What is the value of dreaming and how do you
see it and
seize it? Read on.
Dr. Maxwell explains that there are 10 steps to testing your dreams and helping you to achieve that which you imagine.
1. Is My Dream Really My Dream?
2. Do I Clearly See My Dreams?
3. Am I Depending on Factors Within My Control to Achieve My Dreams?
4. Does My Dream Compel Me to Follow It?
5. Do I Have a Strategy to Reach My Dream?
6. Have I Included the People I Need to Realize My Dream?
7. Am I Willing to Pay the Price for My Dreams?
8. Am I Moving Closer to My Dream?
9. Does Working Toward My Dream Bring Satisfaction?
10. Does My Dream Benefit Others? |
I would like to deal with two of Maxwell's 10 steps by sharing excerpts from Chapter One,
The Ownership Question and Chapter Three,
The Reality Factor.
His father wanted him to become a policeman. After all, his father was chief of police in a small town where he grew up. His mother had other ideas. She believed he should become a carpenter. She saw that he didn't have much interest or aptitude for academic subjects and wanted him to learn a practical trade. Arnold enrolled in a carpentry apprenticeship, but his heart was never really in it.
Many young people find themselves in this kind of situation when they are growing up. They don't know what they are good at, or what they want to do. They follow what others want them to do instead. How many people go to law school because that is what their parents expected?
Arnold's Dream
Arnold wasn't sure of what he wanted to do, but he knew it wasn't carpentry or law enforcement. He had ambition and he knew that he wanted to be the best in the world at whatever he chose. He loved athletics and tried many sports including ice curling, boxing and running and field events. One day, his soccer coach said he needed conditioning to improve. It was then that his dream began to take shape. "I still remember my first visit to the bodybuilding gym." He was hooked. At age 14, Arnold Schwarzenegger found his passion....weight lifting. And while many, including Arnold's parents thought he was crazy, he persisted.
He began working out six hours per day, six days per week. In 1967 he won the Mr. Universe amateur contest in London. Over the following years Arnold Schwarzenegger won title after title until he became not only the greatest body builder in the world, he went on to fulfill another dream of being an actor and a politician. There is a dream that he hasn't accomplished, that of being a billionaire...he's only worth 800 million.
The moral of the story? You can't achieve a dream you don't own.
Tune in next week as we explore one additional concept of achieving your dreams: The Reality Factor.
Have a Great Week!
Jerry
