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  • The Art of Thinking Big

    Thinking big is a powerful mindset that can transform your life, career, and aspirations. This document explores the principles and practices that encourage expansive thinking, enabling individuals to break free from limitations and achieve extraordinary results. By embracing a big-picture perspective, you can unlock your potential, inspire others, and create impactful change in your personal and professional life.

    Understanding the Concept of Thinking Big

    Thinking big involves envisioning possibilities beyond the ordinary and setting ambitious goals. It requires a shift in mindset from a limited perspective to one that embraces growth, innovation, and creativity. This approach encourages individuals to dream without constraints and to pursue their passions with vigor.

    The Benefits of Thinking Big

    1. Increased Motivation: When you set large goals, you ignite a sense of purpose and drive that propels you forward.
    2. Enhanced Creativity: Big thinking fosters an environment where innovative ideas can flourish, leading to unique solutions and breakthroughs.
    3. Greater Resilience: Embracing a big vision helps you navigate challenges with a positive outlook, viewing setbacks as opportunities for growth.
    4. Inspiring Others: When you think big, you inspire those around you to elevate their own aspirations and contribute to a collective vision.

    Strategies for Cultivating a Big Thinking Mindset

    1. Set Audacious Goals: Challenge yourself to set goals that seem unattainable. This pushes you to think creatively and develop new strategies.
    2. Surround Yourself with Big Thinkers: Engage with individuals who inspire you and share a vision of greatness. Their energy and ideas can elevate your own thinking.
    3. Embrace Failure as a Learning Tool: Understand that failure is a part of the journey. Use it as a stepping stone to refine your approach and enhance your resilience.
    4. Visualize Your Success: Regularly practice visualization techniques to imagine your goals as already achieved. This reinforces your belief in your ability to succeed.

    Overcoming Limiting Beliefs

    To think big, it is essential to identify and challenge limiting beliefs that may hold you back. These beliefs often stem from past experiences or societal expectations. By recognizing these barriers, you can actively work to replace them with empowering thoughts that support your big vision.

    Conclusion

    The art of thinking big is not just about dreaming; it is about taking actionable steps toward those dreams. By adopting a big-thinking mindset, you can unlock your potential, inspire others, and create a meaningful impact in your life and the lives of those around you. Embrace the challenge of thinking big, and watch as new opportunities unfold before you.

  • Your Self-worth Is Not Your Net-worth

    Your Self-worth Is Not Your Net-worth

    Lisa, a friend of mine who has known me for the last 16 years, came to visit over the recent Christmas Holiday and asked me a powerful question I really had to stop and think about. As we were up late one night talking, she asked me, “What is biggest lesson you have learned in this whole process of bringing forth your vision?” I sat there and thought about it for a moment because there have been so many powerful lessons and insights I have gained, but the one that stands out above the rest has been learning that my self-worth is not my net-worth.

    The challenges you will have along the way are in direct proportion to the blessings God has in store for you. As a single mother stepping out to work a business full-time, I have had serious financial challenges as a part of my journey. I have always known that God has a large financial bounty for me and this has kept me holding on during the lean times. If I believed that my net-worth was my self-worth, I would have stopped in my first year as so many start-up businesses do. Did you know that the test of lean financial times is a common thread the weaves through the tapestry of most of the greatest success stories?

    I have been studying prosperity and abundance for more than 11 years and early on in my readings, I remember reading a book about creating abundance and the author said, “You will know you are ready for wealth and abundance when your emotions are not attached to your money.” Wow! At the time that seemed like a misprint or an impossibility. At the time, I just couldn’t understand how someone could be in a place where their emotions are the same regardless of their checking account balance. The two were directly related in my mind.

    Now, I fully understand what the author was talking about. In order to be ready for the blessing of financial abundance, you must be in a place that you are the same no matter what your bank account balance says. Whether your balance is overdrawn by $25 or you have a balance of $25,000,000, God needs to know that you will be consistent and unchanged. Read this one again, because it is so important as you make the moves to live your vision. Can you be the same no matter how much money you have or do you get excited and happier the closer it gets to payday? Do you feel secure when you have money in your wallet and insecure when you don’t? Do you feel like more of a person with money than you do when you don’t have it?

    People usually treat people with money very differently than people without money, so it can be a challenge to truly live this understanding. You have really got to “get” this. Your self-worth is NOT your net worth. You are who you are no matter how much money you have, what kind of car you drive, or what restaurants you can afford to eat out at. Your level of self-esteem is not dependent on the amount of cash in your wallet or the balance in your checking or savings account.

    Learning how to be consistent and truly understand that I am an incredible person called to do great things in this world and walk in that at all times has been my greatest lesson. Yes, at the beginning a low balance in my bank account would incite panic and could even drive me to tears, but now it doesn’t move me one way or the other. I know what is coming, and I just have to have faith that God keeps his promises and will provide for me.

    Here’s the magic… Once you understand that your self-worth is not your net-worth and you detach your emotions from your money, you then move to the next level of understanding – your net-worth is a natural result of your self-worth. As your self-worth increases, you will be comfortable sharing your work out to more and more people and a natural result will be financial wealth. The great news is by the time you get to that point, you will be completely detached from the money and it will be free to do what God created it to do – multiply.