Are You Aiming Too Low?
March 13th, 2013 by Morna
I had a conversation with a friend last week about growing our respective businesses. It was about how big we wanted to get. The conversation centered not on making lots and lots more money, not to say that making a good income should be ignored. It centered on how many people we could impact, whether that was the initial person we worked with, or the people that person influenced, or further down the line. You know, the ripple effect.
So, I ask you, are you thinking beyond the person you are helping right now? Are you thinking about how big of an impact you have beyond that?
If not, go back and look at those goals you wrote. They are written, right? Look at how you can reach more people and create more value. And when you do this, you change the lives of those people and the people in their lives.
I start each day with a list of questions for myself, and, yes, some are revenue based. Beyond that is, “What is your stretch goal for today?”
Funny thing, once I started thinking about my impact in a broader sense, my business was more challenging, more fun and more rewarding.
Here are a couple of favorite quotes about human potential:
new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be
released and channeled toward some great good.”
“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is – infinite.”
William Blake
