This week we are focusing on dreaming big. We read and watched several videos that encouraged us to dream big and then reach for your dreams. Several of the messages made an impact on me.
License to Pursue Dreams-- Marissa Mayer addressed an audience describing the concept that Google implements called 20 percent time. The concept is basically work four days a week on Google work and on day 5, work on whatever you want to work on. This is a very interesting concept. Many people believed that Google was wasting 20 percent of its productivity. However, Mayer mapped out Google's product launches and found that 50 percent of the projects released came from the 20 percent of time. She surmised, "It turns out if you take really smart people, give them really good tools, they build really beautiful, amazing things that are really exciting, and they do it with a lot of passion and momentum, in such a way that you actually see two and a half times the output of what you would expect given the time." This is really amazing! I can understand this because when I have a passion for an idea, I am willing to work harder and longer without even realizing.
Think Big-- Taylor Richards addressed a group of people and said two things that were interesting to me:
1. Do not over underestimate yourself. You can do it, you can accomplish the goals and dreams that you set and if you involve the Lord, you can do the impossible, you can do amazing things you can do great things. Just like it says in good to great, it's a whole lot more fun to do great things than to just be good. Or to just be mediocre. And it's no harder to be great than to be good.
2. Pursue your goals and dreams. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do it. And involve the Lord, you can do great things.
Richards told a story about making the top 100 as a boat dealership. He was not trying to be a top dealership in the nation. He was striving for excellence every day and loving what he did for a living. In the beginning of the countdown he was underestimating how well he compared to others in his field. Richards learned during the countdown that he had been underestimating his team. They were ranked 11 in North America. This teaches me that if I try to just do my personal best, I can shine above the competition.
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