Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want

You should commit to paying deliberate attention to expanding your external network at least once a month.

It is worth creating an elevator pitch that can be drawn upon to help with these new interactions. Do ensure that the elevator pitch is interesting, and more specifically that the importance of your personal added value shines through.

The power of our own narratives to shape both our actions and inactions is tremendous.

It is essential to make your progress salient by auditing the activities you are doing and the milestones you are reaching.

By thinking in terms of the activities that you really want to be doing, you can identify the small steps you need to take to realize ME+.

The important thing is that you broker at least one mutually beneficial relationship a month. This amounts to having a list of twelve new external contacts by the end of year one.

You can change your own life outcomes.

In the beginning, you should spend some time becoming familiar with opportunities that are either free or low-cost. If your continuous learning costs a fortune, your own budget will ensure it can never be continuous.

Regardless of age, we tend to underestimate the amount we can achieve in the medium term going forward, yet we view ourselves as having made major progress in the medium term in the past!