I was sitting on a gorgeous terrace in the middle of my city when this came to me: When I admire people it shows me how to get where I want to go. Before I would never want to admit this, because it could easily be taken as I’m jealous of them or envious of their lifestyle. But the truth of the matter, is that I’m not. I just admire who they are and what they’ve done with their life, and I want that too.
I quickly ran home and wanted to share my insight with you.
But then I stalled, I was nervous that even if I shared that admiring is a fantastic way to show how to get where you want to go, it might be frowned upon. That you might say, “Lesley, we should be able to do it ourselves”. Or even worse “I’ll never, ever, reach what they’ve got”.
You believing that you’ll never reach your full potential or the life you so desperately want to live, is a belief I so want to help you change.
This video is now a bit out of date, as our local hockey team was swept out of the playoffs earlier this week; but the content is still true. And I’m sorry that it looks like my head is floating in the screen, learned not to take video from that angle again!
Design your lifestyle assignment
Who do you admire? Take some time this week to write down or discover who it is you admire and what about them that draws you to them. Once you realize what it is that you’d like to include in your life, write one step that will get you there. Then start implementing that step. You’ll soon find your way creating the life of your dreams!
Please feel free to share your discoveries in the comments below!
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Lesley, this is a wonderful video and it has a great energy! I can tell that you are very passionate about this topic and right so! I couldn’t agree with you more. Often people we admire mirror the qualities we want to cultivate in ourselves. It may not even be the life we want for ourselves but we want the feelings. The freedom, the authenticity, the love… They say that if you can’t imagine it, you can’t create it. Then to create you have to take action. I often tell my clients that imagination +action = miracles. Both parts of the equation are critical. Great job on spreading the message and being open about the fact that it’s often not as easy as it seams but it’s so worth it!
This is such a wonderful post. I love to see you speak and remember the lovely afternoons we had with tea and wine in Den Bosch and Utrecht. You are a great inspiration and I admire you for being so passionate about your new business. I love to see this happening to you. I often look at people that I admire – there are a lot of different women and even some men 😉 every one of them gives me something that I want to strive for in my life. Giving it the right recipe to put it all together and still be me and not a mix of them is the challenge and above all the biggest challenge I find is to get started and not only look at them.