lady gaga and your dreams come true

 
 

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About four years after Stefani Germanotta was performing unplugged at NYU, she picked up a Grammy and started a sold out world concert tour, as Lady Gaga. A lot can happen in a short time.

What does Lady Gaga have to do with your life intention? She’s the poster chicka for swift success. Not overnight success (she started playing piano at age four, she opened up for New Kids on the Block, she got dropped by her first record label.) But swift success. Swift, like momentum and velocity. Swift, like one US presidential term, the time until your baby starts pre-school, the time it takes for you to go through two cell-phones.

For anyone who is dreaming, striving, believing, aiming, add this to your arsenal of faith n' sweat: you need to believe in speed.

When you believe that things can happen quickly for you, you’re adding another level of creative input into your life script.

This is a creative exercise (as in creating your reality,) suspend these notions: you’ve got to pay your dues, it’s all in the timing, one step at a time, don’t get ahead of yourself, good things come to those who wait.

Now, believe in speed. Imagine that within about four years you could have what you’re striving for, and much much more. Think about everything amazing that could be happening for you just one year from today ... then quadruple the amazingness. Think bigger. Imagine huge. Ponder colossal. Feel the zoom in your cells. Meditate on the feeling of arriving.

What happens when certain, big, success feels nearer to you? Your projected amazing future begins to rub off on you. You exhibit successful tendencies, you make more confident choices, you stick your chin out, and you keep your stamina up. You get in front of time. You start thinking like a star. Rising. Faster.

THE EVOLUTION OF GAGA

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  • The more I learn about Lady Gaga the more I respect her. Behind all the glitz and glam is a talented and hard working woman. My friend Janice told me about your article. Thanks so much! Ian
  • Speed and swiftness. It could happen to me. Lord knows I've paid my dues. Why not me?
  • Great, inspiring words. I vow to believe in speed and swiftness. We will see what happens!
  • Thanks for sharing this Daniellle. It's a good reminder for all of us to keep at it.

    @Dee: I need to reread that manifesto
  • I love this idea of swift success! I'm going to use this along with my affirmations in the morning.
  • What a powerful reminder of how quickly things can turn around. I just finished reading Chris Guillebeau's 279 Days manifesto last week. These are both great reminders that there is no such thing as overnight success, and that we all put in our dues. But while we're plugging away, we need to remember that we're building momentum, and one day, we'll reach the tipping point. Great post, Danielle!
  • Wow! I'm so glad to have seen this and be reminded to "always want what I wish for" - it's true that with just a tiny push (or a long slow, burning shove) once things get in motion, they HAPPEN. Thinking about one's life in the time frame of one, two, ten years from now is a really powerful and valuable exercise . I think Lady Gaga is just a stunning performer. I was dismissing her as just another sexpot until I saw her on Saturday Night Live - how she burst through the TV screen with her amazing piano performance. Even when surrounded by gyroscopic hula hoops...
  • I had written her off as well - and then I learned that she writes a lot of her stuff, and plays a wicked piano - and that was that - she's the real deal and I'm cheering her on.
  • Such good motivation for Monday! And does it really take that much more effort to imagine something much greater? *Imagine huge* is a great springboard!
    Take Care,
    Jill
  • Starting a new venture in the midst of this recession, it's easy to wonder if I'm on the right path. Thank you for the reminder that success might not be overnight - but it may be swift enough for time to be irrelevant. Success might take years - but it's a flash in time when building your "life's script."
  • Sue
    Thank you for this kick. A timely reminder of a missing element for me. Feeling lately I'm stuck in the desert of my life right now, as if I'm waiting..and waiting. And maybe I am, but if I don't add swiftness to the inner work, I'll never know.
  • I love the "you never know" angle.
  • It can be frigtening to be on the cusp of something huge. I have felt it. I have welcomed it in. But I have also been scared by it. Defeated by the prospect. Worn out from spinning my wheels. Thank you for reminding me that we need to ask for what we want from the Universe and be prepared when She delivers. Enjoy the day! Erin
  • perfect reading with the first cup of coffee. i'm off to go dream big.
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