It’s been over a week since I stepped onto my treadmill. Yet 3 minutes and 20 seconds after starting a run I’m struck by a brilliant idea. It’s like my treadmill is a magic idea machine! This time the idea is for this blog: I need to write about my clients gems. Just 1 BIG gem at a time. Get their permission of course. And tell THEIR story. So that’s what I’m going to do. Watch for my very first client BIG gem tomorrow.

But before that, back to my magic idea machine. My husband Dave estimates our treadmill was built in 1986. The brand name is Free Spirit which would suggest it might actually be a relic of the 1960s. The belt whirs so loudly it would drown out a smoke alarm. Next to the golf-ball-sized twisty-knob speed adjustment is the bold acronym VEO. That stands for visually enhanced optics. I can only assume that refers to the oversize ticking numbers on the display, like one might see on an 18 year old clock radio on the bedside of your near-sighted great-grandmother. These are GIANT numbers.  And, of course, one can’t forget to mention the strip of wood paneling along the base.

Are you getting the picture?

Yet, despite all this, it is literally a magic idea machine. I get stumped at work…I don my runners, leap on that worn creaky tread, and minutes later, a BIG gem idea hits me! My buddy suggested that it might be the fact that I’m moving my body (instead of hunching over my keyboard) that gets the ideas flowing. But I’m sticking with the magic idea machine concept. Mmmmm…magic.

My friend and colleague Troy Payne talks about magic. Often it’s the magic created between people. The energy that’s created when colleagues brainstorm. Or when friends connect to support each other.

I’ve felt a magic in the clients I’ve coached lately. I’m really present with them and really connected. We’re plugged into the same mission: to achieve their goals and uncover something deeper. The questions I’m posing are causing shifts. And in that I’m discovering the truly powerful questions. It’s inspiring changes to my keynotes and workshops that really gels the concepts of one BIG gem I’ve been working with for nearly 10 years. It’s synergy. It’s exciting. It truly feels magical. So as a way to ACT on this latest BIG gem I’ll be writing about the powerful questions that have helped these clients have their BIG gem discoveries right here in the BIG GEM blog.

How might you tap into your creativity today? Do you need to move your body to shake off the cobwebs and come up with a better solution? Who can you connect with to generate renewed energy?

Join the conversation – write below to tell me what inspires your great ideas.  Here’s to a magical day filled with BIG gem ideas!

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