The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life (Hardcover)

~ Joyce Schwarz (Author)
Key Phrases: visioning session, defining image, visioning process, The Secret, Andy Nicholson, Katy Taylor (more...)

Editorial Reviews

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At last a book with a vision! The Vision Board by Joyce Schwarz is so compelling in both message and imagery it deserves NOT a spot on your bookshelf or coffee table, heck... bring the hook and wire, I'm hanging this book on my wall! -- Dan Hollings, Internet & Mobile Marketing Strategist, Internet Strategist behind the Movie Version of "The Secret"

I know Joyce Schwarz is a visionary because she empowers the superstars, reaches down to the teens and helps everyone in between to grab it, bag it and tag it. The difference between a super achiever and a daydreamer is the transmission to manifest. The real "secret" is in the pages of The Vision Board book and the shooting star behind all the stars is Joyce. A must read. -- BJ Dohrmann, Best Selling Author of Super Achiever Mind Sets and Adviser to Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, T. Harv Eker, Lisa Nichols and Mark Hansen

If living the good life is an art--and I believe that it is--Joyce Schwarz has painted a map of how we all can transform our lives into masterpieces. -- Pablo Solomon, Artist and Sculptor

Joyce Schwarz has successfully taken visioning to a whole new level with her pragmatic how-to approach. Any initial skepticism to visionboarding is put to rest through her examples of real people who have created real change for themselves simply by taking the first step to creating their own vision boards. Schwarz has envisioned and secured her own success as a self-help author by sharing her advice with us in this book. Now, I'm off to create my own vision board! -- Brian Kurth, President of Vocation Vacations

Joyce Schwarz is an imaginative writer that imparts a clear vision. This book as an entertaining easy read that makes an airplane trip pass in the wink of an eye. Joyce has made a significant contribution in the media and entertainment business. Read it . . . you will enjoy it. -- Dr. Bernard Luskin, CEO of Touro University Worldwide and Author of Casting the Net Over Global Learning

Joyce Schwarz, in her book The Vision Board: Unlock the Secret to An Extraordinary Life, is to be praised for her tremendous contribution to the unfolding of cosmic awareness that beckons us all. Her concept of the vision board allows us to focus our energies on what we desire from the universe, and to maintain the necessary passionate and vigorous attention it so deserves. Our thoughts and feelings can return time and again to the physical representation of our spiritual desires and aspirations. It can and will become the source of tremendous support and focus during our personal metaphysical journey. -- Steven E. Hodes, M.D, Author of Meta-Physician on Call for Better Health

Joyce's book proves that dreaming the impossible dream and then making it happen is not impossible. -- Ben Mandel, Producer of The New Home Show on PBS

Reading this fascinating book is like zeroing on a Google Earth map of your life where you get to do the fine tuning and call all the shots! This is by far the most brilliant, simple, fun and easy book I have ever read on creating a vision board. If you have been attracted to "grab it," you will have experiences beyond your wildest dreams! There really are no coincidences! -- Maui Marcy Koltun-Crilley, Founder, Principal and CFAO (Chief Fun and Abundance Officer) of powerfulintentions.com

This beautiful book should be on the nightstand of everyone who wants to see their vision come to life. Dream it, see it, enjoy it! -- Noah St. John, Author of The Secret Code of Success and Founder of successclinic.com

Visioning has become a lost art for many. Joyce Schwarz's book is a profound re-entry into the ancient process of seeing the mystery before it happens. A great read. -- Lynn V. Andrews, Leader in the Field of Spirituality and Personal Development and Author of the Best Selling Medicine Woman Series

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At last a book with a vision! The Vision Board by Joyce Schwarz is so compelling in both message and imagery it deserves NOT a spot on your bookshelf or coffee table, heck... bring the hook and wire, I'm hanging this book on my wall!

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Collins Design (October 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061579084
• ISBN-13: 978-0061579080
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (71 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #204,161 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and Inspiring Book, November 1, 2008

By	Miriam Salpeter "Keppie Careers" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Joyce Schwarz's visually beautiful and inspiring book reminds readers of a key life lesson. As she says in the introduction, "Your time is now."

She shows her readers how to take the bull by the horns and take hold of their own destinies by offering moving stories of people (and families!) who have used vision boards to improve their lives.

