I had lunch last week with a friend and ex-work colleague Minu.  We had not seen each another for at least 5 years, although we have kept in touch via email and my newsletters.  We picked up right were we had left off and I always think that is a measure of a great friendship.  She responded to a request that I made to discuss contract assignment possibilities within the company that she works for.

We had lots to catch up on and the conversation flowed.  We could probably have spent the rest of the day and that evening chatting.  One of the things that I love the most about Minu is that she has the ability to look beyond your words and sense what else is going on (coupled with a wicked sense of humour).  Minu had lived in the US for some time and whilst there she worked with Landmark Education running and facilitating the Landmark Forum.  I did the Forum here in London back in 1992.  Admittedly, I was not wholly ready for the lessons in total responsibility at that time.  Looking back though, this course laid a very valuable foundation for many things.  I noticed how valuable that was when I was with Minu.  I realised that we speak the same language, in fact everybody I have met who has done the Landmark Forum has that appreciation. 

During conversation, she asked me if my game was big enough and I immediately knew the answer, no, it wasn't.  That realisation was so valuable.  It was almost as if she had looked inside of my very soul and noticed that something was missing.  Every now and again we need people to ask us those great questions.  So I am now asking you also, is your game big enough?  If it isn't then what do you need to do to get energised and exacted about your future and to make the present even more valuable. 

The very next day I went to a 50th Birthday celebration of a friend who has a very big game. He is founder and owner of an organisation called ICROSS or the International Community for the Relief of Starvation and Suffering.  Mike Meegan had a vision when he was a young man that he could make a real difference in the world to people who were suffering.  His dream was big and after having spent over 30 years in Africa he has raised millions and helped countless people who have experienced suffering of the kind that hopefully you and I will never experience. 

I am not saying that your dream needs to be of that magnitude, it does need to be big enough to excite you, give you butterflies in your stomach and get you out of bed in the morning before the alarm sounds.