The Role of the Director....lessons from the film industry

Robert Altman says the the role of the film director is

"to create a space where the actor or actress can become more than they've ever been before, more than they've dreamed of being"

Now if you replace actor/actress with employee...isn't that what business is all about? You are a dream creator, a dream coach, a dream maker.....now tell me that you have no power!

The dreams are inside people, they were there as a child but then life has made them give them up - be realistic! Your role is to dig deep, find those dreams, engage them again and relight the fire inside.....are you a dream maker or a dream breaker?

Aim high

A quote from Somerset Maughan that I love:

Its a funny thing about life - if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it

Now how true is that! We are often demotivated because we settle for things that do not give us pleasure. Settle is an awful state at work and at home. Your own self motivation needs you to dream, it needs you to set yourself a target. That target will be one very personal to you - but then live that dream by working towards it. At work if we are going to succeed then we need to aim high, don't settle for mediocre become a magnet for the extraordinary. You will achieve alot more by having high standards then settling for just OK.

Dare to Dream

There was a post on The Engaging Brand about daring to dream....it reminded me of a story.

Over 15 years ago Guy de Laliberte was working the streets of Montreal as a fire eater and by night slept on the park benches. Today he is a multi-billionaire - his brainchild, Cirque Du Soleil

He dared to dream, he dared to take action to make his dream come true..... life is precious and short. Dream, and then work at turning that dream into reality.