even scanning them into your computer so you can take advantage of some of the computer vision board creation services.

3) Scan the pictures or sort through and pick out 5-6 pictures that just seem right to you.

4) Take some time and play some home movies or videos of you and your dad if you have them. Or do a short visit with your dad via phone if he's still alive and you are on talking terms. Or if he has passed on take time to go to the cemetary and visit his gravesite.

5) If you are not talking to your dad for some reason or have become estranged, take some time to revisit the good times you had with your dad via the movies in your own memory bank.

6) Make a list of 5 of the BEST times you had with your father, was it at an amusement park, was it playing ball with him, was it on a vacation, was it when he came home from work and scooped you up in his arms each night. Start with 5 you can add more or if more come to you start circling the best five that you feel warmest about inside you.

7) Make a list of the POWER words that come to mind when you think of your dad. What did he contribute to your life positively? What did he teach you that has helped you be a better person. If you can't think of anything because maybe you're angry with him or you were adopted or you never knew your father, you can do one of two things a) pick a father figure in your life -- a past teacher or a coach or refer to b) your heavenly father or c) put down those power words of great actions you just know your father would have liked to have shown you if he was able to such as LOVE, Warmth, Bravery, Courage, Perseverance, Humor etc.

8) Start in the center of the board by arranging a picture of you and your dad in a happy time. Or if you don't have a picture of your dad, use a picture from another father figure or a picture of you under the guidance of your heavenly father or the Universe which has guided you in the past and will again in the future. 

9) Arrange some of the other wonderful reminders of the good times in your life with your father in a circle around the center picture. If you don't have good time pictures then pick some out of a magazine or off of the Internet (be sure to get copyright free photos by looking for the term Creative Commons on photo websites).

10) Add the power words -- either type them up on your computer or add words that are the same out of magazine headlines or add power words that come with your Vision Board software program.

11) Add some embellishments-- add some stickers or add some glitter (yes glitter is fine for men too) or add some momentos from your dad and you -- maybe a ticket from a movie you both went to recently. Or maybe one of his medals from the service or even a note you have from your dad that shows his handwriting.

12) Paste or glue all of this on to your board or if you are making a computerized board scan it into your computer so you can move the pictures around.

13) Affirmations: -- add some affirmations about how you'd like to remember your dad if he's passed or how you'd like to resolve difference or have a better relationship with him. Such as My Dad and I have lots of fun together. My dad gives great insight to me. Speak in the present tense not the future and not the past (even if he has passed on).

14) Place your board in a prominent place where you can see it -- in your office or in front of your computer. If you're shy -- get a scan made of the board and use it as an inspirational picture for a screensaver or wallpaper for your phone. OR make a smaller version to use on a keychain and share it with your dad as a present.

You can also make variations of this MAKE YOUR OWN VISION BOARD with your dad such as a daddy and me board for dads with small children or a parents board for mommy and daddy and me. SHARE THE VISION

Author's Bio
Joyce Schwarz is the author of The Vision Board: the secret to an Extraordinary Life from Harper Collins Publishing and she is also head of JCOM marketing and emerging media consulting service in Marina Del Rey, California. You can see more about Joyce Schwarz at the book's website at http://www.ihaveavision.org or go to www.joycecom.com

 

Father's Day: Find out how to envision a better relationship with your dad: listen to radio interview with Joyce Schwarz, author THE VISION BOARD book

  

  JOYCE SCHWARZ TO APPEAR ON RADIO FATHER'S DAY JUNE 21, 2009 TALKING ABOUT DADDY & ME VISION BOARD CREATION and using a vision board to envision a better relationship with your dad or for dads with their kids!

Bestselling Author Joyce Schwarz Discusses

THE VISION BOARD book on Blog Talk Radio

  author and Hollywood career and new company launch strategist Joyce Schwarz shown above left will appear on a special radiio show on Father's Day June 21 for more info email: thevisionboard@aol.com

  

NEW YORK --

On Sunday, June 21, 2009  at  5pm EST, Bestselling author &

Hollywood

career strategist, Joyce Schwarz

features on Rhymes, Views & News Talk Radio on Blog Talk Radio.  Joyce Schwarz is the author of THE VISION BOARD (Harper Collins Publishing, Collins Design 2008) book which is a best-seller across the

USA & Canada

. Listen live or call in for this exciting radio interview featuring Joyce Schwarz!

  During the interview Joyce Schwarz will:

Ø      Discuss visioning and vision board creation!

Ø      Share her experience as a coach and consultant to entrepreneurs, corporate executives, celebrities, TV personalities, Olympic athletes, and even a presidential candidate!

Ø      Tell you how to empower your success and create a vision map for you future!

Ø      Tips on successful recareering and more!

