Does Your Past Define Your Future?
What do you want your life to look like in 5 years? What are the plans you have for yourself and your family? Do you have dreams that you ignore and does your past define your future?
The first time I was asked that question, it really made me stop and think. I had no idea what I wanted my life to look like in 5 years. If you are like me and most of the rest of us, I was too busy building my businesses, with my blinders on, trying to keep my head above water. How could I fathom where I would be in 1 year, much less 5 years?
What I realized was I had stopped dreaming.
Remember when you were in kindergarten and you thought you could do and be anything you wanted; nothing could stop you? Then you started your career or a family and things didn’t turn out like you hoped. Then the doubt started creeping in. Will you succeed in your next project? Will you achieve the goals you have set for yourself or your company? Are you really a good parent, giving your child the right advice and direction? Those self doubts create limiting beliefs that stop you from achieving the greatness you were meant to achieve.
We stop dreaming about who and what we can be and what our future will look like. After all, we are just trying to do a little better at our tasks at hand each day.
I want to challenge you to make the same shift I did a few years ago. Step back, take a look at where you are, the great things you have accomplished. Don’t let what you have done in the past define where you are going. Your past can only define your future if you live there.
Write down what you want your life to look like in 5 years. Include your spouse, significant other and/or your children as you begin to dream about what your future will hold. Don’t be afraid to have some big audacious goals and dreams.
As you design the next five years, be specific, don’t just have a monetary goal. Decide what you want the money to do for you and your family. Where will your children go to college. Will you have their college tuition completely funded? What kind of cars will you be driving? What will your house look like? Where will you go on vacations? Do you want to fund mission trips or donate more to charities that you are passionate about?
This is your dream, so dream big! Your future is yours for the making! Why not you, why not now?
If you want to know more about making dreams come true, get in touch with me today so we can talk. I’d love to help you realize your dream life!
