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January - March, 2011 |
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"If you stick with what you know; you sell yourself short." - Grammy-award winning singer Carrie Underwood
Who has your back . . . and your front?
Who can you turn to when you need outside perspective because you've gotten too close to your work and can't see it clearly anymore?
Who can you count on to give feedback that elevates your business and takes it to a level you couldn't achieve on your own?
If you're fortunate, you have several people you can trust to contribute experience, expertise and support so you're not going it alone.
If you don't already have a group of colleagues like this, join ours.
I am the beneficiary of a brilliant mastermind. My peers have already elevated my personal and professional life in multiple, tangible ways that are better than I could have imagined.
At our first meeting, we worked on collages of what we wanted more of in 2011. It was a delightful experience, gathered together with my buddies, upbeat music playing in the background, happily sorting through piles of magazines and snipping out what caught our attention and carefully placing it on our vision board.
It wasn't until we shared with each other what we had selected and why that Becky's causal observation opened my eyes to a pattern I wasn't even aware I had.
She said, "That's interesting. Sam's collage has all words and mine has all images."
Whoa. Had never occurred to me. What could it mean?
Well, it's evident that I care a lot about words as I make my living speaking, writing and helping people express themselves.
However, was I focusing on that to an unhealthy extreme?
One of two of the wisest things I've heard is that "our strength taken to an extreme becomes our Achilles Heel" and, to paraphrase Carrie Underwood, "If we stick to who and what we know; we sell ourselves short."
Had it become a habit to think only intellectually, from the neck up?
Was I operating within my comfort zone and not reaching out to new people and places?
Would it behoove me to "color" and "flesh out" my world with images of new friends, foreign countries and physical activities?
Rebecca's insight motivated me to go back and create a NEW vision board - one that purposefully includes photos of all the people I care about, plus people I respect and would like to connect with, scenes of cities and museums I'd like to visit, swim races I want to compete in, beaches I want to walk on, conferences I'd like to speak at, bestseller lists I'd like to be on. This time, there's more images, fewer words.
How about you? What would be on your vision board? What does that say about you? Could you carve out time to create a collage that includes words and images of what you'd like to see more of in 2011?
Could you purposefully include new places and people instead of sticking to who and what you know - so you're transcending patterns you're not even aware of that could be limiting you or holding you back?
Could you then post that collage where you'll see it everyday so you keep these images in sight, in mind - the better to (wo)manifest them?
And, if you'd like to benefit from ongoing input from peers who have your back and your front; email us at Cheri@SamHorn.com with Mentoring-Mastermind in the subject heading to find out more about our programs. It'd be a pleasure and a privilege to play a role in your 2011 being everything you hope for - and more.
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