Big Dreaming: Five Principles That Will Change Your Business & Your Life

By Marcia Wieder

            Here are five key values practiced and lived by big dreamers. I call these Principles for Living On Purpose. Add more of any one of these to your life and with your team, and you are guaranteed to see results, including happier people and a more profitable business They include: setting an intention, living with integrity, sharing your dreams, taking action, and building DreamTeams.

1. Intention – It is the setting of your intention that will allow wonderful resources, opportunities and people to show up to support you. You have to be clear, I mean crystal clear, about where you are going, the end result you are aiming for. What do you intend to do, create or accomplish?
When should you set an intention? You may be surprised by my response. You could set an intention every day, even every moment of each day. Do you intend to live on purpose? Do you intend to learn and grow? Do you intend to be loving and kind?

Here are some times to consider setting an intention:
Before you go to sleep, intend to rest.
Before you open your eyes, intend to have a quiet and focused mind.
Before you get out of bed, intend to have a fun and productive day.
Before you eat breakfast, or any meal, intend to taste and enjoy it.
Before you leave the house, intend to have a heartfelt moment with your family.
Before you start your car, intend to have a safe ride or walk to work.
Before you dive into work, intend to learn something new and be successful.
 

            And so on. The operative word here is before. You set an intention and then you take action. These are simple intentions. We also want to have deeper, meaningful intentions about how we live our lives. How do you intend to feel every day? How do you intend to express your love? How do you intend to express your creativity? How do you intend to have fun, to make a contribution, to take a risk? How do you intend to live?
               

2. Integrity – If you were to survey big dreamers and successful people on the qualities that they value most, at the top of the list is usually integrity. Keeping your word and delivering on your promises is essential. When you have cleaned up your past and are free to move forward, not only are your dreams more attainable, they are richer, deeper and more rewarding. You have the opportunity to honestly assess your entire life and to become more alive than you ever imagined. Through simple steps, you can free your past and make room in the present, so you can dream and live the life you long for.

            Learn the process that deals with truth, honor and your word as your bond, and you will experience ease and shortcuts on your dreams. This principal, best summed up as maintaining integrity, is the very essence of a true living dreamer. I know I have integrity when I have peace of mind. There are no skeletons in my closet, no incompletions weighing heavily on my shoulders. I am simply saying that when life flows with ease and grace, we can trust that we are in the right place, at the right time, but more importantly than that, we are living with integrity.

            Integrity comes in many forms and fashions, but has to do with wholeness. Are you whole, are you complete, and is your life intact? Are your relationships whole, complete and intact? How about your health, your finances, your home, your car, your heart? Integrity is essential not only to being a dreamer, but also to your well being. If you are indeed intentional and committed to living a life of joy, ease and abundance, a life filled with love, generosity and contribution, integrity is a must. All the money in the world will be worthless without it, and with all the people in the world you may still feel lonely, if you are not and can not be true to yourself. A building can not stand without integrity, a car can not drive without it, and you certainly can not have the life of your dreams without it.
            For this reason, it’s useful to see where your life is working and perhaps where it is stuck, clogged or shutdown. I will show you how to take a simple inventory. This will help you become clear about where you are and what’s working or not working in your life, so you can make powerful choices about what you do and don’t want. The difference between where you are and where you want to be will reveal simple steps that need to be taken. But this powerful process of exploring what’s been left unsaid, undone or incomplete in your life, is one of the most awesome things you can do to have freedom and access to your dreams.
            I have an extremely potent and unbelievably simple approach to help you do this. But don’t be deceived by its apparent simplicity. This assignment, if undertaken completely and with full integrity, meaning to the best of your true ability, may be the most profound thing you have ever done in your life. And once you clean house (including mind, body and car) there is a big payoff. You will experience tremendous peace of mind and greater ease in your life while accomplishing your new dreams.
            Once you’ve done this, it’s complete and maintenance is easy. You do not need to go back to being the “old you” or creating more skeletons in your closets. Transformation means you have changed and are living a different kind of life. Once you complete your incompletions, and practice not creating new ones, you will know the sweet taste of freedom beyond anything you have ever experienced.
 

The Completion Inventory
Here are the three simple steps.
1.                    Ask yourself what’s incomplete here and write it down.
2.                    Ask yourself what do you need to do to complete this, and write that down.
3.                    Complete what’s incomplete.
 

