Maya Angelou once said a solitary
fantasy can transform a million
realities what dream or vision do you
want to turn into reality I always
wanted to go into business for myself I
could be a consultant I’m going to go
gluten-free right after I eat that last
piece of chocolate cake you know one day
I’m gonna stand up to that crabby boss I
look good on paper I should feel great I
just know there’s more you know it
because you feel it you lie awake at
night you talk about your dreams with
your partner and your friends but more
often than not you continue to do those
same behaviors that keep you from making
the change you ask yourself how can I
make it happen
research shows the odds against you
making a change in your life nine to one
nine to one even if you’re facing a
life-threatening illness but let me show
you how to beat those odds you can live
the life you desire it’s right there in
front of you but in order to achieve it
you must first see it then believe it
and then you must graciously ask and
train your brain to help you execute
your vision so how do we see our vision
through a picture a picture can create
movements a picture
can unite nations a picture can pull it
your heart and fill you with a deep
desire to do something at Roche
pharmaceutical the president asked us to
create a picture of his vision prior to
having one less than 40% of the
employees understood the company’s
vision and strategy after seeing this
picture 96 percent understood it and 84
percent understood how what they did
every day aligned to that picture so how
can you use a picture to get what you
want by simply drawing one you don’t
have to be an artist or know how to draw
as naive as your drawings might be when
you draw where you are your current
state and where you want to be your
desired new reality suddenly you have a
roadmap for change so what is your
current state well let’s say you’re Joe
Joe has a good job Joe
has a lovely wife Amy Joe makes good
money but like many of us Joe wants more
from life and he’d like to get rid of a
couple of things maybe that intense
workload maybe that negative boss maybe
Joe has a higher purpose he’s just not
sure how to get there so now Joe’s
current state is visual we remember
things better when they’re attached to a
picture
65% better to be exact so now let’s
imagine that Joe wants to change
something in his current state he wants
to build that desired new reality that
he dreams about in or
Joe to freely dream he must first trick
his brain because the left side of your
brain as you know houses the critic who
is forever trying to keep you safe from
harm make sure you don’t do anything
dangerous or stupid so let’s have Joe
tell the critic that he’s just going to
use his imagination using your
imagination
activates the right side of your brain
which makes you creative and filled with
possibility so now let’s dream Joe’s new
life in the best case scenario one year
from today what is Joe’s life like Hey
Joe has a new job awright Joe has a new
boss himself Joe has a couple of great
collaborators and Joe is just bursting
with creativity and ideas and all of
those things we dream about connections
and purpose and freedom and love now I’m
drawing this picture as a favor to Joe
today but in real life
he’d have to draw his own picture
because he can’t afford me actually
because you get the most power when you
paint your own picture so now Joe has
his drawing so now he’s got to soak it
in he has to fill it with color he has
to fill it with emotion he has to get
inside of it as if he’s on the inside
looking out your brain actually emits
serotonin and oxytocin when you draw and
dream so you feel happy
capable creative you feel cool so now we
have Joe’s current state and Joe’s
desired new reality so how can Joe get
from here to there in just three bold
steps three bold steps if I knew how to
get from here to there in three bold
steps I would have done it 25 years ago
but I had a mullet here’s where the
magic begins your brain knows you it’s
cataloged everything you’ve ever seen
heard experienced real or imagined you
just have to ask it to put the pieces
together for you it’s as simple as that
we live in a three-dimensional world but
the light falls on the retina in a
two-dimensional fashion and the brain it
has to cope with it
so how does it deal with this extra
dimension it guesses it guesses and just
as it can guess where your cup of coffee
is when it goes to pick it up it can
correctly guess what the three bold
steps are that you should take all you
have to do is look at your picture and
then close your eyes this allows the
brain to to recycle what it sees and
reconstruct it add to it everything
you’ve ever seen heard experienced or
fantasized about and then it will serve
you up with the best possible solution
if you just relax and you ask it now
what’s the boldest thing I could do to
get from here to there boom immediately
it will tell you see it believe it
act on it now the danger is if any of
those three bold steps are too scary
this instinctual rational side of your
brain is going to try to talk you out of
this oh no no I don’t want to do that
oh that desk it’s not too small my legs
aren’t cramped under there Oh twenty
thousand a year oh that’s a decent
salary oh that boss he’s he’s not that
mean to me you know what I’m just gonna
stay right here I feel really
comfortable here so how can you get
yourself to do the boldest thing by
drawing the most compelling picture so
when you look here you’re in pain it
hurts when you’re here you’re ecstatic
it’s fantastic you’re already living
inside that connected and free life you
drew so every day you get up you soak in
your picture you step into the
possibility and this is the most
important part you act on it you do one
small thing you call up that friend you
know who started her own business you
ask her how did you do it you ask Amy
will you support me in my vision you go
to your boss and you ask him for a raise
and you become that one person out of
ten to make change happen now I put this
template on your chair so that you could
do for yourself what I just did for Joe
you’ve seen some fantastic ideas today
that have inspired your dream I dare you
to draw that dream into that template I
double dare you to choose a symbol in
your drawing that represents that
desired new reality take a picture of it
with your phone and send it to us at
TEDx Rainier Maya Angelou said a
solitary fantasy can transform a million
realities just three bold steps can
transform one reality yours thank you
you
