The importance of dreaming B-I-G!
Submitted by Lisa Steadman on June 6, 2008 - 8:58 pm
Recently, I attended Mark Victor Hansen’s Mega Business weekend seminar. I was hoping to learn a thing or two about growing my business WooHoo, Inc., a business I started to help people transform their love lives from BooHoo to WooHoo! The speakers were absolutely amazing, and covered a variety of topics. I came away with three important lessons, which I’ll share in a minute. What surprised me is that these three lessons not only apply to growing a business, but they also apply to healing and moving on from a breakup. How cool is that? The lessons are as follows:
1. Make a plan
2. Surround yourself with a team of people to help you
3. Dream B-I-G
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Sounds simple enough, right? It actually is. But even with these clearly stated goals, it’s surprising how often we get in our own way. Case in point: Mr. XY received a phone call a few weeks ago about an exciting two month job opportunity in New Zealand. The pay was great, travel was covered, start date immediate. All he had to do was say yes, get on a plane, and go.
Guess what? Mr. XY almost turned down the job. I almost wanted him to! After all, we had the next two months planned. I had seminars to attend, a cabin in Montana reserved where I could go and finish my book in peace, and he was lining up several other short-term gigs in the Los Angeles area. Changing our plans would be a pain in the ass.
And then we looked at the big picture. We both love to travel, can both work from anywhere, and have created lives that give us incredible amounts of freedom. So why were we chaining ourselves to Los Angeles? By taking our blinders off, we realized New Zealand was an amazing opportunity. It perfectly aligned with our dream life vision. If we could work from anywhere and did love to travel, why not go to New Zealand for two months? Really, what was stopping us?
As I write this, Mr. XY is on the other side of the world loving New Zealand. I join him on Sunday. We were quickly and easily able to reschedule seminars, cabin rentals, line up a cat sitter, etc. Sure we had to change our immediate plans, but if our overall plan is to say yes to adventure, then it was up to us to honor that. And so we did.
With that in mind, here’s wishing you continued success in your own life. Make a plan, surround yourself with supportive people, and above all, dream big!
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