If asked this question, I know that many Ask Patty readers would say "I'd get a fancy new car."  Well, that’s exactly what Cynthia Stafford did.  She won a $112 million dollar jackpot, and went right out and picked out two new Bentleys—a baby-blue convertible and a bright-orange sedan.

But her big win was more than just a lifestyle chage - it was the beginning of a whole new life. She chose to use her windfall to chase a dream she'd always had of making movies. Now, four years later, that dream has been realized: she runs her own production company, and she credits her success to the power of positive visualization.  We usually hear stories about lottery winners' lives becoming unbearable after their win, because they were completely unprepared for that kind of change - it's a breath of fresh air to see a truly inspiring story for a change.

According to this article in Parade, it's a story that is the stuff of films:  in January of 2007, Stafford was raising five kids, struggling to pay the bills, and - so she says - lulling herself to sleep at night by visualizing a lottery check, and not just any check:  she says that she specifically visualized $112 million, and if that wasn't enough, she knew what she'd be wearing when she won.

But that’s exactly what she was wearing, and exactly what she won, the next Mother’s Day, when she got the good news.  She says that moment confirmed for her how powerful our minds can be, and I have to say I'm inclined to agree.  So tonight, and every night, as you close your eyes to sleep, take a moment to visualize your dreams, and be specific.  You never know how powerful you really are.

Kaeli Gardner AskPatty.com, Inc.

Connect with Us

View Our Compliance Statement

Subscribe to our RSS Feed

Subscribe to our E-News

AskPatty® and Certified Female Friendly® are U.S. registered trademarks owned by AskPatty.com, Inc.

• Filed Under:  
• Cars, Career, Finances

• Tags:
• Film
• News Briefs for Women
• win
• What Women Want!
• parade
• Girls and Their Cars Photos
• Women Speak!
• lottery
• Weblogs
• bentley
• cynthia stafford
• millionaire
• positive visualization

View Original Post at caradvice.askpatty.com

Humor: The Six Most Common Personality Types on Facebook

Callista Gingrich’s Suits: Mood Rings Revealing the Soul of Her Husband’s Campaign

Advice for the New Royal Bride, H.S.H. Princess Charlene of Monaco

Does Fashion Deserve To Be In a Museum?

Emma Stone on Dropping Out of High School, Adjusting to Fame, and Her Hardest Hollywood Moment Yet

Sarah Palin Invokes World’s Least Creative Excuse to Explain Tour Suspension

Q&A;: Marianne Faithfull Doesn’t Like to Talk About the Rolling Stones

Gaga, Japan's Lady in Shining Armor?

Does Best Buy Own the Word “Geek”?

“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”