fantasy can transform a million
realities what dream or vision do you
want to turn into reality I always
wanted to go into business for myself I
could be a consultant I’m going to go
gluten-free right after I eat that last
piece of chocolate cake you know one day
I’m gonna stand up to that crabby boss I
look good on paper I should feel great I
just know there’s more you know it
because you feel it you lie awake at
night you talk about your dreams with
your partner and your friends but more
often than not you continue to do those
same behaviors that keep you from making
the change you ask yourself how can I
make it happen
research shows the odds against you
making a change in your life nine to one
nine to one even if you’re facing a
life-threatening illness but let me show
you how to beat those odds you can live
the life you desire it’s right there in
front of you but in order to achieve it
you must first see it then believe it
and then you must graciously ask and
train your brain to help you execute
your vision so how do we see our vision
through a picture a picture can create
movements a picture
can unite nations a picture can pull it
your heart and fill you with a deep
desire to do something at Roche
pharmaceutical the president asked us to
create a picture of his vision prior to
having one less than 40% of the
employees understood the company’s
vision and strategy after seeing this
picture 96 percent understood it and 84
percent understood how what they did
every day aligned to that picture so how
can you use a picture to get what you
want by simply drawing one you don’t
have to be an artist or know how to draw
as naive as your drawings might be when
you draw where you are your current
state and where you want to be your
desired new reality suddenly you have a
roadmap for change so what is your
current state well let’s say you’re Joe
Joe has a good job Joe
has a lovely wife Amy Joe makes good
money but like many of us Joe wants more
from life and he’d like to get rid of a
couple of things maybe that intense
workload maybe that negative boss maybe
Joe has a higher purpose he’s just not
sure how to get there so now Joe’s
current state is visual we remember
things better when they’re attached to a
picture
65% better to be exact so now let’s
imagine that Joe wants to change
something in his current state he wants
to build that desired new reality that
he dreams about in or
Joe to freely dream he must first trick
his brain because the left side of your
brain as you know houses the critic who
is forever trying to keep you safe from
harm make sure you don’t do anything
dangerous or stupid so let’s have Joe
tell the critic that he’s just going to
use his imagination using your
imagination
activates the right side of your brain
which makes you creative and filled with
possibility so now let’s dream Joe’s new
life in the best case scenario one year
from today what is Joe’s life like Hey
Joe has a new job awright Joe has a new
boss himself Joe has a couple of great
collaborators and Joe is just bursting
with creativity and ideas and all of
those things we dream about connections
and purpose and freedom and love now I’m
drawing this picture as a favor to Joe
today but in real life
he’d have to draw his own picture
because he can’t afford me actually
because you get the most power when you
paint your own picture so now Joe has
his drawing so now he’s got to soak it
in he has to fill it with color he has
to fill it with emotion he has to get
inside of it as if he’s on the inside
looking out your brain actually emits
serotonin and oxytocin when you draw and
dream so you feel happy
capable creative you feel cool so now we
have Joe’s current state and Joe’s
desired new reality so how can Joe get
from here to there in just three bold
steps three bold steps if I knew how to
get from here to there in three bold
steps I would have done it 25 years ago
but I had a mullet here’s where the
magic begins your brain knows you it’s
cataloged everything you’ve ever seen
heard experienced real or imagined you
just have to ask it to put the pieces
together for you it’s as simple as that
we live in a three-dimensional world but
the light falls on the retina in a
two-dimensional fashion and the brain it
has to cope with it
so how does it deal with this extra
dimension it guesses it guesses and just
as it can guess where your cup of coffee
is when it goes to pick it up it can
correctly guess what the three bold
steps are that you should take all you
have to do is look at your picture and
then close your eyes this allows the
brain to to recycle what it sees and
reconstruct it add to it everything
you’ve ever seen heard experienced or
fantasized about and then it will serve
you up with the best possible solution
if you just relax and you ask it now
what’s the boldest thing I could do to
get from here to there boom immediately
it will tell you see it believe it
act on it now the danger is if any of
those three bold steps are too scary
this instinctual rational side of your
brain is going to try to talk you out of
this oh no no I don’t want to do that
oh that desk it’s not too small my legs
aren’t cramped under there Oh twenty
thousand a year oh that’s a decent
salary oh that boss he’s he’s not that
mean to me you know what I’m just gonna
stay right here I feel really
comfortable here so how can you get
yourself to do the boldest thing by
drawing the most compelling picture so
when you look here you’re in pain it
hurts when you’re here you’re ecstatic
it’s fantastic you’re already living
inside that connected and free life you
drew so every day you get up you soak in
your picture you step into the
possibility and this is the most
important part you act on it you do one
small thing you call up that friend you
know who started her own business you
ask her how did you do it you ask Amy
will you support me in my vision you go
to your boss and you ask him for a raise
and you become that one person out of
ten to make change happen now I put this
template on your chair so that you could
do for yourself what I just did for Joe
you’ve seen some fantastic ideas today
that have inspired your dream I dare you
to draw that dream into that template I
double dare you to choose a symbol in
your drawing that represents that
desired new reality take a picture of it
with your phone and send it to us at
TEDx Rainier Maya Angelou said a
solitary fantasy can transform a million
realities just three bold steps can
transform one reality yours thank you
you
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