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An Intention Experiment -
What
if you had the power to create things you thought
were impossible?
Try this exercise and see what happens.
I
want you to try an experiment this week. If you
succeed, a few very good things will happen. If you
fail, you can always try again, so you have nothing
to lose.
The
experiment is about intentions.
I've
noticed that when people sign up for the Marketing
Action Groups or a Workshop, something almost
miraculous happens. They start to attract more
business than usual even before the program starts,
without any special effort.
It's
a well-known phenomenon. Nothing spooky. You
see when someone makes a commitment to grow they
start growing almost immediately. You could call it
the "law of attraction," a "self fulfilling
prophecy," or the "placebo effect."
It
doesn't matter. It all works the same. Ready
for the experiment?
This
week, every morning above all the items in your
to-do list, write down a positive thing that
you intend to happen in your business that is
desired but not predictable.
So
above things like, "follow up with John Davis" and
"start article on Team Dynamics" and "listen to
Robert's new TeleClass," write down something
like: "Get new client today," or "receive a big
check in the mail," or "get notice that I won
Nobel prize."
I
can't promise you'll get it. That's not the
point. I want you to write it down as if you knew
you were going to get it. Write it down as if you
were reporting that you'd check your email or that
you'd answer the phone; things that you absolutely
know will happen.
You
might call this developing your intention muscle.
During
the day you might glance at the intention you've
written down. When you do, smile as if you've
already gotten it. Just feel satisfied that you
have this in your life already (even if, to your
logical mind, it's a complete fantasy).
Here's
a few things I predict:
As
the week progresses, what you write down will
start to become real to you. You'll begin to
write down real intentions that are actually
likely to happen.
You'll
feel better about your business, your work, your
life, heck maybe even about marketing
yourself and growing your business. You'll feel
more of a sense of flow.
You'll
feel less overwhelmed and you'll put all
those to-dos on your list in a new perspective.
Things will get done with less effort and you'll
feel more satisfied.
Look,
it's early in the day, why don't you pull out that
to-do list right now and write your intention
at the top of the list? Take a look at it. Feel
what it would be like if that intention came to
pass. And then get on with the rest of your
day.
Do
this for a full week. Even on the weekends.
Stick up a post-it note on your computer so you
won't forget. And then, at the end of the week, let
me know what happened and I'll report on it in next
week's More Clients.
I
know this is a rather unusual topic for More
Clients, but you need a break from all this
marketing talk, don't you?
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The
More Clients Bottom Line:
Create
an intention every day this week and write it at
the top of your to-do list. Be open to having these
intentions come true and be completely OK if they
don't. Notice what happens and report
back.
Got
any good stories about creating intentions?
Share them on the More Clients Blog where all of us
can read them:
http://www.actionplan.blogs.com
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Until
next week, all the best,
Robert
Middleton
ACTION
PLAN MARKETING
Helping Independent Professionals Attract More
Clients
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