Pre-paving the Yellow Brick Road
Pre-paving is a way of creating your vibrations before you get what you want... as opposed to after with the "Scripting". This is a technique I used in college before I had even heard of such a thing.
I was president of the university Speech and Debate team and would compete about 3 out of 4 weekends a month. During the week I would use my time walking across campus from class to class to visualize/pre-pave the upcoming competition. I would imagine myself at the competition, the excitement, the fun, all the people around. I would see myself going into each round, writing my name on the board, seeing people groan as I come into the room because they know that I'm impossible to beat! I would see myself giving a flawless speech. Energy flowing effortlessly. I would see my name go up on the postings for the final rounds and see myself on stage getting the 1st place award.
I have to say that this was very successful for me. I went to the National Championships every year I competed. Even my very first year. One year I was ranked 8th in the nation in Persuasive Speaking even.
Why does this work so well? My theory on it is that you are pretty much "pre-living" the experience. By the time I got to my competitions I was SOOOO used to being in control, on top of my game, and winning that it was second nature. Piece of cake!! I had done it so many times in my head already that I had worked out the nervousness and was so pumped up. Many things in life are just a simple mind game.