DREAM BIG! Reclaiming Your Golden Sphere of Potential

”DREAM BIG! Dream as BIG as possible! Sit in space of possibility! Approach everything including obstacles with possibility. Go beyond what you believe is possible for yourself.”

Her words echoed in my head and filled me with anxiety and self-doubt and more than a little dread. It was our first reinvention coaching group call and our fearless leader, Pamela Mitchell, the Queen of Reinvention, was laying out the ground rules for our engagement. Her excitement was palpable, mine suddenly vanished and I felt a pit in my stomach as I sat with her challenge to dream without limits.

I realized in that moment that I had never really dreamt big, had never been taught or invited to dream big!

Sure, I had spent the better part of 25 years in Silicon Valley helping to make other people’s crazy big dreams come true. And yes, every time someone came to me asking for help with their personal big dream, I was their biggest champion, cheerleader and did everything in my power to help them.

But I had never allowed myself to dream big or even thought to do so. I had never explored my own audacious visions of the future much less worked to realize them. I had always worked inside containers of possibility created by others and jumped through hoops they defined. I was an exceptional performer but…