Coaches and Mentors – Creating Your Own Dream Team
A few days ago, my friend Margit and I went to the Perth Women’s Expo. It was a great “girl’s day out” filled with, stimulating conversation and lots of ‘dream building’ ideas.
This got me thinking about how important it is to spend time with friends and mentors, people who have a positive influence on your life… it’s about creating your own “Dream Team”.
In order for you to realize your Big ideas, dreams and goals, you need to have people in your life who support you in your quest. I would not be where I am today without all of my coaches and mentors—my “dream team.” It has been a key factor in my success. Your life success also will be about the books that you read and the people you associate with.
If nothing else – knowing these two concepts has the potential to change your life, and whether you control the input or not, they will influence your life both now and in the future.
If you take a moment to reflect back into your life and look at the influences that have impacted you in a positive way and caused you to make changes in your life, can you attribute it to something you have read or someone that influenced you?
I am sure if you look back to any negative changes that have affected your life you will see a similar pattern evolving. Was that change influenced in any way by either someone you listened to or something that you read?
Powerful isn’t it?
So it’s the books that you read (and yes, magazines and news articles count) and the people that you associate with, that really make a big difference.
I have also heard it said that if you look at your current income and then average the incomes of your five closest friends, you will find that there is a direct correlation there. Scary?
The good thing you can actually control the input with a very simple formula.
- Turn off the TV.
- Cancel the newspaper delivery.
- Read for 15 minutes every day – from a positive, uplifting or instructional book.
- Choose your mentors, coaches and friends wisely and spend time with them
By the way… if anything important is happening in the world that you really need to know about – believe me, someone will tell you. You still get to hear about tsunamis, bombings and interest rate rises and the Queen Mothers passing even when you don’t read newspapers or watch the news – trust me, I know this first hand.
More about “books” in my next chat… until then make a conscious decision to spend more time with people who can influence your life in the direction that you choose and less time with those who are going in the other direction.
See you in the Cafe’s of the World!
