WHAT DO YOU WANT?

Seems like a simple enough question.  But the truth of the matter is a great number of people have no idea what they want or desire to have in life.  As children we want everything.  Our thinking is so open to possibility that wanting or dreaming of something special in our lives is just a natural part of being.  So what happens?  The short answer is LIFE happens.  For some, life circumstances begin to overtake our open mindedness and we begin to close up.  Then we reach thirteen and life is getting really hard.  There’s pressure from our peers to fit in, our own desire to be independent and the feeling that we will never be enough for our parents.  And we just stop dreaming.  We stop playing.  And slowly we begin to die within ourselves.  Decades may pass and all we have done is existed.  Worked hard, raised our families and gotten old having never fulfilled any of our childhood, or even our adult wants and dreams.

It has been my experience in working with people in the personal development industry that when asked the question, “What Do You Want?” most struggle with it.  Even with the idea they could have a million bucks to do what one wants, people struggle.  And those few that could name a couple of items typically name off something for someone else.  Give to a foundation; help their children or some other place of need outside themselves.  All great things to do and they leave themselves out of the equation.  We have become so accustomed to existing that we put ourselves last at the very best.

I challenge you to sit down with a pen and paper and write out twenty-five things that you have always wanted to do or have.  Maybe it’s a trip to a foreign country, a new car, a new house or some other tangible item.  Take the time right now and put it to paper.  And while you are thinking and writing take notice of the way you feel.  Is there excitement, sadness, indifference or some other feeling you can describe?  Then look for what is behind these feelings.  Discovering the time, place and event that you first remember when you stopped dreaming and wanting can be a powerful way to turn your dream switch back on.

If you find you need assistance with this contact Klemmer & Associates at klemmer.com and enroll into one of their many personal development seminars.  On Monday nights at 7PM PDT you can sign up for the Online Champion’s Workshop.  Or enroll into a live interactive Champions Workshop that is being held somewhere close to you.  And close could simply mean a plane flight away.  From either of these introductory classes you can enroll into Personal Mastery, a powerful, experiential seminar that will help you discover those self-limiting beliefs you have that are keeping you stuck.

I encourage you to take action today.  You deserve to have all the desires of your heart, which come to you as dreams and wants.  You’ve nothing to loose and everything to gain.

Presented to you by:

John Edwards
Advanced Leadership Seminar Facilitator