This article has the opposite conclusion: http://www.stltoday.com/classifieds/jobs/visualize-interview-success/article_e28255a8-1de8-11e0-849d-0017a4a78c22.html

This article has the opposite conclusion: http://www.stltoday.com/classifieds/jobs/visualize-interview-success/article_e28255a8-1de8-11e0-849d-0017a4a78c22.html http://www.stltoday.com/classifieds/jobs/visualize-interview... I realize Tiger Woods and Michael Phelps using positive visualization is just an anecdote, but it seems to work for them. The first article's example of visualizing a glass of cold waters seems pretty useless to me. Unless you are severely depressed I think most people could muster the energy to get a cold glass of water. I'd rather see a study of people using visualization to train for a marathon or some other task that takes a little effort.