Building the Dream | Delight| Understanding Imposter Thoughts
Hello there! Welcome to my weekly LEAPS.
You’re receiving this email because you subscribed to my weekly Wednesday feature or our mailing list. Every Wednesday, I share 5 things using our LEAPS approach:
Learn: something new or an idea
Energy: an energy (good or bad) word and it’s meaning
Action: something to do
Processing: a question to consider
Shout out: something or someone that I want to celebrate or acknowledge
LEARN
Something Worth Sharing
Building the Dream
Turning a vision into reality starts with the slightly wild belief that the idea in your head deserves to exist in the real world. I recently stumbled across a documentary about Walt Disney and how he brought his extraordinary amusement parks to life, and it reminded me just how powerful that kind of belief can be.
Disney was brilliant at this, not because he had a magic wand tucked in his back pocket, but because he treated imagination like a blueprint rather than a daydream. He pictured something that did not exist, then took small, persistent steps until it did.
The learning here is simple. Hold your vision clearly, break it into doable pieces and keep going - even when it feels a bit ridiculous. Most great things begin life looking slightly absurd, then end up becoming the stories everyone proudly tells later.
And importantly, Disney never let the dream stay locked in his head. He worked out what was needed, funding, skills and expertise, then built a strategy around it. He partnered and collaborated with TV studios, knowing they needed content and had money to invest, and offered exactly what they wanted in exchange for the support he needed. A very practical approach for someone whose imagination seemed almost limitless.
It turns out the magic is not in the dream itself, but in the mix of clarity, strategy and collaboration that turns an idea into something you can actually walk around in.
ENERGY
An emotion or energy; a stand-out word / s
Delight
Delight is a super word, isn’t it? To feel delighted or to delight someone else is a tiny burst of magic in an otherwise sensible day. The word comes from Old French delit, meaning pleasure or desire, and originally from the Latin delicere, meaning ‘to entice’, which makes sense because a good moment of delight does have a habit of luring you in.
ACTION
Something small that you can do that might make a big difference
Capture The Evidence
I love evidence for things, so this week’s action invites you to “fact check your brilliance.” Start by writing down one thing that makes you feel like an imposter, then underneath it list three solid pieces of evidence that show you can genuinely do the thing. If you cannot think of any imposter feelings, pick something you have achieved and list three bits of evidence that show the impact it created. It is amazing how quickly self-doubt quietens down when faced with actual proof.
PROCESSING
A question to think about and consider (you can discuss this with someone or write your thoughts down)
“What event/s or experience/s has significantly shaped who you are now?”
Asking yourself this question helps you spot the moments that nudged you into the person you are today, rather than assuming it all happened by accident. It shines a light on the experiences that shaped your choices, your confidence and your values, which is rather handy if you want to repeat the good bits and quietly retire the questionable ones, like that haircut you thought was a good idea!
I’d love for you to send me your own stories / thoughts about this. Drop me a line with your answer / thoughts on this question
SHOUT OUT
Who / what I think deserves recognition - my gratitude or to be celebrated.
Working At Things
This week’s shout out is ‘working at things’, because it celebrates the unglamorous graft that usually gets ignored while everyone claps for the shiny results. It reminds us that real progress comes from showing up, putting in the effort and occasionally muttering at inanimate objects until they finally behave, which is something we all understand far too well. The best part is that the result feels properly earned rather than gifted by the universe.
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LEAPS is a process used by our team and clients all the time - and even my own family on a daily basis.
I’ll be sharing a set of LEAPS each week with you and encourage you to do your own version:
L: what have you learned?
E: what’s your energy / feeling word
A: what’s one thing you need to do?
P: what are you thinking / processing?
S: who or what can you shout out?
