Set your goal
Create a clear idea or picture
Focus on it often
Give it positive energy
Continue to work with this process until you achieve your goal, or no
longer have the desire to do so. Remember that goals often change
before they are realized. If you lose interest it may mean that it's
time for a new look at what you want.

Affirmations

Affirmations are one of the most important elements of creative
visualization. An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that
something is already so. It is a way of "making firm" that which you
are imaging. The practice of doing affirmations allows us to begin
replacing some of our stale, worn out, or negative mind chatter with
more positive ideas and concepts. It is a powerful technique, one
that can in a short time completely transform our attitudes and
expectations about life, and thereby totally change what we create
for ourselves.

An affirmation can be any positive statement:

Everything I need is already within me.
The universe is unfolding perfectly.
All things are now working together for good in my life.
I love and appreciate myself.
Here are some important things to remember:
Always phrase affirmations in the present tense.
Always phrase affirmations in the most positive way you can.
In general, the shorter and simpler the better.
Always use affirmations that feel totally right for you.

Always remember that you are creating something new, not trying to
redo or change what already exists, which would create conflict.
Affirmations are not meant to contradict or try to change your
feelings or emotions, even the so-called "negative" ones. Temporarily
suspend your doubts and hesitations, and put your full mental and
emotional energy into your affirmations.

When you are coming out of the empty, grasping, manipulative
condition, the first and foremost lesson to be learned is to just let
go. You must relax, stop struggling, stop trying so hard, stop
manipulating things and people to try to get what you want and need.
In fact, just stop doing so much and have an experience of just being
for awhile. When you do this, you suddenly discover that you're
really perfectly okay, just letting yourself be, and letting the
world be. You begin to want to focus your energy toward the highest
and most fulfilling goals that are real for you at any given moment.

Being, Doing, and Having

Often people try to live their lives backwards: They try to have more
things in order to do more of what they want, so that they will be
happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be
who you really are, then do what you need to do in order to have what
you want.

Three Necessary Elements

Desire - a clear, strong sense of purpose
Belief - that it can exist, and that it can exist for you
Acceptance - are you willing to have it completely (pro and con)?

Going With the Flow

The only effective way to use creative visualization is "going with
the flow." That means that you don't have to "effort" to get where
you want to go; you simply put it out clearly to the universe where
you would like to go, and then patiently and harmoniously follow the
flow of the river of life until it takes you there.

Going with the flow means holding onto your goals lightly (even
though they may seem very important) and being willing to change them
if something better comes along. Going with the flow is the balance
between keeping your destination clearly in mind, and yet also
enjoying all the beautiful scenes along the way, and even being
willing to change your destination if life starts carrying you in a
better direction. The only successful manifestation is one which
brings about a change or growth in consciousness; that is, it has
manifested God/dess, or revealed it more fully, as well as having
manifested a form...

Accepting Your Good

In order to use creative visualization to create what you want in
life, you must be willing and able to accept the best that life has
to offer you - your "good." Many of us have difficulty accepting the
possibility of having what we want in life. This usually stems from
some basic feelings of unworthiness which we took on at a very early
age. Affirmations and creative visualization are a wonderful way of
creating a more positive and loving self-image. First, it lets you
accept and love yourself as you are. Second, it lets you start
creating yourself as you want to be.

Prosperity Programming

A very important part of the whole creative visualization process is
prosperity programming. This means having the understanding, or
consciously taking the point of view, that the universe is totally
abundant...it is a cornucopia of everything that your heart could
ever desire, both on the material plane and on emotional, mental, and
spiritual planes as well. One of the most common causes of failing to
get what you want is "scarcity programming." The truth about this
earth is that it is an infinitely good, beautiful, nourishing place
to be. The only "evil" comes from lack of understanding of this
truth. Evil (ignorance) is like a shadow - it has no real substance
of its own, it is simple a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow
to disappear by trying to fight it - you must shine a light on it.
Unless you can create a context that the world is a good place to be
that can potentially work for everyone, you will experience
difficulty in creating what you want in your personal life.