This article by Martha Beck is excellent. I like the idea of using adjectives rather than nouns, re. words of power. When she asks you to "gaze into your future"— that's where I actually go with clients, to hang out there and embrace — INHALE! — all those positive, probable future aspects. I'm currently composing a response to several who have reached me recently, asking how they might literally time-travel to the past -- to erase it! Anyway, here's Martha's great article: Goal Setting Strategies