This week I wanted to share 4 seemingly small yet potentially super powerful tips which could see you hitting bigger goals, if you’re interested.
Have you noticed that youtube started pushing clever notifications to you? So that whilst you are laser focused on something a little pop up suggestion of a recommended video appears in the top right of your screen. I’m normally pretty disciplined to ignore these pop ups but a few weeks ago one video headline caught my attention, for two reasons. One – because it was by Brendan Burchard and I know he makes valuable content, and two- because of the title, ‘How to Visualize and Manifest Bigger Goals’.
I watched the video intently and noted down the four tips he shared, and over the last few weeks I’ve been consciously referring back to them, actively incorporating them and telling others about them in mastermind groups. Clearly that’s too short a time frame to prove or disprove whether these techniques work, but what I will say is that I like them, and fully believe they will pay dividends. Hence I wanted to share them. So without war and peace, here are my summarised notes I took from Brendan:
TIP #1: VISUALISE FUTURE SCENES
You have to see yourself in scenes that you want that don’t currently exist. Most people write down goals and to do’s rather than taking the time to see the desired scenes in their mind’s eye. Everyday we need to visualise the desired day ahead, but also the bigger picture goals we are striving for. Regularly engaging in future thinking like this will help maintain clarity of why we are putting in the ground work, and it will tune our mental GPS system to look for all the ‘how’s’ to get us there. I know we all know this, none of that is new, but are we actually doing it? Are you visualising scenes in your mind of the completing the kind of property deals you aspire to?
I think now more than ever we have so many demands on our attention that we are whizzing about life each day like the Tasmanian Devil with a dust cloud of chaos around us. I recognise this and I’m sure you do too. So, I’ve consciously added in a little more time in my morning routine to visualise future scenes, and I have to say I’m liking it.
TIP #2: BE PREPARED TO PRIORITISE SKILL BUILDING
Sometimes along this journey we have to prioritise skill building over stability. An example Brendan shared was of an unpaid intern. In other words the young graduate working for nothing to learn the skills that will deserve and grow them into that career over time. You could say the same thing about getting started in property- the first phase might feel like an unpaid intern exchanging your time for not much return at all whilst you learn the new property strategy. The question is- are you willing to compromise the stability/quality of your life a little bit whilst you acquire those new skills? Your why and what the end payoff means to you will dictate your answer to this. The hungry ones out there will be looking to accelerate through the skill building as quickly as possible, but it still requires that understanding of upsetting the equilibrium for a period.
TIP #3: GET THE NETWORK FOR IT
You have to build your network relevant to your big goal. Who would you want to be friends with and who would you need to know in your chosen space to help achieve the abundance you seek? Brendan reminds us that if you don’t know the networks that can help realise your dreams then those dreams will remain really far away. That’s why he, and indeed many mentors, advocate that we need to tell everyone about what we are doing and want to do. These communities and all the live events are great for that. Have I told you I have a book coming out soon… 🙂
TIP #4: MAKE BOLD MOVES TOWARDS THE DREAM SOONER RATHER THAN LATER
I really love this one- Brendan said that sometimes the trick is to put yourself in play in the dream sooner than you think, you don’t need to wait for all the conditions to be just right. I have been thrilled to hear some very special goals of service and significance lately around mastermind tables. In hearing those dreams it is exciting to discuss with delegates what can be done to start experiencing those dreams sooner, ie in a scaled back version now? Chris and I dream of designing and building amazing properties that sit in beautiful locations so we can host game changing mastermind retreats. Whilst goals like that sit further out into the future, we can absolutely live out a version of that sooner with rented venues that inspire what we might build.
So to summarise for you how to visualise and manifest bigger goals, you have:
1- VISUALISE IT
2- SKILL UP FOR IT
3- GET THE NETWORK FOR IT
4- GET YOURSELF IN PLAY SOONER THAN LATER
Which of these resonate with you, and which will you implement starting today?