Dream Technology + My Why
You don’t really need a New Year to re-evaluate how close you are to your dreams. But, most of us are running so fast (on autopilot, unfortunately) that it takes an occasion like New Year to take a moment and reflect.
Steps to Real, Unconditioned Dreaming
Before you start thinking about the dreams you have for yourself, let’s step back and look at the dreams that we’ve been conditioned to have. Life and society condition us to want certain things, like money and power. Many of you have probably been led to believe, your whole life long, that these things will leave you fulfilled.
Driven by ego, we feel drawn to things in order to fit in and feel accepted. In the end, these dreams from the outside world leave us feeling empty. (This certainly happened to me, read my story below to find out how).
That’s why it’s so important to peel back the layers – to discover the real you—so you can uncover the dream that will fill you up and make you feel great.
“If you don’t know who you are, it’s difficult to follow the goals and dreams that will fulfill you.”
My Big “Ah-Ha” Moment
I was a few years into my first business, New Leaf Creative Strategies, when I hit a wall in my business. I felt pulled in so many directions – like I had nothing rooting me to my core. I began questioning every decision and felt completely drained and burned out. I was tired of feeling torn and reaching for goals that left me unfulfilled.
So, I took a deep dive inward. I studied everything I could about values and learned all the ins and outs. I realized that most of us aren’t even aware that we have adopted our values. That’s why fake values run our lives and make us feel unhappy. It’s no wonder we live with such deep divisions – feeling torn in different directions by our personal lives and our society, and everything in between.
Value systems affect us on a conscious and deeply subconscious level. There are many levels of values that drive our existence – yes, it’s that complex! A well-known values expert, Dr. Clare Graves, has actually dedicated his life to studying them: www.spiraldynamics.com
All my studies into values gave me great compassion and curiosity for why people think differently.
It was this big revelation in values work that inspired me to create Brand From Within. All the strategies don’t matter if you aren’t rooted in solid foundation for your business.
It was this big revelation in values work that inspired me to create Brand From Within. All the strategies don’t matter if you aren’t rooted in solid foundation for your business.
Step 1: Discover what you really want.
Remove the Layers: Separate yourself from all the millions of impressions and influences you’ve adopted in life.
Freedom of Choice: Now, as an adult, you have the opportunity to choose what you agree with and don’t agree with. Choice is your human gift. If you like, you can adopt the beliefs of your mother, father, religion, the media… or choose not to. Your life is your creative design and no one else’s.
Separating yourself from influence sounds like a big task, but try to imagine that you don’t need to do or prove anything to feel loved and worthy. There’s no one around to judge you or dissuade you. You’re free… What do you want? This is how you can re-imagine yourself without your ego and its unsatisfying wants.
Find the dream that fulfills you. Watch the short video below discover the basics of Dream Technology.
And stayed tuned for Part 2 this Friday: How to Make your Dream Happen by Writing a Living Dream Statement.
