Are We Thinking Big Enough?
He was quiet for a while. I think he might have been wondering whether this was a trick question of some sort. I waited him out. Finally he said, "@#$%#& it. We want to grow our asset base from a $1 million to $100 million in the next five years." I thought to myself, "Now we've got something to really work on."
Today I started reading The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss. I had heard about the book and as usual, when I walked into a bookstore recently it, like several others that day, jumped off the store shelf into my hands screaming, "Read me now, read me now." (Yes, it's a common affliction for me.) Anyway, Tim makes some great points. It's got me thinking about a lot of things and I'm taking notes of relevance. And in the back of my mind I keep hearing this little voice asking me, "Am I thinking big enough? Am I helping my clients think big enough? Am I doing enough to help my clients define their impossible futures?"
I believe most of us fail to think big enough some times. One of T. Harv Ekers affirmations in his book Secrets of the Millionaire Mind refers to "helping thousands of people." And here I am in, sitting in my office in way too sunny Scottsdale, Arizona, thinking about helping a handful of entrepreneurs. And again I ask myself, "Cliff, are you thinking big enough?" Now my brain is geared to thinking about helping "thousands" of business owners, executives and those who want to commit to growing their companies. I'm thinking bigger already. It's kind of scary, but it's exciting at the same time. How can I touch thousands instead of a few?
So ask yourself if you're thinking big enough. What can you do to think bigger? What does your impossible future look like? What are the resources you will need to attract to help you get there?
Like my new CEO friend in Dallas, maybe instead of a ten fold measure, yours will be one hundred or more.
As always, warm regards.
Cliff Jones
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Recently, I was re-reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad and the different angles people can look at the same situation. Often times we are restrained by the fear of stretching too far or reamin within our comfort zone. I'm facing a similiar issue trying to balance growth with financial risk. What would my 'rich dad' say?
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