Yes, very helpful. It is hard when the preparation for a goal is so extensive and the goal is months or years away, but actually being in that moment I think can really help.
For instance I love performing. I would love nothing more than to be a concert pianist, or to be in an orchestra. Thinking of that moment, sitting at a piano on stage in front of thousands of people, really inspires me. I think I will start using that vision.
I was led indirectly to this method through another article I read, called
The Types of Nemesis.
See, there's a piano concerto competition in October, that I have been preparing for for a little over a year now, off and on. I've had a lot of trouble with motivation, because I was so afraid of failure that I couldn't bring myself to put a lot into it. I have put hundreds of hours into this piece already, but I know that I can work a lot harder on it.
That article I just linked to, specifically the part on rivals, made me imagine it as though someone else had won the competition, and how I would feel. I just cannot let that happen, and that immediately ignited my motivation to work a lot harder at it. So that's an alternative form to the method you talked about. I know that I really want to win this, because it would be great for me in so many ways. I know that I will win it.
So anyway, I do agree with your post.