A man in pajamas walked in and went straight to the ATM. He had curly hair busting out of a blue baseball cap.
“Can I get a hot chocolate,” he barked as he bent over to insert his ATM card.
“Do you want whip cream,” the young lady with orange and yellow hair asked from behind the counter.
“Yes, whip cream,” he replied without looking up.
I am sitting in a coffee shop in New Orleans. I am here for my personal mastermind. There are four of us. I chose New Orleans because there is black magic down here. A little magic to help us plan 2023.
“Damn it,” the man said pulling $20 bills from the machine. “It ripped me off. It only gave me $120, not $140.”
Oh boy. I am the only person in the coffee shop. This should be good. What will the peacock-haired lady do now?
“Sorry, sometimes the machine spits out the rest of the money later,” she replied.
What?
Yesterday was the first day of our mastermind. We spent time sharing personal patterns we thought might be holding us back and how to overcome them. We also walked around the Quarter and brainstormed over beers.
“Damn it. It ripped me off,” he argued as he moved towards the coffee counter.
“Sorry, it is not our ATM. The guy who owns it is responsive though if you call the number on the machine,” she said as if this is a normal thing.
He bickered a bit more, got his hot chocolate, and left.
She stared at me. I stared at her. I love coffee shops.
Today we are going to workshop our personal visions for 2023. We will brainstorm ways to make 2023 transformative. We will also check out some Voodoo, eat po’boys, and definitely find a black magic tarot card reader to figure out our goals for the upcoming year.
The traveling mastermind continues…
What is your vision for 2023?
Strategy: Don’t create new year’s resolutions. Create new year’s adventures. Drink a Bang energy drink or drop acid and then dream up 100 adventure ideas from cooking something new to scuba diving with penguins. Maybe write your first song or start dating again. Perhaps take ballroom dancing lessons or sign up for a yoga class. Then circle 12 ideas and schedule one per month in 2023.
Trey
For those interested, I am offering Whiteboard Strategy Sessions over the next couple of weeks if you need strategic help figuring out your vision, goals, and strategy for 2023. A private strategy session where we look at personal, professional, and aspirational goals for the next year and build a blueprint to actually achieve them. It starts with your vision. Reply for more info and to schedule.