Creative visualization is an easy way to crystallize your desire and ensure that you attain it. It's a valuable tool for improving lives... solving problems... and attracting all you can imagine. Whatever you want is yours for the taking, if you can direct your mind in this single direction.

But therein lies the problem for most people. We're so often thinking about dozens of different things, putting out fires in our day to day lives that we rarely set the time aside do what it takes to create the results we truly desire.

What we need to remember is that everything begins as a thought. So every result you hope to achieve is born in the fertile soil of your mind.

Visualization is a tool for strengthening that thought and making it a magnificent obsession. It adds energy, vitality and power to any thought, creating the spiritual equivalent of the exact results you want to experience in your life.

Following are the 7 simple creative visualization techniques to help you make the most of your mind power in a way that thrills you:

1. Clear your mind.The first step to creative visualization is to empty your mind of all the mental clutter occupying your consciousness. Most of us have so many thoughts going on in our heads that it's impossible to focus for more than a few seconds. To succeed at anything -- you have to be able to give it your undivided focus. Without a clearly focused intention, you cannot perform at your best, nor can you utilize other visualization techniques in the most effective way. You must be willing to suspend all other thoughts, worries, issues and concerns. Nothing else matters during your visualization time. Maintain your concentration and you can move mountains.

2. Establish the vision.To get what you want -- you need to know what it is. Start by writing down all the things you think you want. Don't edit yourself; just get it all down on paper. Keep writing. After a few minutes, you'll have a complete list. Of all the creative visualization techniques out there, this one will do more to enhance clarity than anything else. Next, simply select the one item from your list that's more important than any other right now. Put the others aside for later.

3. Capture the details.Once you've chosen your target, it's time to break it down and define it in detail. This is where you get really clear about what you want. If it's a new car, name the make, the color, the model year, and the major upgrades it has such as the luxurious leather interior. Get specific here – it's important. You want your desire to feel real to you, as though it's already in your possession.

4. Rewrite and refine.Once you've got it down, it's time to shape your description into something closer to your exact desire. This creative visualization technique is like taking a rough idea of what you want to say in a letter-to-the-editor and then converting it into a polished piece that's ready to mail. Refine your goal into a powerful paragraph that describes exactly what it is you want. It's a matter of becoming crystal clear about what you want, so you can hammer the message home to your subconscious mind, which then acts on your idea.

5. Sketch it.Is it something that you can imagine visually? If so, you want to capture a snapshot of your goal so you can refer to it again and again. If your goal is a car, get a picture of the exact car, or draw it as best you can. If your goal is to break through your fear and deliver a great speech, picture yourself on stage presenting to an attentive and appreciative audience. It doesn't matter if you're artistically challenged like me -- no one else is going to see your drawing. It's simply another way to convey your deepest desire to the universe.

6. Create an audio recording describing your ideal image.A far easier option is to buy an already recorded creative visualization CD related to the goal you wish to accomplish or the problem you want to overcome. You can probably find exactly what you're looking for online. By capturing your target visualization in audio format, you can listen again and again.

7. Revisit your visualization often.That's a biggie. Repeat it. One of the most important steps to creative visualization is to hold the vision of a single objective relentlessly. Refine it as you go and make the image stronger by burning it deeply into your mind. Repetition is the secret to empowering your visualization and giving it wings. Do this and you will succeed – you will get what you want.

But don't expect overnight results. The whole process usually requires time. It takes a consistent effort to achieve anything worthwhile. Some goals will come faster than others. But know in your heart that this process of creative visualization works, so there's no reason it can't work for you too.