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Imagineer Your Success
Alicia Forest
One of the strategies I teach to PULL your business forward,
almost effortlessly, is to create a powerful vision for your
business. My private clients have found this exercise to be
both motivating and inspiring, and I'm certain you will too.
Once a year, I take a short retreat to work on revising my
vision for my business (and my life). This is an annual break
I take away from my business (but with my family, although
some of my clients prefer to go it alone, which is perfectly
fine) to really think about and decide what I want the next
1 to 3 years to look like. I write my vision and I create
a whole bunch of goals for my business. I also use this time
to talk with my husband about my vision and goals. He is a
great sounding board for all the ideas I come up with... and
we usually have this conversation while hanging out on the
beach... :)
Being near the water definitely has some powerfully positive
effects on my brain, and I always come away from this retreat
with a renewed sense of energy and passion for my work. (This
was my view at this year's retreat in Aruba - breathtaking,
isn't it?)
Creating a powerful vision is your first step on your path
to imagineering your own success. Knowing where you are going
will make the journey that much easier and faster, as well
as simply more enjoyable.
Here are two steps to get you started...
Step 1: Book your retreat Book a 2-3 day retreat so that you
can work intensively on your detailed 1 to 3 year vision.
Get a very clear picture of where you intend to be 3 years
from now. Book the time to do this. Make the commitment now.
I have booked the following dates for my vision retreat:________________.
Step 2: While on your retreat, answer the following questions:
What do you want your life to look like in 1 year? In 3 years?
What is your inspiring and compelling vision for the future?
For your business? For your personal life?
The truth is that you can design the perfect life and you
can design the perfect business. How does it sound to you
to be earning 6-figures a year, working less than part-time?
It doesn't have to be just a dream - it is most definitely
achievable. It won't happen overnight, but - with some planning
and hard work - it can be a reality sooner than you think.
A few notes for your vision retreat:
You don't have to go (far) away to go on your retreat. Go
wherever you feel most creative and inspired, and where you
are least likely to be interrupted.
Some people think and write better in silence, while others
think and write better when there is a lot going on around
them. Choose whatever works for you.
Before you begin to write, close your eyes and really see
in your mind's eye how you want your entire life to be. For
example, see your dream home. Is it a large home or something
more cozy? Do you live on the ocean or near the mountains?
Or are you in a fantastic apartment in the middle of NYC?
Write about it in detail - and don't hold back! Do the same
for your business: Do you want a waiting list of clients?
Or do you want to stop working one-on-one and move to working
with groups only? Do you want to implement at least three
new streams of income? Do you want to write your first print
book? Do this for all the other parts of your life as well
- for the tangible things (like your home, your car, your
vacations, etc.) to the intangible (like who you want in your
life, how you will give back, etc.).
Get the picture? Once you have written your vision, I promise
you'll be really excited and motivated towards making that
vision your reality!
Copyright 2006 Alicia M Forest and ClientAbundance.com
Alicia M Forest, MBA, Multiple Streams Queen & Coach™,
founder of http://www.ClientAbundance.com
, and creator of "21 Easy & Essential Steps to Online Success
System™”, teaches coaches, consultants, online entrepreneurs
and solo professionals how to attract more clients, create
profit-making products and services, make more sales, and
ultimately live the life they desire and deserve. For FREE
tips on how to create wild abundance in your business, visit
http://www.ClientAbundance.com
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