The great genius Albert Einstein said one of my favorite quotes ever when he said “Imagination is more important than knowledge.’’ To me it’s especially poignant coming from one of the world’s smartest men—ever. I’m grateful that God gave us this great gift of imagination. Can you imagine how dull and bland and backwards the world would be without it?

Imagination is critical for you to experience Brilliant Success in your life and business. Unfortunately we get really busy and stretch ourselves to where we have no down time to even think and imagine how we want our business and life to look. It’s important for us to have rest and downtime so we are relaxed and we can access the creative ideas that we already have in our mind.

Nothing has been brought into the world unless it was thought of beforehand by someone. If you’ve been given a burning desire to start a particular business I honestly believe that the means for your business to come to fruition exists or you wouldn’t have been given the idea from God. If there’s a product or program or business you’ve been wanting to create. Go for it. It’s there just waiting for you to create it.

Here are some simple tips to help you imagine your business & life to Brilliant Success:

1. Decide what you really, really WANT. You can’t imagine something in great detail unless you really, really WANT it so decide what you really want to manifest in your life. Be sure to decide on what YOU want—not what your spouse, children or parents tell you that you SHOULD want.

2.    Write down what you really want in present tense as if it already exists. For instance if you really want to make $20,000 a month in your business, write down, “I easily earn $20,000 a month in my business.” Repeat this daily.

3.    Imagine and Visualize what your life would be like if you had what you’ve  written down. In our example imagine how great it’d feel to earn $20,000 a month in your business? What would your life look like? Go into great detail visualizing every aspect of every great thing you’ll experience by receiving $20,000 a month in your business. You can make your own mind movie that you can play over and over again so you’ll always be in touch with what you want to bring about in your life.

4.    Feel all the fantastic emotions that go along with attaining or receiving what you want. Sit somewhere quite where you won’t be interrupted, close your eyes and allow all those great feelings come to the surface. Remember your sub-conscious mind doesn’t know the difference between what is real and what is imagined.

5. Relax. Let it all go. Know that you WILL receive what you are imagining as long as it is good and for your good and for other’s good. Don’t try to control anything after you’ve imagined you’ve attained your goal. Relax and it will happen!

Try these simple steps for 21 days on a goal that you want to bring about and see what happens!

Here are some simple tips to help rid yourself of Fear and Doubt. These are principles I’ve learned over the last couple of years from various mentors I’ve worked with and in my own studies and experience. I hope you find them as helpful as I have.

1. Realize fear is just your ego self trying to protect you. The next time you hear silly thoughts in your head like “I can’t do this’’ or “Why should I put out an e-zine? Who is going to listen to ME?’’ or something like “I’ll never make much money at what I’m doing. I’m just not as good as ____________( insert whomever you are comparing yourself to)’’ realize that these thoughts are just NOT TRUE.
2. Recognize doubt as just another false or limiting belief and ignore it. The next time you doubt yourself and your abilities work quickly to label it the false and limiting belief it is. Once more, it’s just your ego trying to protect you. It doesn’t want you to get hurt. Unfortunately when we listen to our ego selves and the false messages it tells us we get hurt even more.
3. Know that you are on this planet to make a difference in the world and to share the special gifts and talents you were born with, your Unique Brilliance, to the world. We were all born on this earth for a positive purpose and to love others and to help them heal. Embrace this fact and revel in knowing you DO have a special message, a special gift the world needs to hear and that the world WANTS to hear. I am convinced there is an audience for anyone of us who wants to get “out there’’ and help others no matter what business they are in and no matter how many people there are already seemingly doing the same thing. These other people aren’t YOU! : D
4. Realize that every time you “buy into fear and doubt’’ you are not living in your own power and you’re actually “hiding out.”I’d never heard of the term hiding out until a year and a half ago and only recognized I was hiding out a little over a year ago. I was hiding out because I thought I needed to learn more (even though I already KNEW PLENTY to help whom I needed to help). I thought I needed to buy more programs (when I had PLENTY of information products on my office shelves already) and so on. When you’re hiding out as I was you aren’t living in your power and delivering what you are called to give to the world.
5. When fears and doubts crop up in your head say “Thank-you, I appreciate your trying to protect me, but I know I can do this.’’ And then let it go. Don’t try to fight the silly thoughts (as I like to call them!). When they creep into your mind. just say “Thank-You for this” let it go and replace it with a positive thought. Seriously, it’s as simple as that. It takes practice but that’s all there is to it.
6. Decide you will only listen to thoughts in your head that are positive and uplifting. Once more this is a discipline. It’s a discipline you can master with time and practice. Luckily as you start to do this it becomes easier and easier. We’ll never be perfect at it BUT it’s so much better than listening to the negative, limiting thoughts that keep you stuck.

Write down in present tense every day a one sentence goal for your business you most want to achieve. Write your goal down once a day and believe you will achieve it. I write down 12-15 juicy goals a day and I promise you the process works. By having a goal or goals you want to achieve in your business you will be more aware of limiting and false beliefs such as fear and doubt crop up into your mind so you can ignore them and move onto your next level faster.

I wish I could take credit for this line but I can’t. While listening to a CD course this week I heard Bob Bly—Copywriting Guru—reply to a question asked of him about “What if the field I’m in already has a guru, or tons of gurus in it already?’’ His reply was “The sandbox is bigger than you think.’’

This statement really hit home with me because many times I find myself comparing myself to other marketing gurus already out there and thinking, “Does the world REALLY need another marketing coach/mentor?’’ When in reality, yes there are tons of marketing coaches out there but there is only one me with my experience, education and results. Just like there is only one YOU with your experience, education and results.

Here are a few take aways for you that have helped me recently when I’ve found myself believing false or limiting beliefs about whether I should play in the sandbox or not:

1. Recognize there is plenty of room in the sandbox for all of us. The sandbox IS bigger than you think and there’s plenty of room for you to play in it. Even if there is a bigger competitor out there, Who cares? Not everyone can access the bigger coach or guru, but they can access YOU and YOU can help them.
2. Choose a corner of the sandbox for you to play in. Choose a niche to work in that is smaller and tighter than your competitors. Narrow your focus down more specifically than you are right now. Become known as the EXPERT in your niche. There is always room for people in business who want to be experts in their field.
3. Build your own unique sandcastle with your own unique distinguishing marks and touches on it. Make sure your business and marketing materials reflects YOU, your Unique Brilliance, your passion and your results. Remember not everyone out there is attracted to the same people all of the time! You build your business with your Unique Brilliance and you will attract your Ideal, High-Paying Clients every time.
4. There’s no competition in the sandbox. Your biggest competitor is ultimately yourself. Stop comparing yourself with all the others in your field and focus on what you are meant to do—helping your chosen audience with their particular challenges and problems. Work on making yourself the best at what you do (sales, coaching, web design, training, etc…….) and then your Ideal, High Paying Clients will find you. Seriously.

These are 4 simple and effective ways for you to shift your thinking the next time you find yourself questioning why you are in business or why should you even try to work in a field where there are plenty of others in it already and they are “bigger’’ than you.