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Posts Tagged ‘Go For It’
Hey everyone, thanks so much for your well wishes. I didn’t get a call back, though Ellany Cevan, did!! Send your well wishes her way…let’s share the love! Ellany, Brandon (her husband) and I went to the auditions at 4:45 am. We arrived just before 5 am. There were hardly any people there – maybe 100 or so. We were numbers 22, 23 and 24 in Line D. They took groups with 12 people each and we pitched ourselves and our show ideas to one person from the OWN crew. Ellany nailed it and totally deserves to be there! PLUS, she set an intention LAST YEAR (before the contest was even announced) that she was going to have a show on the OWN network. That’s what I call INTENTION, baby!
What I learned from going for it:
1. Going big with friends is better. If you don’t make it, then you still get to celebrate for your friends, and if you do, then they can celebrate with you!
2. Just going big feels amazing. As we stood in line, we patted ourselves on the back for just DOING IT. I am still feeling the expansiveness of possibility despite not getting a call back. “This or something better” for my highest good is my motto!
3. It’s not as scary as you think it’s going to be. In my mind, I thought it was going to be a much bigger deal than it was. It was really simple, really laid back and the people were awesome – those trying out and those working with OWN (of course).
4. When you put yourself into greater possibility, you want to stay there. Even as we were waiting in line, I was exclaiming, “THIS feels A-MAZING…what else can we experience?”
5. You always get a gift for yourself. For me, just filling out the application was a gift to see and consider things I haven’t thought about in years. Clarity came in the form of… yes, life is FULL of possibility!
6. I have so many people who love me. Your emails and well wishes touched my heart – thank you!! What a gift to enjoy those. Brandon and Ellany came to spend the night since the tryouts were just 10 minutes from our house (is that lucky or what?). We had so much fun the night before we stayed up all night!
7. Breaking barriers is fun. When I was in Junior High, I made it to the second round of cheerleader tryouts but felt I would not make the squad. Rather than ‘fail,’ I quit. The reason why was I didn’t want to be embarrassed by ‘losing.’ Today, nearly 30 years later, I’m realizing there is no embarrassment in losing something that was never yours to begin with! Isn’t that so funny? Leaving that behind was a huge gift.
8. Thinking you could do something someone else is doing as you are watching them is NOT the same as actually doing it. We’ve all watched people trying out and thought, “I could do that.” Well, I can tell you that LIVING your life and EXPERIENCING it is not nearly the same as watching others live their lives. GO FOR IT!! For years, I really thought I WAS living my life but what I was really doing was living it vicariously through watching others. My intuitive nature allowed me to do that. Boy, LIVING is so much better!
9. Only I can decide for myself. I decided I was going and I knew what I wanted was the feeling of I did it! I showed up! And, boy, did I get that feeling and then some. It was awesome!
10. If you don’t try, you’ll never get the chance. Mark’s mom said to me, “Well, if you don’t go, you know you won’t get a chance!” Mark says, “If you want to win the lottery, you’ve got to buy a ticket. I would add, “and you must claim it too!”
I’m so inspired by the experience, I’m wondering what else I can do with this energy!! Where can you ‘go for it?’ in your life? Do it today… jump in, the water’s fine!!
P.S. Mark is going to post some pics. The crew made jokes that they weren’t going to judge us on what we looked like in 100 degree weather. It wasn’t yet 100 degrees, but it was HUMID and my hair was frizzing to the max! LOL
Looking for a Dream Life:
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!
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!
Quick note today about dreams.
I worked with two different clients this week and we talked about their dreams, and how those are manifesting in miraculous, magical ways.
We got to look at how ‘problems’ (which often are actually answers to questions) show up and spur them on.
All of this to say that when you see the problems as messengers for your greater good and your dream creation, you can relax about the messenger (the problem) itself.
When you do this, then it’s easier to roll with what comes KNOWING that your creation is well on its way. It also cuts down on RESISTING the so-called problems (see them as messengers).
This is not a head or mind exercise (although your mind can be mighty effective in looking at it!)… this is a heart KNOWING that you are on the path. Cue in to your heart and love it with all you have, then connect to your being and begin again!
Hugs to you!
