Reflect & Reinvent – But Don’t Give Up the Dream!
In spite of the challenges all around us, I'm excited about the year. The upside of what we're going through with the economy is that we have an opportunity to reinvent ourselves. We all have to make changes in order to ride the financial waves that are crashing all around us right now.
As a coach and leadership trainer this will be our focus for the coming months. We'll talk about using challenges to leverage change.
Even if your goal right now is to enhance your skills, make a career change, or diversify your business don't sacrifice your dreams. Put them on hold in the real world if you have to, but don't put them on hold in your heart. Remember a dream nurtures the soul and gets you up in the morning.
Here are 3 keys to keep your dream alive in challenging times.
1.) Get it out of your head. Write the dream on paper. Write it in the present tense with you in it. i.e. I see
myself speaking in front of a large audience. or I have become the most sought after personal trainer in
Hawaii.
2.) Write a list or make a mind map of everything you have to do to have the dream happen in real time.
3.) Keep the vision and the list where you can see it. (I have mine on the bathroom mirror.)
Then go about the business of doing what is right in front of you and doing it well. If you have another job, do one or two things on your list each week. If your vision and dream is linked to what you're doing now, then go for it; do as many things as you can. Both of these will help you build the momentum necessary to move you forward.
A few months ago I found a tattered faded sticky note with my 5 big dreams on them. It was written over twenty years ago and all of them had been accomplished but one. The one is a life time goal and its still in process.
More to come!
By the way… Roadmap to Success is available through Amazon and it's doing great. Ask for it by my name. Make sure you have the D. in front of Trinidad Hunt
I have been fortunate enough to have had the extended company of Trinidad over the past few weeks! The experience has been life changing and awe inspiring, to say the least! The breadth of Trin’s knowledge is surpassed only by her enthusiasm for her chosen subject of interest – life! She is a remarkable woman! Together with her business partner Lynne Truair, they have changed my perspective and focus, giving me direction and purpose in the often overwhelming world of today. The exercises and advice have helped immeasurably, my favourites being; ONE MONTH TO LIVE from which I gained an entirely new perspective on my life, what I wanted to achieve, what I wanted to be remembered for and most importantly, on the key relationships in my life! GOAL SETTING, similar to the Reinventing the dream section, writing down goals and possible obstacles to their achievement REALLY helped in getting focused on the many aspirations floating around in my head and putting them tangibly down on paper, recognising them as an ambition to be worked towards and then developing strategies for their attainment, gave me a specific target for my energy (PAY ATTENTION TO ATTENTION as Trin would say). Some goals I was almost too afraid to write, but when you get it down on paper and view a complete list of obstacles, their is no more fear and you realise it is simply a process and you can begin to walk that path. Breaking it down into incremental steps takes the enormity (and seeming impossibility) out of the end goal. It sounds simple but the effect is amazing!
The other thing for which I owe Trin (and Lynne) great gratitude, is the publication of The Operator’s Manual For Planet Earth! This book is a must for every one of us here on Earth and I am so grateful to have found it early in life. It completely changed my perspective on life and gives me great solace! Superb!
I look forward to reading her Learning to Learn and Road Map to Success books and am so glad there is now a website to keep me connected to this fantastic energy that is Trinidad Hunt!
Thank you for the inspiring message. I am going through challenges right now and the temptation was to give up on my dream. After reading you message I wrote myself a dream list and put it on my mirror.
Looking forward to your next blog!