Welcome to the September 16, 2009 Balance Matters Minute from Brent O'Bannon.

(60 second life coaching) 

You can find out more about Brent at www.brentobannon.com

There are three kinds of people reading this email. People with no dreams, people with little dreams, and people with BIG dreams. 

Would you like to become a person who dreams big?

In the next eight weeks I'm going to share 8 success strategies to help you DREAM BIG. Here is the first.

Discover what you want.

If your like many people you may be more aware of what you don't want. I don't want to be poor. I don't want to be lonely. I don't want to be in an unhappy marriage. I don't want to struggle with depression or fear.

Your mind is a GPS and will gravitate toward whatever you focus on. It is much more powerful to focus on what you want rather than what you don't want.

One person I'm coaching feels selfish for discovering what he wants. Yet, Psalm 37:4 says, "Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart."

Many people are living their parents dreams. They have not allowed themselves to truly discover what they want.

Here is an exercise to help you discover your wants:

Write down 25 things you want to do. Then write down 25 things you want to have. Now write 25 things you want to be before you die.

Now start writing what you want in each of these domains of life.