A lifelong friend taught me a lesson this week. There is a lot of power when you start talking about your dreams as if they already exist. If you say something might happen then very few people believe that it will come to pass. You might not even believe it to be true. Yet, when you say, “This is going to happen and we’re excited about it” a funny thing happens… People believe you. Then when other people believe it’s much easier to push the doubts away and catch the vision yourself. I’ve seen first hand how something that was just an idea gets momentium, people join the team, and before you know it the idea is a thing or an event or a business.
One word of caution, this can also work against you if you apply the same practice to something that doesn’t have value. Granted it could be harder to excite people with the story but the principle can be used for bad as much as good.
Language and the stories that you chose to share have more power than you think. Chose them well.
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