In my last blog, I talked about the importance of thinking big. But that’s only one part of the process. The second part is to feel it.

You have to close the deal with yourself by daring to change your thinking and allowing yourself to feel the accomplishment before you have it completed.

When I work with my coaching clients and we discuss their financial goals, I ask them to visualize their number and then multiply it by two. Then, I have them sit with that for a while and tell me what they’re feeling. Excitement? Discomfort? Are they planning all they could do with their money, or are they physically sick to their stomach?

After ten minutes, I have them go back to their original financial goal - number they gave me in the beginning of the exercise - and tell me how it looks now. My clients always tell me small, achievable, and not big enough!

We then re-visit the bigger number and I ask them to visualize what it would feel like to achieve this. As they tell me all that would be possible, I ask what is holding them back. And the response is usually the same – their thinking.

To have a BIG life, thinking and feeling must team up and work together. And, to stay on track, you must write it down and review it often to ensure that you don’t stray on your journey.

And, while a BIG life may be met with a little discomfort along the way, in the long run, it beats being comfortable and missing out on the BIG life you were meant to live.