Thinking Big While Staying Purposefully Humble…

With all the publicity around Michael Port’s new book: “Think Big Manifesto“, it’s hard for me not to write about what I so believe in.  Never before (thanks to readily-available technology) have we seen this type of equal opportunity for business success. 

I realize more and more that the degree of success, impact and passion ONLY depend on me, my thoughts, my habits and ability to tolerate perceived risk.  The moment I decided that it’s time to stop playing small, the world opened up.

 Profit, Creativity, Joy, Passion, Love for my work, it all skyrockets because of the way  I think.

Don’t believe it?  Well, I didn’t either.  Why?  Because in my eyes, thinking this big took a BIG ego, a big self-centered, idea of the “magnificent” ME.  Over the last year or so, I realized though that the only reason I could not think big AND be authentic to who I am, was that I didn’t integrate both aspect of myself.  

I didn’t allow myself to have fun, to create outside the box, to be rebellious, to challenge the norm without feeling like a huge “showoff”.

Lesson learned:

You can be both humble and high-achieving.  It might take a bit of practice but I can tell you that it’s highly rewarding.

I (and my faithful team) have been tirelessly working on brainstorming and creating a huge launch event (stretching over almost 4 months) for our new Global Association of Conscious Women Entrepreneurs.  

It is fun, creative, joyful, will put my business, my staff and me on the map…

…all while I take some time every day to make sure that my focus is on YOU, not me (even though I have a blast working for you)…and that is really the beauty of all of this:

You CAN have fun, do it differently from everybody else, enjoy your gifts AND be of service.  

So, action step for today: Ask yourself these questions:

1. What do I want to be remembered by? What is my destiny?

2. What habits would I need to cultivate and what would i have to jettison from my present life to live out my true life purpose?

3. What are the most important personal accomplishments I can image in my life?

For me, question 3 really got me.  I realized right then and there that I was stopping myself from dreaming bigger.  At first,  I couldn’t really come up with anything…and when I did, I felt selfish, grandiose and ego-driven.  

But then I thought again…and I realized that my biggest wish is to speak and to connect with 1,000+ women at a conference as the keynote speaker on “How to transform marketing into the highest acts of self-expression” and how I would love to see the audience faces light up, sighs escaping their lips, shoulders dropping into relaxation because I just took a HUGE burden off their shoulders.
And then, right then, as I envisioned the audience, I knew I HAD to think this big.  

I had to do whatever it took to get there.  I had to transcend my own fears because if I didn’t, who would?  My coach recently called me an “Inspired Rebel” and I think that fits.  I am inspired, inspired to help, inspired to empower and a rebel because I refuse to market like everybody else.  A rebel because I refuse to fit the mold, a rebel because I push myself beyond the self I am today.
Come join me (and Michael Port) to think bigger, to transcend your limitations and to maximize the good you can offer the world, all while you have FUN, FUN and FUN.

Ok, enough cheerleading for today (even though it felt great )

Send me your thoughts or comment on the blog,

Love you all,
Christiane