Is your Business Dream a “Castle in the Air?”
….”If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” Henry Thoreau
Have you asked yourself, “Is what I want just a pipe dream? Am I building castles in the air?” At some point during their career, most executives and entrepreneurs look at themselves in the mirror and ask these very questions.
Michael Port, author of the brilliant book, “The Think Big Manifesto,” says that “Our worst enemy is staring out at us from the mirror every morning.” He calls this kind of self-doubt an example of thinking small.
What to do? Michael Port says this disease of “negative self-talk,” of “thinking small” can be treated.
The antidote? Learn to “think big.”
“The Think Big Manifesto” is filled with wonderful examples of people who “think big,” who pursue their dreams despite great odds and not only over come but thrive.
Take author Lisa Miller, who wrote, Give your Dream a Heartbeat and Choose Joy Now!” Within a ten-month period, Lisa lost her husband, her job, her home, her dog, and suffered multiple injuries from a car wreck that resulted in months of physical therapy. Yet, none of these heart-stopping events stopped Lisa! She says, “I’ve learned the ultimate level of success is the realization that you have everything you need , right now, as you work toward your goals and dreams…..If you’re not happy now, you’re not going to be happy when you have more money, purchase your dream home, or whatever goal you may have.”
Lisa is a big thinker! Visit her website at www.giveyourdreamaheartbeat.com and see the results of her dreams.
What about Bruce Katz, another “big thinker” who is cited in Michael Port’s book? Bruce was fixated on walking comfortably and, as a result, “married work shoes and running shoes” to create his very successful company, Rockport, which became a big part of the fitness-walking movement in the 1980’s. Bruce is a big thinker!
Michael Port says, “To think big is to know there is no absolute knowing, except the knowledge that big things are possible.”
What’s stopping you from thinking big about you, your dreams, and all those around you? What’s the “committee inside of your head” telling you day in and day out? Are you listening to the negative “head talk” or looking deep within where you will find every single resource your need to begin building your dream foundation today.
Big things are absolutely possible for you when you talk louder than the voice of your own self doubt, learn from other big thinkers, and take inspired action.
Michael Port is a big thinker and he wants you to join his revolution. Go to www.thinkbigrevolution.com.
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