Hi Reader, last week I talked about the base mindset you need to cultivate to become radically referable. That base mindset? Leadership. And I promised that over the next few weeks, I'd share some things that should help you cultivate that mindset. So here's the first thing!: Having a dream. A vision. Now, it's all well and good to just say to somebody, "Have a vision." But that's not going to get you to where you need to be, so let's walk through some things to help hone your vision story so it actually serves you. Step 1: Pick a DateNow, you can do what you want...but dates 3-5 years down the road tend to serve people best in my experience, so I recommend that. Also? Pick a day that's important to you. Your birthday. An anniversary. Something that's important to you. One thing I don't suggest? Picking 12/31, or even 1/1. That's not personal enough to you. (Unless of course, it's a birthday or anniversary!) Step 2: Pick 5 Areas of LifeI'm talking Big Rocks that are important to you. Family. Mental. Professional. Financial. Physical. Spiritual. Things like that. Step 3: Ask Yourself: "What do I want in these areas?Who do you want to be by the date you picked? What do you want to do by the date you picked? What do you want to have by the date you picked? Don't judge your thoughts, just get them out of your head. Writing it down just makes it real and gives you a starting point. You can always come back later and do more fleshing out. There's a little proverb hit me between the eyes one day: "Hope deferred makes the heart sick. But desire fulfilled is a tree of life." If you've ever felt that moment of angst, of that frustration of "there's got to be more"...this is what helps shake off the heartsickness. Taking the time to think. Imagine. Write it down. If you're struggling, I get it. It's not easy. You may be saying to yourself, "I don't know how to do this. I don't know what I want." And that's okay. That's the purpose of this exercise. If you're not clear on where you're going, at least this'll give you a start. And having a start means at least you're thinking. And actively thinking means everything will come together in due time. You get to create it. Whatever it looks like for you. That's the cool part. We're all creators. Every one of us. We're creating sales, we're creating lives that we want, even if we're not fully intentional about it. But now this is something to help you be intentional! Lead yourself. Don't just let life lead you. Let me know what you come up with, Brian PS - And for those of you this exercise did come to easily? Now you can hold your vision in your purview, and let it inform the decisions you make and the actions you take. That's how dreaming leads to achieving. Whenever you're ready, there are 2 ways I can help you:
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