THINK, DREAM AND ACT BIG

It’s that simple! If you want to be big, think BIG! According to Trump, the real estate billionaire, ‘’when it comes to thinking big, you are your own worst enemy’’. How true!

I used to reason that to think big was to be greedy! The mentality that says: Can you drive two cars at the same time? Can you sleep in two beds at the same time? Can you live in two houses at the same time? You can’t! But secretly, you’d like to rent a limo or a friend's more ‘’sleek’’, say ‘’sweeter’’, car for your wedding day.  Why reserve good times for special days when you can have it all days of your life?   Remember: ASK! And you will get! KNOCK!! And it will open!  SEEK: And you will find!!! This wisdom is from antiquity, and they still apply today.

I never thought I could have the good times. As a banker, I was taught, be a professional, dress well but be careful with money - remember you are dealing with other people’s money, they said.  Never aspire for big money, but the bank will pay you enough ‘’to be comfortable’’, they drummed into me. Comfortable I was but I never dared to dream! In fact, I sold my dream instead. Sad mistake. Remember, your dream is not for sale.

Many lies will hold you back. These are some that held me back for years. How will I fuel my car? How will I feed my family? How will I survive? I forgot the basic precept that says when life throws you a lemon, make lemonade out of it. It was like that for years until that fateful day on Table Mountain, near Cape Town.  As I stood aloft the mountain marvelling as the waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans embraced each other but refused to kiss, I purposed in my heart to become a ‘’BUSINESS MOGUL’’, make money and tour the world.    Get out of your comfort zone and start thinking, dreaming and acting big. Go do it, and one day soon, you'll be BIG.