“Life is a ticket to the greatest show on earth.” ~Martin H. Fischer

Hey.  Did you answer the question from the last entry? Let me repeat it: What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?  What would you attempt to become or achieve or do, if you knew that it was impossible to fail?  How did you do with that question?  For me, I can still remember the first time that I heard this question, more than 20 years ago now, and how frightened I was by it.  Yes, frightened.

It was frightening to me to put down on paper what I really wanted – the secret dreams of my heart, without knowing how I would accomplish them.  Somehow it was safer if I kept these dreams locked up in my mind without even a piece of paper to incriminate me.  Funny reaction I know, but some of you might also be finding some resistance to this question.  The question does not ask you to formulate a plan, or be logical, or be reasonable – all of those things come later.  What it does is presuppose that you will find a way and that the best way to proceed is to come from a place of certainty: I don’t know how I am going to get there, but I know that I will.

So, what was your answer?  Write it down and let’s move on to the next question.  Actually, before that, let’s do the “priming” that I had mentioned in the last entry.  I have written about this before and any of you that have attended one of my live seminars have experienced priming first hand.  As a recap, priming is a very powerful technique designed to help you to enter optimal, peak states.  I’m not going to go over how it works today.  Just follow these instructions – read these words:

Destiny     Destined for Greatness     Explorer     Achievement     Powerful     Self Confident     Successful     Unstoppable     Grateful     Deeply Fulfilled     Excited     Adventure     Satisfaction     Playful     Delight     Ready to learn     Fun     Ready for new experiences     Dreams     Heart’s Desire     Marvelous Gifts    What Matters Most to Me     What I truly want     My Dreams    My Passions    My Loves

Great.  Now let’s move on to question two.   Question 2) Let’s create an inventory of your dreams.  I want you to pretend that it is Christmas Eve and you have been very good indeed – Santa is going to bring you whatever you wish.  This should be a comprehensive list that looks from today all the way forward to 20 or more years from now.  I don’t want you to worry at all about how you will accomplish any of these goals.  I don’t want you to put any limits on these goals.  I just want you to dream, across all categories of your life, and write these things down.

I’ll give you some categories to help your creativity.  Try to end up with at least a dozen notes in each of the following categories of goals.  Spend anywhere from a minimum of 5 minutes to whatever amount of time feels right to you.

Goal Setting Categories:

  • Your Physical Body Goals
  • Personal Development Goals
  • Family Goals
  • Relationship Goals
  • Business Goals
  • Spiritual Goals
  • Financial Goals
  • Fun / Delight Goals
  • Possessions
  • Emotional Goals

Have fun!  It is impossible to do this wrong and we will debrief the results next time.

Jack

“Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told:  “I am with you kid.  Let’s go.”" ~Maya Angelou