I’m not saying that Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt was a good guy… all ten plagues to the contrary. But what he did have was power to make things happen. His tagline was always, “So it shall be written. So it shall be done.” And although he was a bad dude to the core, his philosophy about getting shit done is something I can get behind.
This reminds me of that amazing song Don’t Dream It from the cult favorite 80’s movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. “Don’t dream it, be it means that you should act immediately on your aspirations instead of just sitting around and planning for the future.” Another concept that resonates with me, especially now.
You might not know this about me but apparently I’m a big manifester. I didn’t even know that was a thing until semi recently. But when I pieced it all together, I noticed that it started a long time ago. And it’s sort of remarkable. I was in an unhappy marriage, living on Long Island and I had a toddler. To be able to afford to leave the family home with my child in tow, I needed to land a life changingly large transaction at my business development job to feather my new nest. I was under enormous pressure to perform within a specific timeline. Results were critical.
So a colleague asked me what I was going to do? “What do you mean what am I going to do?” I said. “I’m going to close a gigantic deal that will pay for the divorce, the move, and furnish a new apartment. I’ll live on the residuals until I can close another deal.” And I said it plainly as fact, like I had supreme control over the universe. It’s what I needed to happen. And it did. I closed the largest deal in the firm’s history. I got divorced, moved and started my new life. Just. Like. That. At the time, I considered myself lucky and didn’t really think through what had happened TO me, never imagining that what happened was BECAUSE of me. The thought of it only popped up many years later…
I was exiting a job and needed a few decisions and scenarios completely out of my control to fall into place just perfectly so that I could make a timely exit, take a little siesta, and start a new job. For months things were just not going my way. The new job prospect was iffy at best. The old job felt like it could end at any moment and I was miserable staying there each day. I was panicked. I was losing sleep and going in circles stressing about every moving piece of the puzzle.
Finally I just said out loud, “This is what’s happening. I’m quitting. I’m getting the new offer. I’m taking a break. And I’m starting the new job. And that’s it.” In a world I can’t believe I live in, that’s exactly what happened. Quit job on a Monday. Check. Got new job offer Tuesday. No way! Took vacation Wednesday. Woohoo. Like clockwork it all happened. Unbelievable. Especially to me. That I bent reality. But even all of those dominoes falling like that didn’t convince me then. I needed another example.
Years later I was working for a company and my sales target was to bring in $20 million worth of business. I had no idea how I would achieve this seemingly unrealistic number. I had been there for five months without one call or referral. A goose egg. Zero. A dry spell for a seasoned business development person is awful. The psychology of it could be career ending as it makes you doubt your abilities and choices. Were all those other deals I closed dumb luck? Things were not looking rosy. So again I said out loud, “I’m closing twenty million dollars worth of business by October 1st.” I said this in July. Sure enough I closed exactly that much by September 30th. It was incredible! So I pondered… maybe there was something to this so it shall be written thing? And if there really was, why the hell was I trying to manifest only $20MM? I decided that the next time that I put a number into the universe it would be bigger. Much bigger. As in let’s take this manifesting thing out for a little spin, eh?
That December, I proclaimed that I was “Going to bring in a $100 million dollar deal from Texas that was in the energy space by the end of the first quarter.” Why not add some specifics to test the so called power? I swear I’m not kidding that a $135MM deal in the energy space with a stronghold in Texas closed in February, smack dab in the middle of the first quarter. Did I do that? Did I actually DO that?
Some years later I tried it again. “The biggest deal of my career is closing in January.” Sure enough I landed a whale only weeks after I told the universe that this was what’s happening. No one was more shocked than I. But not really.
All I can say is that when I made all of these statements, each and every time they were passionate declarations that I believed with my whole self. There was no doubt. No excuses. No what ifs. It was a certainty with a clear path to success. Yes, doubt crept in after! Of course. But these statements were so powerful when I thought and spoke them. And I told people after I made the announcements. My plans were not kept secret. I wanted to see what I could do and be held accountable for the results. And I have to say that my friends were dumbfounded. And I was too.
So here I am, now having taken a leap of faith in starting my very own firm. My next goal is to rid myself of my current Nillionaire status and pay off my mortgage by my birthday. It would be great if it were by my next birthday, but at this point I’ll be happy if it’s any birthday, even yours! I will be thrilled when I hit this goal.
So I’m putting out this new message into the universe that this is what’s happening. So far, I’ve closed a few deals. Not mortgage cancelling dollars. Yet. But it is coming. I literally can feel it in my bones. And do you know how I know? Of course you do. And so do I. So it shall be written. So it shall be done.
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