Ask This About Your Ambitions

In episode 92, “Ask This About Your Ambitions”, we discuss chapters 1-6 in Bob Goff’s book, “Dream Big: Know What You Want, Why You Want It, and What You’re Going to Do About It.” We discuss the three main questions we should ask ourselves when we’re setting out to accomplish our dreams.

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Who Are You?

If you’re reading this, you have a desire to grow yourself in some way. The fact to know about self growth is we can’t fix what we don’t understand. We need to take the time to understand who we are, so that we can get to our core motivations on why we do what we do.

We highly recommend using the Enneagram personality typing system to unpack whatever you’re carrying and why you’re carrying it. The Enneagram provides massive self awareness as well as gives you tips and tools you can use to grow yourself and your relationships.

There is power in counseling if you’re feeling stuck in this process. It’s great to have a wise professional with no skin in the game to help guide you through who you are and why you do what you do.

This whole “getting to know yourself” process takes hard work, but you are worth it! It’s important to press on because you have to know who you are in order to determine who you’re going to be.

Where Are You?

In the Bible, when Adam and Eve first experience the feeling of shame, they hide. When God asks them where they are, He is guiding them to check in with themselves and reflect. It’s important that we do the same with ourselves.

If we want to grow and achieve our ambitions, we’ve got to have a starting line. This work of digging into where we are will help us know what our next steps need to be. Make sure you’re checking in with yourself spiritually, mentally, physically, and emotionally.

This is your opportunity to get on the path towards reaching your goals. If you need pro tips, we go into detail about journaling, setting up check ins, and more on this episode!

What Do You Want?

This is a fun question. What do you really want? We give you an exercise to do if you listen to this episode that will get you going on the right track. Also, we have a freebie at the bottom that helps you with this!

Once you take the time to figure out what you want, it’s time to see if your skill sets align somehow with your ambitions. Can you find a way to connect your dreams with your skills sets? We give great examples in the episode, so be sure to check it out. Always make sure you are seeking God’s plan and His desires for you. Get into God’s word, pray, journal, and seek wise counsel.

We hope you enjoyed “Ask This About Your Ambitions”, and that you have practical, actionable steps you can take. Be sure to check out this entire Dream Big mini series on knowing what you want, why you want it, and what you’re going to do about it. You can do this! We’re here to help.

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• Witty & Gritty Patreon
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• Giftings & Passions Finder (freebie!)
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• Everything is Figureoutable Mini Series (episodes 40-51)
• Enneagram 101 Mini Series (episodes 11-17)
• Enneagram 201 Mini Series (episodes 65-78)
• Grit Mini Series (episodes 19-25)