setting the intention

I had the pleasure of spending the last few days with a room full of smart successful coaching colleagues. The school where I was certified in leadership + transition coaching (the Hudson Institute) puts on their annual learning conference each year and this year was my first year attending. I think what I was most struck by was how powerful it is to surround yourself with people who have "made it" doing what you're trying to build -- to fast forward a bit and see how the hard work can pay off, literally.

They say that your thoughts, and as a result your life, can be influenced by the 5 people you spend the most time around. And what I realized is I need to spend more time around people that are as successful as I want to be -- and ideally a few of them are successful in my line of work. Because as optimistic and positive as I am at heart I too can fall in the rabbit hole of 'what if my dream isn't sustainable' or 'i shouldn't say no to that' etc etc. So what I walked away with after 4 days in Santa Barbara was the notion of possibility -- and from that I realized I need to dream bigger. I need to re-set my vision and think a bit bigger around what's truly possible for me and in doing so I believe I will attract that very thing - success.

And while I'm at it, I'm realizing that I need to re-set another intention of mine. The declaration that I made earlier this year on this very blog around meeting the person I will marry by the end of 2013. One of my colleagues has taken this declaration very seriously and wants (like any good coach) to hold me accountable to it in any way that's needed. And so she reminded me that in order to make this happen -- I have to make room in my life (move over koko, someone else has to fit onto this sofa ;) and also let the universe know that I'm truly ready. After all, my tarot card reader did say that she sees that my mom has opted to be one of my spiritual guides so I need to be telling her what I want. And as obvious as it seems to me and I assume my mom knows, I have yet to ask her or the universe for what I really want.

So starting here first, I'm working on letting the world know that I am ready to:

** meet the love of my life and make him my husband **
** to grow my company beyond the point of just being "sustainable" to being "successful" **

Phew, feels good to just write it down, but even I know that's just step one...