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ILS 7 Step Dream Builder

Learning Objectives
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is the ILS 7 Step Dream Builder? The 7 Step Dream Builder is a powerful question frame (PQF). It focuses on excavating multi-level thinking and planning to take our great ideas to successful reality. Dreams to use this PQF for include: ? products ? services ? business ideas ? organisations ? shared interest communities and groups ? books, articles, courses ? websites ? projects and events ? inspired ideas ? purpose, etc. Why use the ILS 7 Step Dream Builder PQF? So many dreams end in the dream graveyards of missed opportunity and a lack of sustained action. This simple PQF coaches out a living strategy that is used and grown throughout the journey from Dream Concept to Dream Built. The 7 steps focus on different levels of inner and outer resource. They also build from a high level of thinking in Steps 1 and 2 of identity and vision (big picture, values and meaning) to a ground level of practicality and action in Steps 6 and 7. That way what you build is aligned to your values and is driven by the high octane levels of purpose and meaning. Without this, action is empty and sustained dream building almost impossible. The sequence is part of the power This PQF is effective because it follows a natural and rock solid logic. Taking us through layers of questions that follow a logical sequence. To skip steps or reverse the steps interferes with the self evident natural order of how things evolve from the ethers of idea to successful reality. Simply put, everything in nature manifests and unfolds from identity. An apple tree manifests apples because it is an apple tree. Many try to build dreams without first having a lucid definition of the identity of what they are building. When asked, what is it? they fail to clearly define and even know the answer. Example: A businesss destiny is entirely shaped by how well or how poorly its leaders understand the identity of the business. Its shocking to see how few people actually know and agree on the true identity of the entity they serve.
? When we reverse the 7 Steps, we act without awareness and build a power base

Have a clear ? overview of what the ILS 7 Step Dream Builder method is See why thIs ? method is effective and what it brings Know when to ? use the 7 Step Dream Builder Understand why ? the 7 Steps work in sequence Know when to ? use the 7 Step Dream Builder

on blind action. From that we establish a distorted truth and this opens the process up to corruption. ? Like a cancer cell that kills its host, when individuals are not aligned with the true and clear identity and vision of the whole, the consequence is disease and the possible death of the dream. When to use the Dream Builder Process? Use for any idea/dream/concept that deserves investing time and energy in. For best effect combine the PQF with world class coaching techniques and methods. e.g the ILS Coach 3 Step method (insert the process in step 2 if it suits the coachees contracted outcome).

Copyright 2011, Colleen-Joy Page. www.innerlifeskills.com

COACHING i n t e r n a t i o n a l

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Empowering you to Empower Others!

ILS 7 Step Dream Builder part 2

Learning Objectives
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
How this works? Use the ILS 7 Step method: ? in separate steps over a series of 7 coaching meetings, each focusing on one step and unpacking it completely OR ? as an intensive pro-active session (1 to 3 hours) TIP: Build a Dream Builder file per project, idea or dream. Insert 7 dividers into the file and llabel each after a step. Do an initial planning session to draft outlines and plans for each step and then revisit, evolve and do ongoing work on each step. Each step should move through two phases of brainstorming: ? OUT BREATH ~ a conscious effort to expand the concepts, to free ideas from limitation and to unpack potentials and possibilities. ? IN BREATH ~ after the out breath phase, distill the ideas into a short, clear and well thought out description or definition. Here is a short Dream Builder guide with coaching questions: STEP 1: Identity What else could it be? Imagine looking at it through the eyes of 3 different niche markets, what could it be then? Pretend you are writing the dictionary definition for this and you cant use any obvious words. Make a list of the values/benefits this brings. How do we take these ideas and put this into a clear short definition? STEP 2: Vision If you picture this dream alive in the world and very successful, what does that look like? If nothing stops it, what could this dream become? Spend some time now and write a vision statement, in the present tense that embodies the grandest vision of what your dream can do in the world. STEP 3: Voice If you had 2 minutes to say what this is to 1000 people to gather interest, what would you say? (Design the best words.) How can you best market/sell this? What is the single biggest solution/benefit this brings and how can you put that in a short appealing sentence? STEP 4: Relate Who can you learn from to make this dream a reality? How can you build strong lasting relationships with the people your dream serves? Create 3 workable strategies to grow your database. How can you increase the strength of your network? STEP 5: Truth What do you need to say no to, to make this happen? What do you need to say yes to make this happen? What 3 things can you do to increase the credibility of this dream to the market it serves? STEP 6: Power If this had a powerful positive impact on a persons life, what would the value of that be to them? What do you think people would give to have the benefits of this? How could you increase the value of what you are offering? STEP 7: Action What 3 actions do you need to take every week to make this a reality? How can you automate or systemize (using technology or outsourcing etc.) the critical actions that this dream needs?

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the 7 Steps work in sequence continued

Copyright 2011, Colleen-Joy Page. www.innerlifeskills.com