Visualisation is the power of imagination that enables individuals to manifest their aspirations into reality by harnessing the mind's capabilities. This powerful tool can transform fuzzy desires into vibrant blueprints for success. This can significantly impact your journey towards achieving personal and professional goals. Let’s look at some visualisation techniques that can help fulfil your desires in real life.    Visualisation Strategies That Can Make Your Goals a Reality Crystallise Your Vision  Imagine the perfect scenario before you act.  For instance, if you are preparing to give a presentation in the office, picture yourself delivering an impeccable presentation. See the room—bright lights, attentive faces. Feel the confident aura around you.  Or, if you are an athlete who is preparing for a marathon, you can envisage completing the race. Feel the warmth of the sun, hear the crowd cheering. The clearer the vision, the more powerful its effect on your aspirations. Dive deep into these detailed mental images—they will pull you closer to the goal. Read more: How to Make Realistic New Year Resolutions that Stick In this way, people of any profession can utilise their mental power to imagine their successes.  Emotional Involvement  Visualisation stir emotions in the form of joy, excitement, and satisfaction. Emotions can drive people with strong determination to reach their targets. So, let your emotion propel you to forward your journey. For example, if you want to lose weight, you can try to imagine the situation of hitting your fitness target. In the same way, an athlete or a weight lifter can immerse himself in the thrill of crossing the finish line or lifting heavier weights. Feel the rush of adrenaline, the joy of overcoming challenges. It can inspire and energise you to carry out regular exercises and hard work required on the journey to success.  Read more: Good Stress: What Are the Benefits of Eustress? Goal-Specific Techniques  One needs to customise their visualisation methods for specific goals. If one is aiming for a promotion, one should envision confidently handling responsibilities in the new role. Also, picturing leading and motivating others with ease is important too.  Tailoring the visualisations to match your aspirations precisely will strengthen your belief and determination. It will make your path to success clearer and more achievable. Visualisation Scripts  Imagine detailed mental scripts outlining steps to achieve your goals. You can visualise smoothly tackling work challenges, learning and growing from each experience. These detailed mental scripts will guide you through the journey towards your goals. It will also boost your confidence in handling challenges along the way.  Read more: Effective Self-marketing Tips for Job Candidates For instance, if you want to go abroad for higher studies, imagine all the steps, such as taking IELTS, choosing Universities, applying, getting a visa, etc. Thus, mental scripting can help you meet the requirements one by one systematically.  Vision Boards  It is necessary to build a visual collection of your dreams. If longing for travel, gather images of dreamy destinations. Arrange these images, words, and symbols into a collage. Then, hang it where you can see it often.  This vivid display will energise you and remind you of your aspirations. It can reinforce what you are striving for each day. Let its presence inspire and focus your efforts, like working hard to save money for travelling.  Read more: Personal Grooming Tips and Tricks for Better Life and Career

Football has “The Catch,” baseball has “The Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” and basketball has “The Block.” For soccer, it is Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” – a sporting moment captured in time, the mere mention of which can conjure up strong emotions among supporters. Such is its legacy, that some 36 years after bouncing into the back of the net, the soccer ball involved was sold at auction on Nov. 16, 2022 for US$2.4 million. So why does this goal, which should not even have been a goal, carry so much significance? As an economist who studies sport, I’ve long believed that you have to grasp the cultural significance to understand the financial dimension of sports. This goal was one of soccer’s most iconic events for a number of reasons. 1. It’s about the controversy The goal in question was scored by Argentinian great Maradona against England in the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup. It was the second half, no goals had been scored, and Argentina’s team was passing the ball around the edge of the England penalty box. England midfielder Steve Hodge tried to clear the ball but only succeeded in kicking high above the goalkeeper. Normally one would expect the goalkeeper to catch it, especially against the 5-foot-5-inch Maradona. But somehow the ball ended up in the back of the net. At first, it seemed that Maradona had headed the ball, but replays clearly showed him steering the ball with his clenched fist. This was three decades before the use of video assistant referee, or VAR, in soccer. There was no way to review. The referee’s vision was blocked, and he looked to the linesman for guidance – but the linesman saw nothing wrong, and the goal was allowed to stand. Read more: Diego Maradona: A year without the Argentine Legend Speaking after the game, Maradona told reporters that the goal was scored “un poco con la cabeza de Maradona y