Nothing happens without first a dream

Welcome to everyone who is joining me on this journey of taking control of our future by setting some positive goals and going after them. By doing this, we have already put ourselves in the top 3 % of people in the world.

The first step in setting and achieving our goals is to decide WHAT we want. Before we get on to that step though, we need to do some pre work to ensure we set the right goals. We must get our personal mindset in a healthy place and rekindle the fire of dreams past that have been quenched by the circumstances of our journey so far. I suggest we all take a quick trip to the past to let go of any disappointments and regrets. When we do this we will be able to pick up some old dreams we have buried and bring them forward to today. The key to this process being successful, is only staying there for a short time and not getting trapped by a loss of enthusiasm and self belief. As goal setters we now draw a line in the sand, inhabit today and plan our tomorrows. We cannot change the past, we can only learn from it and use our experiences as a motivator to change.

Nothing happens without first a dream……

Over the years my dreams have changed with my priorities. From the age of eight I wanted to own a black 911 Porsche. I used to spend hours dreaming about the freedom of driving it through a mountain range with the top down and a cool breeze in my hair. I had pictures of it everywhere, I made models of it, I already owned it. Along my journey I lost the desire to own that Porsche, as I did with a lot of other things. The car didn’t change but my values and priorities did.

For me to set my goals today I must first look at what and who is important to me. Funnily enough, not to many of my dreams today are about material things but more about a lifestyle.

Let’s get started.

Take out a large sheet of paper and find a quiet spot. We are going to spend the next hour putting our dreams on paper. To get the most out of this exercise we need to give ourselves permission to have fun and let go of our fears. Just let our imagination lead us and as soon as something pops into our head, quickly write it down, without leaving enough time to talk ourselves out of it with our limiting beliefs. Go wild, write it all down, fill the page, you can do it!

Over the next few days, and for the rest of our lives, we need to keep adding to this Master Dream List as new dreams are given to us. This becomes a working document of the “desires of our heart”. We will continually maintain this as a reservoir from which to draw enthusiasm, motivation and the raw materials for setting goals.

Have a lot of fun with this exercise this week and next week we will take the next step together in our goal setting journey.

Have an awesome week, you deserve it!

Cheers

Grant Herbert
The People Builder