Making the Dream Work

    With SPRING approaching, many thoughts swirl around my head.  From hope of what the fresh season and warmer weather will afford to fear of failures large and small.  Sometimes, I wonder if I've got the right stuff to master my life.  To answer this occasional doubt, I remind myself of what I've accomplished so far and put myself in the mindset of the BOSS.  Looking back at my gratitudes journal, business growth metrics, and daily actions analyses returns me to an inspired state of creative and productive thought and action.

    A very important exercise that I learned from Paul O'Mahony's Rethink Academy is to write down three goals, then for each goal, write 100 reasons WHY the goal is important to achieve and 100 reasons WHY not achieving the goal would suck.  That's 200 reasons per goal times 3 goals = 600 reasons you'll be writing down.  Tedious, yes.  Enlightening, yes.  Resourceful after the fact, YES!  Sometimes, my daily affirmations don't have the ZING to fire me up the way I like, so I'll dig out my 600 reasons that I wrote months ago, read them, then find myself excited to get going.  I recommend this exercise for everyone.

    Combining the inspiration I've created for myself with the BOSS mindset I consistently train, gets me started in achieving my overall VISION.  But to get to the "finish line", I need to develop disciplines and a routine that patiently works at the MISSION daily.  Refining my to do lists, analyzing what worked and what didn't, getting over procrastinations and fears, educating myself continually, and focusing on the action steps that bring me closer to achieving a goal - these are the tools that make the dream happen in RL - not just in my head.

        I have seeds planted and some are already sprouting in the greenhouse.  I wonder if I'll have a bumper crop this year?  Or if the tender seedlings will die in tonight's freezing temps?  What if the woodchips I layered in this year will mess up the soil?  Time will tell, and I will be learning every minute, everyday, every season, to be making it better than last.  Sweet dreams!