For those of us who have never engaged in this type of work, Ms. Schwarz offers step-by-step instructions that not only help readers know what to DO, but also make the concept of the Law of Attraction understandable and attainable to even the most skeptical of audiences.

By offering her own framework to help the reader engage in this work (GRABS), which stands for Gratitude, Release and Receive, Acknowledge and Ask, Be and Believe and Share, the author helps readers really understand their roles in what she calls their own "quantum leap." She literally offers readers a "passport to possibility" by describing how to get started both from a spiritual perspective (offering accounts of personal stories, sound advice and tips for expressing gratitude) AND from a practical perspective (even suggesting what type of adhesive to use).

One of my favorite things about this book was that it leads the reader to understand and agree with the premise without seeming preachy or "out there." For example, who can't understand the value of stopping during the day for a short walk or a coloring break with kids? Ms. Schwarz offers these as examples of ways to "say thanks for your body and the power of your mind."

Having read The Vision Board, I suggested that my business mastermind group work on our own vision board projects to help us solidify our goals and propel our plans forward. I plan to incorporate Joyce's ideas when I work with my job-seeking clients as well. I'm so glad that I found Joyce Schwarz's book at just the right time! I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to jump-start his or her plans, even if you aren't already a believer in the Law of Attraction!

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A road well traveled with The Vision Board , November 4, 2008

By	Jina Bacarr "Cleopatra's Perfume "One whi... - See all my reviews

I've spent a lot of time on the road in my life, traversing continents, traveling up river and down, collecting memories, dreams and goals along the way. It wasn't until I put together a vision board that I started seeing my dream of becoming an internationally bestselling romance author come true. Over the years I've pasted pictures and mementos from Paris (Naughty Paris) Japan (The Blonde Geisha), the Near East (Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs), late 1930s and WWII (Cleopatra's Perfume April 2009)--it's all there on my vision board. But that's not the end of my story, only the beginning...

Having a vision board is like nurturing a relationship--you have to pay attention to it to make it work. Add to it, change it around, but keep it focused. Using the techniques in Joyce's book, I found I'm able to put my goals in a more direct line to get to the next step in my career instead of meandering along that road.

I make changes on my Vision Board on a regular basis, rearrange pictures, add quotes, take down a flyer or note that's no longer relevant to my vision (e.g., I removed Civil War re-enactment photos I had taken when I realized I was going in a different direction with my writing; that doesn't mean I won't go back to that Civil War story someday, just not now).

We all have doubts whether or not we're "doing it right." To me, the most important part of having a vision board is evoking that emotional response in you that helps you keep going even when you have doubts. It's like a favorite piece of music that lifts you up and out of your world every time you hear it. You look forward to hearing it, moving with it, humming along. A good vision board is like that. I've found Joyce's book is the best way not only to get your vision board started, but to keep it going.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Genius of THE VISION BOARD, November 16, 2008

By	Renee Zepeda (The Poconos, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As an educator, writer, lover, artist & social activist, I truly appreciated the genius of The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life (Harper Collins, 2008) by Joyce Schwarz. What is most telling about my experience with the book is how successful it was in my classroom. I took what I learned from The Vision Board and incorporated it into a lesson for a graduate school course that I taught earlier this November. The result was eye-opening: not only did my class of graduate students make their own vision boards and intelligently discuss them, but one of my colleagues went on to teach a lesson on vision boards in her own high school classroom. The theory behind The Vision Board is simple yet brilliant: if you can actually see your goals, dreams, aspirations, visions, manifested through images and words right before your own eyes then you will be more likely to achieve them. Joyce Schwarz presents the magic behind vision boards in a dynamic and inspiring way--I was left with a renewed sense of hope for my future and an eagerness to see my aspirations manifested in my own vision board. I promptly created a poster-sized vision board that revealed desires I had scarcely admitted to myself. When my vision board was complete I saw that I had constructed a vision filled with love, health, poetry, art, nature, spirituality, community, optimism, creativity, ambition, color, wealth, and compassion. I realized that the vision statement carpe diem (seize the day) succinctly embodied the way I want to live my life. If I were a marketer for The Vision Board, I would certainly market the book to other educators; the book is a perfect resource for both higher education and primary school.