Steve Jobs did it. Ronald Reagan did it. Chris Gardner did it. Successful people, at some point, reinvent themselves. Sometimes it’s a gradual process (Jobs/Reagan) and sometimes it’s an overnight epiphany (Gardner). What causes the change is vision. Those who reinvent themselves change their vision of themselves. They answer the question: “who do I want to be in ten years, twenty years, thirty years?” When you have clarity of vision, you are able to back engineer your life. A clear vision acts like a blueprint for your life. It stimulates your cortex, toggles on your reticular activating system and, out of thin air, allows you to see the goals that will take you to your new place. Goals act like rungs on a ladder. Each goal achieved allows you to climb another rung on that ladder towards your ideal life. You can wait, as many do, for an epiphany to occur; some out of the blue realization of what your life should be. Or you can spend 30-60 minutes today writing the script of your future life. Paint a picture with words, sparing not detail, what your ideal life would be like in ten, twenty or thirty years. Re-read your life script at least a few times a week. In a short period of time your magnificent brain will help you define the goals that will help you realize your vision of your ideal life. If you want to change your life today, write your script, don’t wait for the epiphany to occur down the road.
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