If you are reading this, hopefully you have done the exercises in Part 1 of this series because we are going to use those steps now. The very first thing I asked you to do was write your goal down or your dream…that thing you want to do, that your heart is aching for you to do, it’s that thing that if you get to do it, you will never feel like you have to work another day in your life because you love doing it so much. If you aren’t sure what that is then here is a simple exercise you can do to figure it out. Go back through your life and find the things you were most passionate about doing, those things that fed your soul, that made you lose track of time, that have been a consistent theme in your life. List those things in your Goal section.
So once you have that goal or dream clearly identified go back through the steps to your goal I asked you to write down in no particular order, your brainstorming for your goal. Now I want you to spend some time putting them in order. After you put them in order, you need to fill in between those steps the steps you left out. This needs to be very detailed, a blueprint or map if you will of your heart’s desire. Every little step, the minutia of your dream, because each day from now on, you are going to spend a minimum of 15 minutes on your dream and these steps will guide you in doing that.
Now remember I also asked you to make a list of “Why I Shouldn’t”? This list is VERY important so if you haven’t done it yet, stop reading this, sit down in a quiet place and make that list. If you have done that list, let’s talk about it. It is well known that as humans, it is much easier for us to believe the negative about ourselves than the positive. It is also true that if we have people in our lives who don’t necessarily support our dream, they will give us negative messages to try and dissuade us from pursuing them. That desire to dissuade us is usually from a place of “don’t leave me behind” or “don’t do better than me otherwise I’ll look bad or feel bad…” I can tell you right now, right up front you are not going to change their feelings about your endeavor. Only they can change their feelings. We have no control over others feelings or thoughts. All you can do is be true to yourself and stay positive and upbeat.
Regarding the list of ‘shouldn’ts’ I want you, over the next few days to take each one of them, and new ones as you remember or think of them, and respond positively to each one. Write a positive counterpoint to the negative. This might seem difficult, maybe impossible but it is vital to your success because those negatives will pop up over and over again and you want to be able to refer back to your excellent list and counter them. Please be very complete and when you draw a blank responding to the negative, just give it some time, don’t rush it.
I know all of this might seem very unnecessary to starting on your goal or dream but buildings are not built without a blueprint and nothing that stands the test of time is just thrown together. You will be happy you did all this work. Work on these tasks a little every single day. Our next part to your dream building will be starting to put all the pieces together….Oseola style.