Living The Dream:

Envisioning Success in Business and Making it Happen

Three Steps for Creating a Business

• Planning Phase

• Work Phase

• Transformation Phase

Planning Phase

• Vision—What Is The Real End Game?• Escape• Void

• Most people visualize a fantasy world and end up frustrated

• Realistic Plan

See it, experience it, feel how it feels to have it—then let it go

Mental/Spiritual Creation (Don’t forget the Physical!!)

• Fun

• Vision

• “Entrepreneurial Seizure” (Michael Gerber, Author of Emyth)

• Fantasy Idea—Beware!!!

Mental/Spiritual Creation (Don’t forget the Physical!!)

• Brainstorming

See the harvest, experience it, taste it! Go to work (till, plant, water, weed, repeat) then get the harvest!

• Idea Gathering

• Chunk It Down– System– Marketing– Website– Program “product”

• CD’s• DVD’s• Calls

– Phases– Make a list

Mental/Spiritual Creation (Don’t forget the Physical!!)

Program “Product”• Format• Call by Call, CD by CD

Mental/Spiritual Creation (Don’t forget the Physical!!)

• Phases– Skeleton– Pretty

• Make a list– Evaluate list on a regular basis

Work Phase

• What must I do?

• What can I outsource?

Work Phase--What must I do?

• Sell a CD– record the product– write the script– write the outline– have the idea

• Create a website for CD– write page description– choose web name

Work Phase--What can I outsource?

• Sell a CD– editing– packaging– brainstorming with

team

• Create website for CD– programming– design– sales copy

Work Phase

• How to succeed in work phase• Know yourself--know your

rhythm• Keep the goose healthy--keep

getting the golden eggs• Daily scheduling• Be willing to admit mistakes,

move on, and adapt to economy

• Learn to let go

• Learn what works for you to get yourself to take action

• Deadlines• Weekly accountability

(regroup, re-plan, evaluate, set new plan)

• Test ideas• Profit is indicator of success in

business• Don’t take yourself too

seriously

Transformation Phase

• Distractions

• Discouragement

• Doubt

• Cash flow challenges

• Time it takes to grow

• Our patterns

Our Patterns--How do we know when we’ve hit one?

• Excuses• No motivation• Wasted time• Lack of results• Inability to move

forward

• Discouragement• Frustration• Stagnation• Can’t do simplest task• Facebook

How do you get past patterns?

• Understand the brain– Main job– Change– Equilibrium– The Gap– Fear– Time for a change– Reinforcement is key– Affirmations– Keep vision alive

Transformation Phase

• The Secret Weapon

• Water, Weed, Repeat--21 Days to Transform Your Self-Image and Create Lasting Change

Why?

• Identify core beliefs family gave you

• Put the past in the past

• Create your vision in six areas of focus– Spiritual– Relationship with self– Relationship with others– Health– Wealth– Contribution

Why?

• How to use brain to make vision reality

• Conscious and subconscious

• Affirmations and visualization

• Programming yourself

• A real view of “You”

• Dealing with frustrations

• Your self-image

Why?

• Shifting patterns

• Abundant relationships

• Healthy living

• Using laws of attraction

• Creating a manifestation event

Sources

• Dave Blanchard- ogmandino.com

• 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

• Entrepreneurial Seizure by Michael Gerber

• www.elance.com

• www.createlastingchange.com

• www.CureTheCraving.com