What's Your BIG Game?

Those of you who know me well will know I am really stepping out of comfort zone using a sports analogy here but with tomorrow’s big game coming up, the super bowl, it seems quite appropriate to be looking at your own big game. What do I mean by big game? Your big visions and goals all rolled into one. Most people have two or three big games they are playing at any given time, so people have more which usually gets in the way of winning any of them, and some people don't have a big game at all and are instead feeling unfocused as they are tossed around in the surf without a surfboard. Now I'm really getting brave with my imagery!

 

Big Game Examples:

 

• Open 20 stores
• Get book on shelf at Whole Foods
• Lose 20 lbs
• Make 100 K
• Make a living (80 K) playing music
• Writing a book
• Making every recipe in Julia Childs cookbook
• Doing everything on your bucket list 

As you probably recognize by some of the examples above movies are full of big games. In my previous career as an actress I learnt the importance of knowing my "super-objective" in the play or movie I was working on. Then and only then could I chunk it down into smaller objectives for each scene. Think of your life as a beautiful necklace and each of the beads is small piece of that. What connects it all is your purpose, your vision and/or your BIG game.

 

My primary BIG game is "living my life out loud" and sharing my knowledge and journey. I recently had my own aha moment when I realized this. Previously I had thought of the personal development work I enjoy doing so much as necessary to be a great coach and a fun activity. While doing a guided visioning exercise with my good friend and spiritual coach, Jessica Colp, I realized authenticity is my job. It is my job to be translucent, to tear off all the masks and to stand naked. Now that really upped the anti! Now I feel a responsibility and a connection to purpose, vision and my big game I had never felt before. When you really connect with your BIG game it's almost as if you get plugged in to the universe. That can be incredibly powerful. Just like the teams playing at the super bowl though staying on top of your game takes focus and commitment but the prize makes it all worthwhile.

As always if you need support, inspiration or accountability with you BIG game contact me, my door is WIDE open.

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Marianne Emma Jeff
323-222-7950
coach@motivatemyself.com