Big thinking is vital in growing a successful and thriving Osteobiz. Timid and small minded goal setting is a recipe for a lack lustre existance!
Big thinking is allowing yourself to be audacious in your plans, to dismiss boring boundaries and to dare to dream of a future full of colour.
For some, success is being fully booked, six days a week. For others it’s creating enough income from three days a week in order to spend time with the children while they’re young. And for others it might be mostly working mid week so that they have the freedom to take long weekends away in the countryside or to have the time to teach the next generation of Osteopaths.
And success should always be the realisation of personal goals and never used to rank ourselves against others.
How does big thinking work?
Let’s walk through the steps to your success.
Visualise
Take time out, go for a walk, spend an hour in the coffee shop or simply grab a cuppa and a pen and paper. Allow yourself to dream big for the whole picture of your world, not just your Osteobiz. Sometimes when Clients of mine begin this process they can be surprised at the results of this exercise. Some are dismayed that they are living a less than ideal life and others realise their potential to create a far better life than they currently have.
Reflect on your professional journey so far. Where could your skills be improved? What other areas of your practice could be built upon? Note down what additional learning you and your community would benefit from or how you could become an even more valuable Practitioner to them this year.
Please don’t filter your ideas or dismiss dreams. Big thinking requires an open mind, an exploration of possibility and a glimpsing of your greatest potential.
Paint pictures in your mind of all the positive outcomes of your endeavours in every area of your life. Write down or sketch everything that springs to mind as the ideas flow. What would your perfect life look like to you; professionally, personally, economically, socially?
Decide
Big thinking gives you permission to explore what you would really love to achieve. Once you have the big picture in place, then it’s time to DECIDE that you will indeed go after these goals with vigour. This step is absolutely key to reaching the outcomes you want. There must be no doubt in your mind that you WILL bring about these changes and results.
Deciding what you really want will dismiss the daydreams and dillydallying and give you absolute focus as you proceed.
Align and Believe
This step requires honesty with yourself. If you have decided to open two more Clinics this year, whilst reducing your mortgage and spending more time on holiday with the kids, you are on a hiding to nothing! Your decisions must clearly be congruent with each other. Only then will opportunities, chance meetings and synchronicity bring together the fastest route towards your desired outcomes.
It is vital that you really BELIEVE that you can achieve your goals. Unwavering self-belief and motivation will keep you on track throughout this process.
Action
Every single day, take some solid and specific ACTION towards your goals. Keep checking in with yourself and your goals and identify what needs doing. Ask yourself, what is the next indicated step?
Set specific time aside in your diary to focus on research, creating better systems, keeping a close eye on finances, eliminating unnecessary expenditure or time wasting activities, boosting your marketing etc. Make this time sacrosanct to ensure you are making headway.
Be progressive and ask yourself every morning over breakfast what you can do today to move forwards – and then do it.
Good luck and don’t ever forget this – you are BIGGER and more awesome than you think – so dream big, think bigger and you’re all set to achieve your biggest goals this year!
If you have decided that 2017 is the year for some big thinking and for taking massive action, then I’m ready to support you on your journey. During January only I have slashed £500 off my ultimate coaching programme, Osteobiz Gold. Working together intensely for up to six months, we will put all the steps in place to create the Osteobiz that brings you success on your terms. If you’re ready to better serve your community, I’m ready to help you achieve your goals.
