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Is There Room for God in BIGG Success?

Is there room for God in your definition of success | BIGG SuccessBIGG success is life on your own terms. We were talking with a friend recently who asked an interesting question…

Is there room for God in our definition of BIGG success?

She said she strives to live on God’s terms. She seeks to understand God’s will for her life and live accordingly.

So did we get it wrong?

Did we unknowingly exclude God from our definition of BIGG success?

We don’t think so.

Did we accidentally exclude a whole segment of people who feel just like our friend?

We hope not. It certainly wasn’t our intention.

You choose your life

We don’t think the two are mutually exclusive. The point to our definition of BIGG success – life on your own terms – is that you, and you alone, make choices about how you live your life.

Your choices, along with the actions you take in line with those choices, largely determine whether or not you will be a BIGG success.

We believe that God leaves the choice up to you. Our friend has done that.

She is living her life on her own terms. She chooses terms that coincide with God’s terms. She is a BIGG success!

Now, don’t take this discussion as us trying to proselytize you. As we said, it’s your choice.

The paradox of your choices

Your choices are made individually. But they are usually not individual choices.

Sure, they all affect you. They affect your outcomes. They affect whether or not you will be a BIGG success.

But, in many cases, they also affect other people.

The BIGG idea behind BIGG success is synergy.

BIGG success comes when you improve the lives of other people. In doing so, you’ll reap the rewards yourself.

That’s win-win. That’s BIGG success!

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Believing is Seeing – Part 2

vision_boards.jpgToday on The Bigg Success Show, we continued chatting with Christine Kane about vision boards. Last time, Christine shared how vision boards helped her make a u-turn in her career. Now she teaches others how to use them through her retreats and coaching programs. Let’s get back to the conversation …

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marylynnChristine, you’ve identified three types of vision boards. The first one is the “I Know Exactly What I Want” Vision Board. Who should create that one?

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christine_kaneLeft-brained people who get wigged out a little bit by the whole idea of creativity. When they’re at my retreats, they’re the ones shouting, “Who has a picture of an Audi A3?” They’ll put a black dog on there. When you’re in this place – you want a new house or a new job, you want to eat healthy food – you go into the magazines and look for those images. It’s a great way to do it. Some people just throw it up there and that board is done in an hour-and-a-half.

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george
The second one you’ve identified is the “Opening and Allowing” Vision Board.

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christine_kaneThis is my favorite. As I said before, at my retreats, the whole first day is about intention. So women are getting clear on what they want more of. The second day we’re doing all those obstacles. By the time they sit down to do their vision board, they are just ready to speak to their soul – their deeper and wiser self. We know that still part of us. So you go through the magazines really slowly. You find yourself getting surprised at this image or that image. Even when I picked out that image of Celine Dion’s stage, I didn’t sort through magazines trying to find the perfect stage. I looked at it and thought, “Oh, that’s totally the feeling I want.” Some people will go, “Oh I love that car. Wow, I never realized I wanted a Prius but I just realized this speaks to me.” This puts you in touch with a deeper part of yourself. A lot of times our mental imaginings and our egos can run the show and think they know exactly what they want. A lot of times they lead us down paths that aren’t in alignment with who we really are. So the Opening and Allowing board is where you sit down and let the pictures come to you. Then you arrange them. It’s a softer process. Not everyone wants to do it this way. It’s great at my retreats because they’ve really had the time to get clear before we go for that.

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marylynn
I want to do that board. I’m ready!

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christine_kane
I love this board. It’s how I live my life!

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marylynn
Let’s talk about the third type. Christine, you call it the “Theme” Vision Board.

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christine_kaneYeah, like I’ve said, I do this on New Year’s Day. “Here’s my year, my 2009.” Birthdays are a good time to do that. What is the year ahead? The other thing would be if you want a different job or a new place to live or whatever. You make the entire board about that thing. Your marriage. Your family. It’s a great thing to do with anything in your life. You can apply both of the mindsets for the two other boards to this board.

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We highly recommend that you get Christine’s Get Inspired, Live Creative Triple Pack, that includes her e-book (The Complete Guide to Vision Boards), her most requested song (Right Outta Nowhere), and a subscription to her e-zine (Live Creative: Make Your Life a Masterpiece) for more success and creativity tips. It’s all FREE!

Thanks so much, Christine, for sharing your time and wisdom with all of us! And we thank you for reading our post today!

Please join us next time when we share a note from Hank Williams, Jr. We’ll discuss family traditions! Until then, here’s to your bigg success!

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