Think it. Believe it. Go get it.
When you read the stories of self-made entrepreneurs—those who rose from nothing to build empires—one striking pattern emerges: visualization. Across industries and generations, the common denominator among these high achievers is the ability to clearly see their success before it happens.
From Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran and Daymond John to modern innovators like Sara Blakely, creator of Spanx, countless leaders credit visualization as the catalyst that transformed their dreams into reality. Many of them even point to the same classics, like Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich or Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking, books that stress the importance of creating a vivid mental picture of your goals. The message is clear—what your mind rehearses, your life begins to create.
Take Jim Carrey, who famously wrote himself a $10 million check at a time when he was broke, visualizing that one day he’d earn that sum for a movie role. Years later, that dream materialized exactly as he had imagined. Similarly, Kendra Scott recalls writing down a detailed vision of her business during an entrepreneurship program—everything from the store’s layout to the customer experience—and later found herself living out the blueprint she had once only imagined.
Steve Harvey openly shares his daily practice of affirmations, while Andy Frisella, the creator of 75 Hard, dedicates time each day to visualize the life he’s building. Even Jesse Cole, the maverick behind the Savannah Bananas, credits The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod for teaching him the power of morning goal-setting and visualization to build his baseball empire.
Skeptics may dismiss visualization as “woo-woo,” but the evidence is undeniable. Whether you call it programming the subconscious or aligning your actions with your intentions entrepreneurs who practice seeing it before it happens say visualization helped them achieve their goals.
Visualization not only sharpens focus but also fuels persistence, helping people push through the grind with a clear picture of where they’re headed.
The lesson? If you want to achieve something extraordinary, start by seeing it. Close your eyes and imagine your business thriving, your book published, your product in stores. Write it down. Say it out loud. Live it in your mind until it feels inevitable.
Think it. Believe it. Go get it. That’s the quiet habit that connects nearly every story of remarkable success.
Wendy Kushel is the owner of Wendala’s LowCountry Sugar Scrub, LLC based in Bluffton, SC. Drawn to the Beauty & Personal Care Industry Wendy founded her company in 2020. Her background includes stand-up comedy, film, TV and a lot of sales and marketing. www.lowcountrysugarscrub.com or call/text 843-949-8933.