otro poco con la mano de Dios,” or in the English translation, “a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God.” The phrase stuck, and with it the legend of the goal. 2. It’s really about that second goal The Argentina team of 1986 was not a great team. Rather, it was an average team combined with the greatest player in the world at the time, and many would say the most talented footballer ever to grace a pitch. England were probably a better team if you took Maradona out of the game. So that is what England’s defenders tried to do: shut him out by fair means or foul. England’s plan was to make it the responsibility of almost every player on the field to track him and try to stop him from advancing. They tried, but it was impossible. Four minutes after the first goal, Maradona took the ball and at lightning pace skipped past three defenders and the England goalkeeper to score again. The goal was voted “the goal of the [20th] century” in a 2002 FIFA poll. Argentina would go on to win the final in what is still known as “Maradona’s World Cup.” 3. No, it’s all about Argentina’s revenge! There was no escaping the political context of the game – or the goal. In 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, or Las Malvinas – the name you use determines your allegiance – a British overseas territory some 300 miles off the Argentinian coast. The islands had been occupied by the British since 1833, and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher cemented her image as “The Iron Lady” by sending a military task force 8,000 miles across the Atlantic to recapture the islands. The U.K. claimed its primary motivation was respecting the self-determination of the islanders, but valuable fishing rights and a seat at the table in the administration of the Antarctic were also at stake. Among the neutrals, there was considerable sympathy for the Argentine cause in what seemed like an anachronistic act of colonial imperialism by the British. The humiliation for Argentinian generals likely hastened the end of the military dictatorship and the restoration of democracy in Argentina. But it bred resentment against the English – Argentinians believe in their heart that Las Malvinas belong to them, not to Britain – and that colored the build-up to the 1986 game, as Maradona later recalled in his memoir “Yo Soy El Diego,” or “I Am The Diego:” “Somehow we blamed the English players for everything that had happened, for everything that the Argentinian people had suffered … we were defending our flag, the dead kids, the survivors.” 4. OK, it’s because Diego Maradona really is the GOAT Few players have stamped their presence on a World Cup quite like Maradona. His performance in the England game stands as a memorial to his greatness, and the phrase “Hand of God” neatly puts his name in the same sentence as divinity. It wasn’t a one-off – the entire tournament became a showground for his outrageous skill – and he fittingly raised the trophy at the end. Read more: Diego Maradona has surgery on right knee But Maradona – who died in 2020 at age 60 – was also a troubled genius. A child of the slums of Buenos Aires, he never lost the anxiety that he would not receive his due. He became addicted to drugs – potentially as a result of all the painkillers he needed to keep playing in an era in which defenders were prone to bone-crunching tackles – and struggled with cocaine. He was frequently abusive toward the media, was accused of assaulting one girlfriend, and he was alleged to have close connections to the mafia. But for most soccer enthusiasts, none of this really detracts from his greatness as a player. There are simply some players – a very small number indeed – whose story transcends right and wrong and whose acts are forever remembered like the heroes of ancient Greek epics. Maradona is one such player. Like Achilles or Odysseus, his name will live on, remembered in the “Hand of God” goal.

Dániel Gazdag scored on a penalty kick in the 79th minute to lift the Philadelphia Union to a 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution on Saturday. Gazdag's ninth goal of the season for Eastern Conference-leading Philadelphia (10-2-9) came four minutes after Mikael Uhre pulled the Union even with his seventh netter. Gustavo Bou's seventh goal of the campaign — all in the last eight matches — gave New England (6-7-7) a 1-0 lead in the 61st minute. The Union had a 20-18 advantage in shots, but the Revolution had a 7-6 edge in shots on goal. Read: BPL Football: Police FC beat Muktijoddha SKC by 4-1 goal Andre Blake had five saves for Philadelphia. Djordje Petrovic saved four for New England. Gazdag opened the scoring last time out with a PK goal in the 26th minute in the Union's 2-1 win over Inter Miami.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained two people along with 20 gold bars from the Putkhali border at Balunda village in Benapole port area on Monday. The detainees were identified as Liton Hossain, 25, son of Ali Hossain and Hafizur Rahman, 28, son of Azizur Rahman of the village. Also read: 2 held with 20 gold bars along Jashore border Tipped off, a team of BGB-21 conducted a drive in the area and detained two people along with the gold bars, weighing 3.89 kgs, said commanding officer of BGB-21, Lieutenant Colonel Manjur-e-Elahi. The market value of the gold bars is Tk 2.5 crore. They were handed over to Benapole Port Police. Also read: Gold import policy fails to stop smuggling, tax evasion: NBR Chairman