Make Peace With Your Dream

Often, when we are told to "make peace with" something, it's in a challenging context, as in "make peace with" your current weight, bank account, relationship, etc. And indeed, the only way to move forward toward whatever your desired goal is to first make peace with wherever you're at in that journey. So yes, by all means, do that!

But the one "make peace with" we rarely think about is to "make peace with your dreams." Too often, we dismiss our dreams and desires as too far-fetched, impossible, unreachable, and we stop before we start. Or we start, and then halfway there we figure, "Oh, this is ridiculous; I'll never make it" so we give up on our dreams.

Don't do that to yourself! Did you know that what makes for success--at anything and everything--is the dynamite combination of passion and perseverance? It's what researcher Angela Duckworth PhD calls "grit," sometimes thought of as "great results in time." No one exemplifies passion plus perseverance better than Jahkee Johnson. Jahkee was born with shortened legs and deformities in his knees and ankles, which caused both legs to be amputated when he was just an infant. But Jahkee had a passion; he wanted to play in his high school's marching band, and he wanted to play--of all things--the tuba.

Now, most would say "impossible"! A tuba is a big heavy instrument, and how is a boy going to march without legs, much less play the tuba and march at the same time? But Jahkee made peace with his dream. He knew what he wanted, and he was sure he was going to make it happen. Period. With that kind of determination, you can guess the rest of the story. At 15, Jahkee began marching in his high school's band with the help of padded shoes so he can walk right along with his bandmates, first with a tuba and now a trombone. Sure, it took a few weeks for him to get the hang of the shoes and the marching, but what the heck?! That's the nature of perseverance.

What's the dream you've given up on? I'm not talking about a whim, or an idle fantasy, as in "I want to be a millionaire"--who doesn't? A passion would be "I want to be a millionaire. I have ideas worth the time and effort and creativity it takes to succeed at my dream." So what's the dream you have, with passion behind it, that you need to make peace with in order to succeed?

Because once you do that, once you make peace with your dream, you can draw on the energy of the Universe to persist until you make that dream come true. Here's to your success!

More on Jahkee: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/humankind/2018/02/13/trombone-player-no-legs-leads-marching-band-and-off-field/312099002/

Noelle C. Nelson, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, consultant, popular speaker in the U.S. and abroad, and author of over a dozen best-selling books. Dr. Nelson focuses on how we can all enjoy happy, fulfilling lives while accomplishing great things in love, at home and at work, as we appreciate ourselves, our world and all others. She is the author of "Happy Healthy... Dead: Why What You Think You Know About Aging Is Wrong and How To Get It Right" (MindLab Publishing). You Matter. You Count. You Are Important. Visit http://www.noellenelson.com, https://www.facebook.com/MeetTheAmazings,

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Find and Live Your Exciting Dreams

We have just ended year 2020, which had its challenges. I do not know what your dreams were and whether you lived them. Now we have entered year 2021. May be there were some disappointments on how things turned out to be. But not all hope is lost.

You need to keep on dreaming as long as there is still breath in you. Things can still happen. A dream refers to what you want to be or achieve in your life. You acknowledge that you are not there yet. The dream may relate to any aspect of your life. This maybe about your career, job, marriage, family, business, or ministry.

The good news is that it is possible. You can achieve your goals in life and live your dreams. What can help you live your dream?

1) Know exactly what your dream is

Some people have several dreams, but they are not precise. They are unable to put them down in clear and concise words. Write down your dream, which is turned into a goal with a timeline. When asked about their dreams, some people appear not to be sure or tend to generalize. Know exactly what you want to achieve in life in each period.

2) Read your dream every day so you can paint it in your heart

Once you have written down your dream, ensure that it is in an easily accessible place. See it every day. Read and think about it until it is fixed in your mind. By so doing, you are planting it in your subconscious mind. Once it is in your subconscious mind, it shall be fulfilled as all required resources shall be found.

3) Take the required action

Act on the idea you shall receive towards the fulfilment of your dream. Your subconscious mind shall play a great deal in finding the way. Put in place a plan as guided by your heart. Action is important. Once you are prompted by your heart to act, act without delays.

The limit to living your dream is you. Once you desire some thing enough, you shall be driven to achieving and living your dream. Know exactly what you want out of life. Then write it down and read it. That paints a picture in your heart, especially if it is mixed with emotion. It is possible. Always remember, action is particularly important for anything to happen.

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How To Choose Your True Goals

We often hear, individuals speak about, setting goals, and appropriately, using them, to become better, etc, but, too often, we fail to pay sufficient attention to how to decide, consider, evaluate, understand, and choose, our personal, true GOALS! After, over four decades, of involvement, in a variety of areas, related to personal development, and enhancement/ achievement, from advising, training, and consulting to thousands of actual, and/ or, potential leaders, to, conducting thousands of personal development seminars, I have come to the conclusion, not only, is this process, important and significant, but, often, makes the difference, between becoming our personal best, versus, settling for, far - less! With that in mind, this article will attempt to, briefly, consider, examine, review, and discuss, using the mnemonic approach, what this means and represents, and why it matters.

1. Guidance; guide; greater; genuine; goal - setting: One of the key reasons, for quality, goal - setting, is, when done, thoroughly, it provides meaningful, personal guidance, which should guide us, towards, our best path, forward! If, we wish, to become, truly, greater, we will take this action, seriously, and proceed, wisely, etc, and proactively, forward!

2. Open - mind; options; opportunities; original; optimize: Our best performance comes form proceeding, with an open - mind, and considering viable options, and alternatives, towards a quest, to optimize our overall performance, happiness, etc! This process considers a variety of options and alternatives, seeks meaningful opportunities, and taking advantage of, and, instead of trying to be, just - like, everyone else, seeks to become, the best, original, person, we might possibly, be!

3. Attitude; aptitude; actions; attention: To become, the best, we can be, requires, proceeding, with a realistic, positive, can - do, attitude, combined with the discipline, and commitment, to learn, and discover, the skill - set, and quality, aptitude, which enhances, our possibilities! When we pay, keen attention, and focus, on self - improvements, and the possibilities, our chances, improve, dramatically!

4. Like/ love; listen; learn; lessons; level - headed: Level - headed, reasoning, needs to be based on effectively, listening, and, consistently, learning, from every conversation, and experience, in order to gain expertise, judgment, and, hopefully, true wisdom! When, we consider these, as life's lessons, it assists us, with setting the most, personally - meaningful goals!

5. Strengthen; stronger; sustainable; solutions; services: Our experiences, when used, effectively, strengthen us, and make us, stronger. We must consider options, on, both, a relevant and sustainable manner, so we consider, and choose, those solutions, which best - service, our personal, best - interests!

Set your GOALS, use quality, goal - setting, and strive, to achieve your personal best! Only you can determine, by giving yourself a check - up, from the neck - up, and being, objectively - introspective, your best path, to follow!

Richard has owned businesses, been a COO, CEO, Director of Development, consultant, professionally run events, consulted to thousands, and conducted personal development seminars, for 4 decades. Rich has written three books and thousands of articles. His company, PLAN2LEAD, LLC has an informative website http://plan2lead.net and Plan2lead can also be followed on Facebook http://facebook.com/Plan2lead

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