4 months ago, on October 14, 2012, I took the full, 100% leap into this pursuit of my dream. I knew I was ready. How? Because when I thought of going back to work for someone else for another year, it felt ridiculous. For what exactly, was I ready? I had zero clue. None of the specifics I am about to reveal were in place. All I had was my vision, 16 months of conscious proof that I was in fact creating my own reality, a SUPER strong intuition telling me to keep going, and a wizard webmaster as one of my closest friends.
Everything within me said to simply keep living & loving my life, completely in the present, while still taking baby steps every day towards the dream. What I am about to unveil in these next posts, on my website and most importantly, with the example that is my own life is what I’ve created thus far. The ideas still to be presented are enough to fill many lifetimes. And there are no limits to or expectations for how any of it turns out.
In the creation & operation of my company, among many other things, I will be aiming to prove the following 6 for-profit business conjectures. I predict these will represent, in part, business plan components for companies choosing to base their operations in the new Game. In the upcoming week, I will post a specific entry further explaining each of them. Here are the blog entry titles for these 6 conjectures:
1. It’s All About the Energy
2. I AM the New Economic Model
3. Those who Plan Least will Profit Most
4. Pay-it-Forward – the New Investment Philosophy
5. The Most Profitable Values in the New Game
6. From $0 to $1 million in 6 months
Quite succinctly, my dream has been to have millions of dollars at my disposal to change the world. Instinctively I just knew that I could get more value for that money that anyone on the planet. The issue has been trying to find a way to earn a million dollars that aligned with my values. “They” say that your first million is the toughest one to get. I knew I just needed that first million & I’d be off and running. But how? How could I achieve this feat without compromising myself or what I valued in this world?
My dreams of being paid to be a professional athlete and/or to be an actress in Hollywood were not likely to result in a million very quickly. Next on my list of ideal jobs…writing and speaking. Hmmm…this had very strong possibilities. My words have been my best friends since age 3 or 4 when I was able to hold a pencil & my first notepad. I definitely have a knack for expression with the written word. Combine this aptitude with my marketing, psychology, and education degrees & experiences, my webmaster’s promotional skills, my publishing connections, and the uniqueness of what I am living and I had much more than incredibly strong gut instincts upon which to base a potential decision to move forward. I quickly found that I already possessed a strong belief in my ability to earn money via my writing.
As for the speaking? I’ve been hooked since February 24, 1988 when in 6th grade I won the speech contest for our entire 6-8th grade middle school. The topic…”Destiny: Choice not Chance”. Accidental? I think not. By 8th grade I was president of the entire school. Since these first opportunities presented themselves from ages 12-14, I’ve been in training for this job. It was at this time in my life that at a conscious level, I became aware of my natural gifts of leadership, coaching & teaching through participation in sports and extra-curricular activities. It was automatic & my light shined the brightest in those arenas. I was influencing adults & peers alike with my verbal communication abilities from a very young age. I have been a leader – vocally & via my life example for 25 years. And increasingly so in the past 2 years, I’ve been told regularly and often that I motivate & inspire. Again, when honestly assessing my capabilities, I realized I also had a very strong belief in my ability to earn a living speaking publicly.
So, that was it. Writing & speaking I determined, were my best routes to begin with the company. On November 30, 2012, Alyson Irene Noune, LLC launched publicly with a very minimal, yet tasteful web site, which included my personal blog. This would represent much more than just the commencement of my writing “career”. This exemplified a hugely radical approach to for-profit business in the new paradigm. As I fearlessly continued to follow my heart & trust my intuition, discovering my uniqueness in this world morphed into a much greater sense of an inner calling. I still had no specific clue how big an opportunity I had indeed created for myself. I was a bit naive and still wildly unaware of how much growth was about to take place in my first 60 days of “official” business operations.
I went home to Seattle for most of December confident that upon my return to Sarasota I would work & be able to get on stage speaking by the end of January. The goal was 500 people and it was to be in Plant City, FL in honor of my teaching experience there & my former students. The topic hadn’t yet become clear, but temporarily, it was general inspiration.
Now, it is the end of December, 2012. I am trying to get back into FL mode after 3 intensely beautiful weeks in WA. I continue with the blog while trying to gain some momentum on the speaking gig. Right off the bat I make the decision that in 2013 it will not cost more than $20 to see me speak ($10 for students and those under 18 years of age). I had no doubt that I could put a show together and deliver $20 worth of value & entertainment. Again, I didn’t know how exactly, but I trusted it would all become apparent when I needed it to. Well, things were not becoming apparent when I wanted & felt I needed them too. It became clear in my first week back that my original January 26th date for my first speaking engagement was going to be pushed back at least a month.
When the speaking began to get pushed back, I started to get a bit nervous. I was in a rush to get on stage because that was how I was going to begin to earn my million. And I was in a hurry because that had historically & habitually always been my way. But there is no rushing in this new Game. You are patient & you go with the flow for maximum efficiency. The power is in the present & ignoring this universal fact translates to a missed opportunity of being able to maximize the full potential of yourself & your situation.
Our energy is much, much more valuable than we have been recognizing and utilizing. It is also limited & we must choose wisely how to expend it if we hope to realize our complete individual capabilities & by extension, our collective abilities in these very powerful times. My energy was pushing me in another direction and I still can barely believe how it has all come together. The inspirational speaking is most certainly still coming. Only now I am going to have so much more about which to speak!
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