About a month ago, I was in my office daydreaming as I
do almost every day. This time I noticed
something different. Instead of the
forward thinking point of view, I noticed I was thinking someone else’s
thoughts: “How will I keep growth going in my company in this down turn”, “How
will I bring on new clients in this down turn” , “ How will I follow through on
the new division I just started when all my clients are having difficult times.”
These weren’t my
ideas, they had been drilled into me by the media, my social
group and general lunchroom talk Luckily, I was able to catch myself heading
into a downward spiral of negative thoughts and fear. One of my mantras is “Thoughts become
reality. ” I knew, that if I continued to think this way, that a
self-fulfilling prophesy would be heading my way very shortly! I woke up from this nasty daydream and decided
to change my mind. In my life, that means I began to change my attitude.
I started an exercise that has always worked for me. I
pictured myself speaking to new clients, I saw myself delivering seminars to
new companies. I pictured myself busy and loving it. I set new goals and
imagined myself achieving and exceeding them by replacing my negative
daydreaming with positive, future-oriented imagining, I began envisioning new directions
for myself and my business. By allowing
myself to think positively without believing the dire warnings of the media, I ended
up with ideas I did not have an hour before this daydreaming session in my
office.
By the end of the day I had a list of 15 companies I
knew would need my services. I had another 20 or so businesses that I thought
may need our services. I split this list up among three of my team members and
we started working. You should have seen
the smiles on my fellow team mates faces! By the end of the day we had 5
appointments set, and by the end of the week we had 2 new clients and we have
done even more since then. The amount of new business in this case is not the
point
For me the point was I changed my mind, something, motivational speaker Lou Tice has taught
me, and something I’ve been speaking about in my seminars for the last 7 years. On
that day last month I could have just
kept thinking negatively and go on with my everyday work routine, but I chose
not to. I decided to change my mind, change my attitude and it was also
infectious.
The one thing I have learned over my years that has
been proved to me over and over again is that “Thoughts Become Reality”. As I
change my thoughts I create a new reality and the power to do this is in all of
us. I can truly see myself in the new situation I know I will be there, the
question is when?
I am a dyslexic who bareley finished High School, but when I decided a few years ago to go back to University for the first time and get my Masters in Leadership it was just a matter of, what is the graduation date. I changed my mind from me being a dyslexic student who bareley graduated High School to me being a graduate with a master degree. Of course it happened and I just finished my Masters Degree from Royal Roads University with a 3.86 average. My thoughts became reality as they always do.
