IMAGINATION EQUALS PLAN EQUALS PROPHECY
“imagination is a plan is a prophecy. visualize and drift toward it.”
The Lesson
There's no functional difference between imagination, a plan, and a prophecy. If you imagine something long enough, you unconsciously gravitate toward the things that make it happen-the people, skills, opportunities. You can't tell the difference between imagining it and having a plan because both involve imagining and both result in steps happening. This is why affirmations work: writing down what you want while visualizing it programs your subconscious. A system is better than a goal because imagination lets you drift toward multiple possibilities, not just one fixed target. Fill your mental shelf space daily with positive imaginary futures far enough away that your brain doesn't reject them.
Real-World Example
A founder doesn't set a goal like 'raise Series A by March.' Instead, they spend five minutes each morning vividly imagining: the team celebrating a big round, the product being used by millions, speaking at a conference about their journey. They don't know which path will manifest. But their subconscious starts noticing: that investor's tweet, that potential hire, that market signal. They drift toward the vision without a rigid plan. Three years later, one of the imagined futures materialized. Not the one they expected, but one they'd visualized.
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