Two weeks ago, one of my friends whom I met at a seminar introduced me to a business consultant.

Over a cup of coffee, he (the business consultant) proposed that he do a free consultation of my business for me. The session was great – he got me thinking and planning my business for life, and asked me questions like “Where do I see this business doing in 5 years time”, “What are the challenges I may face 10 years down the road”… and things like that.

Basically, I was kinda dumbfounded by the questions – I had no solid plans whatsoever about making this business I am doing into a multi-million dollar fortune 500 company. I figured that what I (and I believe many others in this world) am doing very hard to achieve working everyday is freedom.

Freedom, in terms on financial freedom – the feeling of not needing to worry too much about money, and in terms of time freedom – not being bound by working hours, and the ability to choose if you want to wake up at 7am, or 12 noon.

So anyway, in the session two weeks ago, he painted for me a picture – he drew me steps I need to take to build up this business, so that it will last beyond my generation. It was big! Real big! There were offices and employees and all the organizational stuff and all about putting systems in place, so that I can take a step back and relax.

Needless to say, that plan was inspiring.

It has been two weeks since the day I met up with him, and I was supposed to meet him again today.

But yesterday I gave further thought about the whole thing, and I realised – Hey, this is NOT what I want! I figured that I have my own goals to fulfil, and I shouldn’t be thinking about building multinational corporations when what I really love to do is to work from home.

I told him I will not be meeting up today. It was kinda last minute, and I feel bad for the cancellation, but hey, I would rather spend time working on what I am supposed to work, rather than listen to big woolly plans. I felt better being myself.

Must we all have big dreams? To earn a million dollars and build foundations to feed ten thousand people?

I think not. I think we need to be ourselves.

Last week, Tony shared some pointers about growing home based businesses. In his 2-step assessment approach, he recommended that I will need to answer “What do I really want?”, and “What is my role?”

I guess what I really want is to work at home! Well, I might end up working with a few “employees” to split the work eventually, but I envision that there should be more leverage on technology than people. In fact, if possible, I would like to stay solo, and outsource only when necessary. The sole purpose of the business is passion and to provide for one family. My future family.

That is my dream. My small dream.

And I know this is possible, I know of people who have done so successfully. I need to find the right formula.

Are you working on big dreams because someone else has painted for you? I’m not trying to be a wet blanket here, but really, must we all have big dreams?