April, 2016
7 STEPS OF “HOW” TO REACH FOR THE STARS WITH YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND.
Thinking big, going “outside the box”, ideation, reaching for the stars, we all go into the great unknown at times…how do we anchor ourselves for the adventure? This is how “change” happens, bringing in new thoughts, ideas and using them to evolve our business and our own lives. Our anchor is often referred to as “keep your feet on the ground” (don’t wander too far, the earth could be flat!)…the ground is what we feel comfortable in and with, what our individual reality IS.
Old patterns (feet on the ground) shifting into new patterns (reaching for the stars), that is how shift works.
What is ANCHORED reaching for the stars…blue sky thinking?
It’s fun to look at the Hawaiian God Maui. He is both curious and powerful…has his head in the clouds and feet on the earth. Maui is known for a creative perspective and ingenious solutions to whatever he is looking for. His feet are firmly on the earth, which gives him great strength and empowers him to bring those cloud explorations down into manifestation of real progress or actions. You need both the free thinking cloud searching activity as well as real world application to move forward, to reach out and touch those stars you reach for.
Star reaching 101.
True genius…Einstein, Tesla, Maui; all naturally look at the world from a different point of view. There are really no limitations to what is out there, they find a way to describe, define, share, and change their and our world. They give us a glimpse at what head in the cloud and reaching for stars is all about. Most of us are in the small box of our immediate experience. Genius breaks rules or patterns (box) and bursts into infinite possible experiences of “why not” paired with a rare skill of translating novel observations into new rules, creating new patterns…nudging all into shift and change.
How to BEGIN replacing old anchors with new safe ground: (use a current “need” or “stuck” you have now as your starting point)
1. List all the things that you fear will “happen” in taking action towards a solution. (your “ground”) This is list #1.
2. List all the benefits you would have if you take action and get a solution (your “star”). This is list #2.
3. Take list #1 and pick the top 3 fears and ask yourself to write a list by each fear as to where they come from (past experiences, knowledge)…and ask if each is “effective” in keeping you safe, why keep the status quo? This is list #3.
4. Take list #2 and pick the top 3 benefits and list the feelings you could have if you adopted the attitude of already HAVING these in your life, plan, business. This is list #4.
5. GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO DISMISS THE OLD FEARS FROM #3 WITH YOUR NEW SOLUTIONS FROM #4. Thank your old patterns for keeping everything safe, let the NEW positive rule or attitude be known clearly to your “old patterns”…this is the carrot, the promise that is a trade up from a past pattern…reassuring your mind that you have safe “better” feelings which you now need full support.
6. *** This is triple star important: PROVE worth in order to “buy in”: ACT on this (initiate small steps in the physical world, speak it, feel it, share it, build it) to show your mind and your imagination that both can work to create SAFE change!
7. THEN, take the positive feelings from #4 to brainstorm even greater benefits, solutions that are outside your old box while now working from a new positive much larger grounding or anchor.
You have just shifted your possibilities possibility to a larger and positive ground for a higher reach to new things!
Drawing out new grounds and possibilities.
Without a chalkboard, paper, drawings, notes, could Einstein, Da Vinci, Tesla, Disney, keep track of their thinking, imagineering? Thoughts are fleeting and disappear when not recorded by drawing, voice recordings, notes.
Put your stake in the ground: record your star searching. This is mind mapping, storyboarding, ideation. It is important to actually put your ideas “on paper” so you have a progress timeline to show yourself and others.
Doodle your progress! Stick figures, doodles, words, all record your progress. Ground and share new ideas. Post these mind or star searches on your wall where you and others can view. Bring your new world into being by drawing it out…literally.
That’s where I love to serve with my talents. With Quick Sketch “doodling” you can get your star reaching into the universal language of visuals. Make your change grounded and feeling safe.
Reach for the stars keeping your feet on positive new “ground”. Create credible stairs to the sky and beyond…be like Maui, amaze yourself and others with your mind in the clouds and your feet on earth.
Thanks for your time and sharing!
I’m Paula Brown; Visual Scribe / Feng Shui practitioner / Author. I am a visual storyteller showing you how to IGNITE YOUR STORY, YOUR ENERGY, YOUR WELL-BEING for both business and home. My site is: www.chilightful.com Connect on: LinkedIn, Twitter, and you can “like” my facebook page at: www.facebook.com/ChiLightful