      The areas I recommend you visit should include but not be limited to are: your
health, your body, your spirit, your mind, your work, your home, your relationships, your car, your legal matters, medical issues, taxes, insurance. You get the idea.
            That’s it. When you finish, you will have a list, long or short of things you need to do to live in integrity. With each item you check off your list, you’ll feel lighter and freer. You’ll gain more clarity about yourself, your values and your truth. You’ll find your authentic voice, make better decisions, pursue bigger dreams and sleep better at night.
 

            3. Share Your Dream – With newfound clarity (from your intention) and new found freedom (from living with integrity) the world is your oyster. Now when you speak about your dream or vision, there will be nothing in your way. People will relate to you differently because you will feel different about yourself. You can move forward with confidence, knowing that you can trust yourself and therefore, others can trust you.
            With clarity and focus you will speak about your dream with a whole new level of passion. You will feel it in every cell of your body, and you will be aligned. Passionate living is when we align our head and heart through our actions. This is also another form of integrity.
            There are many ways you can share your dream. The most important thing is that you find your voice. A visionary is someone with a vision or a dream. But a visionary also articulates their dream with such clarity that others understand what it is and with such passion that others want to participate with them. A visionary inspires with greater purpose.
            And a visionary brings voice to their vision. “A visionary becomes a true leader, when they can communicate the vision, “ Dick DeVos, the President of Amway Corporation told me during a recent interview.  They let their dream be heard and have impact. Sometimes it is a popular message and sometimes they are one lone voice. Regardless, they hold true to what they believe in, to what inspires them, and they bring it alive in the world through their convictions, words and of course, actions.

There is a reason the throat lies between our head and heart. True communications asks us to feel what matters to us and what we are passionate about, and then to process it into thoughts and ideas. When you express your heart’s desire through words and language, others can share it and become a part of it.  It is through language, the what we say, when we say it, and most importantly, how we say it, that connects us with others and creates amazing outcomes.
 

4. Take action – When all is said and done, it is essential that you put everything you have learned into action. Although words are powerful, they are not enough. Actions speak even louder than words. You must take the necessary steps forward by taking action; get mobile and get going. It is through the steps you do take, that you can actually see what you have learned, the progress you are making, where you are stuck and where you need help. Without action, we are “just” dreamers. And without progress we may simply be day dreaming or fantasizing, accomplishing nothing.

It is what you do, that actually demonstrates to you and others, that you are not just talking about your dreams and they are not casual flights of fancy.  Taking action is power. People judge us much more based on what we do, not just what we say. This may sound so simple, perhaps even understated, but to not mention it and emphasize the importance of it would make this process incomplete. What action will you or are you taking to move your dream forward? What are you doing to make your dreams real? Specifically, what are you doing to create a dream come true life?
In my work, I always ask people to create a “WOW.” Within One Week, what’s a powerful step you will take to catapult your dream forward? Big dreamers take many steps every single day as they are constantly and continuously in action on their dreams. What’s one thing you could do today, right now, to demonstrate your commitment to your dream? One call, one email, one conversation that you can have today? Everything changes when you take action.
 

5.      Build DreamTeams. Once you are clear about what you want to accomplish
and you speak about your goals clearly, you will begin to experience the ease and joy that comes from sharing your dream with others. The single most powerful thing you can to realize your dream and shortcut the process is to build DreamTeams. Find like minded people who share your dreams, values and integrity, and you will be unstoppable.
                Yes, I know there are dream killers and dream stealers out there, but I promise you this. With intention and integrity, you will weed them out. You will no longer waste energy with people who do not support your dreams. This does not mean you will abandon your friends or family, but you will make room if your life for big dreamers and you will delight in who shows up. And as your family watches you move into action on the dreams that you have been talking about, or thinking about, and as they watch you joyfully produce life-changing results, even some of your most hardcore skeptics may have a change of heart.
            Build awesome DreamTeams. Begin with one person who believes in you and your dream. Then seek out others. Inspire them with your vision and passion. Show them you are serious through the action you take every day. Invite the to join you as you encourage them to dream bigger dreams. Even with an existing team or downline, you can re-ignite passion and produce far better results when you begin to operate as a DreamTeam. When we connect our financial goals to our dreams and desires, the energy for achieving our goals becomes much more dynamic and meaningful. This is the power of going for your dreams and sharing them with your team.
            The world needs your dreams. It’s never been a better time to take a stand for what matters to you most. Stand up, speak out and be heard. Your dreams matter and will impact the lives of many people. Be generous with what you value, for this too is a form of integrity and intention.
To receive a free Jumpstart Your Dream kit, go to www.dreamcoach.com. Here you’ll also find info on Marcia’s programs and mydreamcircle.com