Velma Gallant, Queen of Joy, shared secrets about taking small steps to go big on my show this past Thursday evening. If you missed that show, you can access it here:

http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-39674/TS-520112.mp3.

Velma is about to undergo an intensive process to become the CEO of her DREAM business, and she wants to share all that she is learning with YOU! She is already an experienced coach who helps clients move to higher levels. Her newest program can help you make the leap in business.

Go to her site to complete an application to go big with her and discover the many ways you can plug into this phenomenal opportunity!

http://welcomechangesradio.com/goingbig

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Last night, I watched the Keith Urban interview on the Oprah show. I am a HUGE Keith Urban fan. LOVE him!

As the little intro played prior to the show introducing him to the audience and viewers, there it was…Pictures of him as a little guy loving country music, playing guitar to Australian audiences and hitting super Aussie stardom, and then a few sentences such as “he left Australia and moved to Nashville where he rocketed to even great fame!”

And, while that sounds nice, it isn’t exactly true. They left out a minor detail of the 10 YEARS in between “leaving Australia” and “rocketing to fame” not to mention some major bouts with the dark night of the soul, drug abuse and false starts during that 10 years.

Why do I care?

Well, because I see people trying to measure up and reproduce these illusions and they are simply not real. I’ve probably read between 500 and 1,000 biographies and autobiographies, and any way you slice it, the arc is roughly 10 years.

I don’t care if you are Brittany Spears who started at 7 or so and was a superstar by 17 or you are Taylor Swift and you started singing at 3 and were a megasuperstar by 16 or you are J.K. Rowling who wrote for years, and then committed to a character and story for five years and hit mega stardom two to three years after that. Even late-in-life successes such as Paula Dean adhered to that time span.

The focus tends to be on the destination. The desire is attached to the fame. However, each one of these ‘superstars’ took a journey to the center of who they are and each day showed up to be what that is. Along the way, they figured out the details.

So, if you are feeling like it is going to take too long to reach your dream, keep this in mind. The sooner you get going, the sooner the 10 years (or so) ticks away. Be honest, if you didn’t believe in yourself until now (like I did) or if you haven’t had the courage until now (like many I know) or if you simply didn’t figure out what ‘it’ is (like most of us), give yourself a break and be happy that you are on the same trail as all of those who went before you. Enjoy the day to day details that are guaranteed to take you places if and only if you don’t quit (because it feels like that destination is just too far away).

You can be a REAL form of the true you…superstar and all…if you start today! What is REALLY exciting is that at that 10 year mark, things have a way of exponentially taking off.

P.S. And, if you don’t believe me about the 10 years or so, check for yourself. You can look up any movie star you like, find their ‘breakout hit’ and then travel back in time on their filmography and see how MANY films (and years) there were BEFORE they were famous enough for you to notice them. There’s a reason why there’s a term called a 10-year overnight success! Of course, like anything there ARE exceptions to the rules…though I don’t see many of them! And, don’t stop that from you being open to being one of them…still, it all starts in the same place and goes from there…one-step-at-a-time.

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I received many emails yesterday about the piece that ran about Robert Butler and his Volleyball Dream Business on NBC5i here in Dallas-Ft. Worth. I was interviewed as part of that piece and in it I talked about daring to push the limit of reality as you now know it.

More people seemed to cue into that part of the interview more than any other part. And, to me, this is the place I most love to play in with clients. It is so much fun to dissolve barriers and edges of reality.

Want to find your edges? Ask what you believe about whatever it is that you are creating. Yesterday, a client and I played with this and while $5,000 a month was not an issue, $5,000 a month for one client seemed different. All of a sudden, all of the borders or rules came out with this idea. Soon, she was dashing off one after another… and now her possibility threshold is just a bit larger and more infinite – just like she is!

Dare to push the edge of possibility… and don’t forget to have fun!!

How far did Barack have to push the edge to dream this big?

You all know I love to be part of people who ignite their passion to live their dreams. Robert Butler is a guy who has been dreaming of living his volleyball dreams for years. We are thrilled that he has taken the leap is flying high!

You see, what isn’t in this clip is that Robert (Bob as we call him) used to work with Mark before they both took corporate buyouts. For years, Mark would ask Bob… “What are you doing here? Go live your dream!”

This is a full circle moment for all of us!

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/Former_Champ_Serves_Up_Volleyball_Training_Center_Dallas-Fort_Worth.html

Hey y’all. How y’all doin’? I’ve been reading Paula Deen’s autobiography and it is so good. I love biographies – I can gobble them up like Chicklets. This one is sweet and honest. I appreciate her candor and there are so many good lessons she teaches. I’m amazed by her truthfulness. Wow.

One thing I learned in Miss Paula’s book is about having a vision. For Paula, she read a book called A Woman of Substance that gave her a vision to reach for. She kept saying she was going to be a Woman of Substance – even when her reality looked like anything but! She made a commitment to become a Woman of Substance, and I believe, y’all, she’s done that. Don’t you?

It reminds me of my own desire to leave a legacy. I didn’t know what that meant but I started thinking about it a couple of months ago. You all know I know I’m not perfect, but somehow I started thinking there might be something bigger I could be doing to be of service.

I came up with an idea, and from there, it has grown and grown over the last few weeks. That idea is the Rapid Success Experiment. And, I want to invite you all to join us to go BIG to end 2009 on a high note.

http://www.rapidsuccesspartners.com/services/the-rapid-success-experiment

Like Paula, I desire to be a Woman of Substance and live a legacy that I would be proud to leave.

Come join me to create your own vision! Join us and go big! PLUS, I just KNOW we are going to have to have a BIG OL’ PARTY at the end of the year or in the New Year to celebrate. Hitch your wagon to a star and let’s go!

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