Steps to Being Successful and Creating an Unprecedented Future Envision it -> Big Promises -> Big Requests -> Make It Happen
1. Envision it: What do you really want? What is your vision?
2. Big Promises: What is the tangible manifestation of your vision? Invent a new place to operate from by making bold promises and then embodying the promise. Interact in the world by standing in this promise and allowing yourself to engage with forces both seen and unseen in an entirely new way.
3. Unconditional Commitment to Make It Happen. Be willing to risk everything. Operate without any guarantee. Be willing to “go for it anyway” and be committed, even though the odds of failing are high. If the odds of failing are low, you are not operating in the arena of an unprecedented future. “I have no guarantee, I make my commitment my guarantee.”
4. Set a powerful intention and Be The Source. Own your “unprecedented future.” Own that you are the Chessboard upon which all pieces play. You are not a pawn. Own that you are the writer, director and producer of this magnificent production. You are the Source. Get out of the way and allow the universe to support you. 5. Make Big Requests. A request could be for a coach to support you, for a $100,000 donation, for someone to enroll in the Journey. As a leader, you seek a committed response from a person who has the authority to deliver on that commitment. If you don’t think you need to make requests, if you don’t think you need to ask anybody for anything, you are playing a very small game. If you don’t use powerful coaches, you are playing a small game. You are also playing a small game if you only make requests you think will be accepted. 6. Be a space for Authentic YES’s or Authentically NO’s. What allows people to authentically say YES is that they have the authentic opportunity to say NO. With the freedom to say NO, both people are empowered. If you don’t let people say NO they have no space to say YES. Once you integrate into your way of being the knowledge that anyone can say NO, you will be transformed. You will begin to make bold requests, which may be a huge departure from your previous way of operating.
It doesn’t matter whether people say YES or NO. A clear request and answer moves your promises closer to manifestation. Yes-buts, maybe, I’ll think about it, I’ll call you sometime, etc. stalls the process. A NO is committed action. A NO moves things forward because it is clear without the fog of interpretation. A NO may bring issues to the surface and gives you the chance to clearly move on to what is next.
Break the cycle of your addiction to interpretations. There are no shoulds, shouldn’ts, rights or wrongs. You are inventing this future. When there is a breakdown, obstacle or NO, distinguish “what happened” from your “interpretation” of what happened. It’s important to remember that you made a commitment to “have it happen”, not to “have it happen by looking a certain way.” 7. Make corrections along the way. Make it Happen!