Rhymes, Views & News Talk Radio is hosted by writer, performer and author, DuEwa Frazier.  Listen live on Sunday, June 21^st at

5pm EST

, via www.blogtalkradio.com/duewafraziershow

 or call-in at 646-716-9474!

 Joyce Schwarz will take your questions and hear your comments regarding personal development and success!

Visit the following websites for more information on Joyce Schwarz and THE VISION BOARD:

www.visionboard.info/

www.ihaveavision.org/

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BPSCA Honors The VIsion Board Book Author Joyce Schwarz As Success Story!

The Book Publicists of Southern California Honored author and Hollywood career strategist Joyce Schwarz as a "SUCCE$$" story at their June meeting at the Sportsmen's Lodge Hotel in Studio City, California. Here are some of the pictures from that event:

 BPSCA Logo Book Publicists of Southern California and link to their website: http://www.bookpublicists.org/ honored THE VISION BOARD author Joyce Schwarz at their June SUCCESS STORY MEETING!

   Joyce Schwarz shown left speaking to the BPSCA in Studio City, CA at the Sportsmen's lodge hotel about how to sell your book to a major publisher. She is holding up THE VISION BOARD book she sold to Harper Collins Publishing, Collins Design.

  Left, Margaret Kerry, who is famous as the prototype model for TINKER BELL for Disney films & PETER PAN is shown left with Joyce Schwarz, author THE VISION BOARD. They shared the dais at a special event on SUCCESS STORIES at a recent event.

 

Google's front page featured press release about Joyce Schwarz speaking at the BPSCA event -- wonder if BPSCA has been on Google's front page before?

 Prior to Joyce Schwarz speaking at the BPSCA event a club member sneaks a peek at Joyce's THE VISION BOARD book while other members look on! Thanks to Irwin Zucker and Ernie Weckbaeger and everyone else who made the event a success!

another version of Joyce Schwarz, author, THE VISION BOARD with her new gorgeous pal Margaret Kerry. Margaret bought a copy of THE VISION BOARD for her daughter and Joyce autographed it! SO MUCH FUN!

 a glimpse at the large crowd that turned out for the BPSCA SUCCESS STORIES Thurs, June 11.

 another look at the crowd attending the BPSCA Success Stories event on June 11. Check it out, one of the members in the center back is actually shown reading Joyce Schwarz' book THE VISION BOARD during the event!

Other speakers at the "DIG NEW SUCCESS STORIES" BPSCA included Margaret Kerry, longtime BPSC member teaming up with ERnie Weckbaugh club president to promo his upcoming new book 12 Big Lessons Learned as a Little Rascal due out in August. Margaret wrote the introduction! Yes, she was a LITTLE RASCAL too!

And other honorees and speakers were Linda Salvin MPH, PHD celebrating her 15th year as a popular radio psychic most recently with KABC TALK radio and  contributor to the BPSCA famous "CHOPPED LIVER" series.

AND the "Oracle of LA" as introduced by Irwin Zucker, Denise L Cook, author of THE ORACLE SPEAKS, just because...

THANKS TO ALL WHO MADE THE NIGHT SO SPECIAL FOR JOYCE and the other speakers

And special thanks to my colleagues who are also fabulous speakers who were in the audience that night: Robbie Motter and Marsh Engle, both contributors to Joyce Schwarz THE VISION BOARD book!

For a free chapter from THE VISION BOARD go to http://tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook. And to buy the book to http://tinyurl.com/visionboardamazon or to any of 6,000 bookstores across the US and Canada and also Target online and in stores and COSTCO in Canada!

 

 

SEE NEW VIDEO ON HOW TO BECOME A CERTIFIED VISION BOARD COUNSELOR FROM JOYCE SCHWARZ AUTHOR THE VISION BOARD book

By Joyce Schwarz: YEA, I finally am able to share with you a video on HOW TO BECOME A CERTIFIED VISION BOARD COUNSELOR -- yes now, the 45 minute info call available previously only via teleconference is a VIDEO.

That video is now posted on the right side of this blog at the right hand column of www.visionboard.info. You can click on the video that looks like this picture above. 

OR YOU CAN CLICK THIS LINK and it will send you to a page where you can watch it online: watch certified vision board info video  

Also ask about the CERTIFIED VISION BOARD COUNSELOR home study course. The next telesminar 8 week class begins the week of July 6 and the home study course will be available on July 6.

A down payment of $100 gets you started in the 8 week course! So please email:thevisionboard@aol.com to register.

Don't forget to play the video --it's only 20 minutes long and I think you'll enjoy it. Thanks so much.

For a free chapter of the THE VISION BOARD book go to: http://tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook

To get a free newsletter on how to create vision boards & how to make more money by helping other people's dreams come true go to: http://www.visionboard.info and sign up.

To see the official website for the book go to www.ihaveavision.org