Prosperity Project: Clear Definite Aim

Within every highly successful person is an unquenchable thirst for adding value to the lives of others.  Ralph Marston

 
Greetings, prosperous ones.  We have come to the end of our Prosperity Project.  We have pretended that we had lots of money to spend, and that game showed us a bit about what it is that we really value.  We have spent the past few days looking at the things that we enjoy doing most, and we have taken some time to decide what we are most passionate about.  Now, it's time to put it all together.  Today's question is the big FINAL EXAM:  What is it that you really want? 

Back in the very beginning of the Prosperity Project, we talked about a lecture by John Maxwell called How To Make Your Dreams a Reality.  In his lecture, Mr. Maxwell gave us a checklist to help us gauge how likely we were to manifest our dreams.  Do you remember that list?  Maxwell's final dream test question was Significance.  How does your dream add value to someone else?  Does your dream benefit others? 

Can you figure out a way that you can spend your days doing the things you love, for the reasons that you are most passionate about, in a way that other people will benefit from it?  If you can find the answer to that question, then you have found the key to bringing in the money you've been just pretending to spend until now.  If you can find the answer to that question, then you have found your Clear Definite Aim.  

Oh, you could be wrong.  It could be something else entirely.  Be willing to be wrong.   Whatever it is, if your heart is behind it, if it feels right to you, if it feels exciting yet terrifying at the same time, then go for it, even if it turns out to be crazy.  Even if it's not practical.  Even if you really should be doing something else.  DREAM BIG.

OK, so you've decided on your Clear Definite Aim, the big idea that you have that excites you, that you feel passionate about, that you know in your heart (even if it terrifies you and you know that people will laugh) is right for you, then I urge you to continue the daily visualization that we've been doing here on the Prosperity Project.  Spend 15 minutes every morning pretending that you are engaged in that occupation.  See yourself performing your favorite activity, and see people benefitting greatly because of what you're doing.  See the people being so grateful for the benefit that you are providing them that they give you large amounts of money in compensation.  Enjoy the way that feels.  See the people you do business with growing and thriving because of what you provide them.  See yourself receiving the revenues that your joyous work provides.  See it.  Feel it.  Stick with it.

The secret to visualizing is not to waver.  Once you've chosen your Clear Definite Aim, then begin to clarify your vision.  The more laser vocus you bring to your visualizations, and certainly the more emotionally you engage in the procedure, the stronger the attraction you create.  We have gotten a lot of practice here on the Prosperity Project in creating an imaginary world.  Take what you have learned here and continue in your make believe world.  See yourself as a million-copy-selling author.  See your photographs on the cover of magazines all over the world.  See your business ten times its current size, enriching the lives of people all over the world.

Is that it?  All I have to do is pretend I'm making money and I'll make money?  No, of course not.  There's way more to it than that.  But that is without a doubt the very necessary first step.  If you will take this one step, then you will have gone a long way toward making your dreams come true.  At least you know which direction take, and that's more than most people ever decide.

My work here on The New Book of Clues is not to provide answers.  There are experts for that.  My work is to suggest questions and to provide clues that might lead you to the answers that you seek.  I hope that you have enjoyed our journey as much as I have.  The Prosperity Project has taught me much about my relationship with money, and I am anxious to see what happens when I begin spending 15 minutes every morning visualizing myself as an internationally popular writer and speaker making huge amounts of money from my books and conferences.  When I come through your town on my tour, I hope that you stop by to visit.