What is Your Dream?
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Everybody has a dream. A strong desire that well up from the depths of your soul, a desire to express yourself fully and attain your utmost potential.
Some folks believe they have no dreams. They have buried their dreams for so long, they begin to believe they have none. The ability to dream is a gift from God. The ability to use our imagination and dream is one of the things that separate us from animals. At the deep recesses of our sub-conscious, our soul yearns for freedom. Freedom to achieve purpose and fulfill destiny. The yearning may be drowned by the present need to hold unto a job and earn money to put food on the table, and meet other survival needs.
Beyond survival, there is a realm where we experience the freedom to be who we were born to be. This desire is often expressed through dreams. The dream I am talking about here is not the variety that happens in the night, and dissipates at the rising of the morning sun. Although your dreams can manifest in the sleep state, I am talking about goals or things you would love to achieve, if your circumstances were different. You can create the circumstance you desire, but that is outside the scope of this article. Read more
Fulfilling Your Dreams: The Magic Of Starting
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Fulfilling your dreams will remain a mirage if you simply sit down and dream on.
You may have a dream of attaining financial freedom to go after your dreams, instead of doing what you have to do, to get bills paid and put food on the table. You think about it, dream about it, analyze it, attend seminars on it, read books on it, work out a plan to achieve it and all the works.
There comes a time you simply have to rise up and just do it. There is no better time than now. Yesterday is gone, and tomorrow is not a definite date, it may never come. If you continue analyzing and strategizing endlessly, you will become afflicted by a syndrome known as “analysis paralysis”.
After having done all, you have to start somewhere. There is something exhilarating, almost magical, about starting. Read more
Focusing and Acting on Your Dream
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Whatever dream you decide to go after, whether it is a family, or a career goal, you must consciously decide that it is your life’s mission. Benjamin Disraeli said, “The secret of success is constancy to purpose.” You must go at it obsessively and set high standards for yourself along the way. There is no room for compromise when you are charting a course for your life or your career.
I spoke to a group of sharp young people not long ago, and when I finished, some of the fellows came up and said they were interested in becoming professional speakers. They invited me to go out with them that evening to have a good time. These fellows looked as though they knew how to have a serious good time.
I had planned to work on my delivery that night by listening to my tape of my speech. I tape my speeches and listen to them later so I can study what works and what does not work with a particular audience. In effect, I listen to the audience listening to me. Read more
You’ll Miss All The Shots You Don’t Take
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A lot of folks are petrified at the mere thought of making an attempt. They believe they will not make it. They believe they don’t have what it takes to make it, hence there is no point trying.
How do you know what you are good at, if you don’t try? If you are so sure you will fail, then why not fail in style, by trying. If you try, you have a chance of making it. If you do not try, your chance of making it is zero.
There are odds, for and against, in every undertaking. What is the point rigging the odds against you, instead of going against the odds. By staying put, you have ensured that you do not make it. You did not make it, not because you failed, but because you failed to try. Read more
A Time To Awake
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What has become of your fondest dreams?
If you were guaranteed success, what would dare to attempt?
We all have dreams, deep inside…those moments when we take a voyage in our imagination, into a world where everything was possible. A world where fear is a strange concept, limits are non-existent and we are at peace with ourselves.
How come our dreams remain just that…dreams?
Why are we stuck in jobs we hate, held bound by the fear of the unknown, if we dare to stand up and walk away? Read more