You might think it has to. But in reality? It begins with a wild thought that you’re brave enough to follow.
Have you ever noticed how “reasonable” your dreams become over time?
As if life handed you a quiet rulebook somewhere in your twenties which said be sensible, stay within the lines, don’t reach too far.
We tell ourselves it’s wisdom.
But actually, I often I find it’s fear with better PR.
I’ve been thinking about how much of what we believe is possible is simply what we’ve seen around us.
Friends, colleagues, even family, all quietly agreeing that this, right here, is as far as it goes.
But what if they’re wrong?
What if you stopped measuring your life by other people’s expectations and let your imagination off the leash?
If you stopped being reasonable about what was achievable, what might you be free to create?
Where might that next chapter lead?
What if you allowed yourself to see not just what’s likely, but what’s possible?
That’s what I’m doing with an extraordinary roster of clients right now. They’re writing epic next chapters in their lives. Walking to the cliff edge of their fears and reasonableness and jumping into the unknown.
We spend so much of our lives shuttling between two limits: our own self-doubt and the world’s definition of “enough.”
But somewhere between those walls sits a different kind of life, that’s still waiting for you to give it permission.
Maybe today’s the moment to ask yourself: have I been dreaming small because it’s safe… or because I’ve forgotten how to dream at all?
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