ARE YOU READY TO PUT YOUR DREAM TO THE TEST?

 “Okay, you may be saying to yourself, I've got a dream. I think it's worth pursuing. Now what? How can I know that my odds are good for achieving it?

That brings us to the questions, which comprise the ten chapters of this book. Here they are:

1. The Ownership Question: Is my dream really my dream?

2. The Clarity Question: Do I clearly see my dream?

3. The Reality Question: Am I depending on factors within my control to achieve my dream?

4. The Passion Question: Does my dream compel me to follow it?

5. The Pathway Question: Do I have a strategy to reach my dream?

6. The People Question: Have I included the people I need to realize my dream?

7. The Cost Question: Am I willing to pay the price for my dream?

8. The Tenacity Question: Am I moving closer to my dream?

9. The Fulfillment Question: Does working toward my dream bring satisfaction?

10. The Significance Question: Does my dream benefit others?

I believe that if you really explore each question, examine yourself self honestly, and answer yes to all of them, the odds of your achieving your dream are very good. The more yeses you can answer, the more on target you are to fulfill your dreaming.

I truly believe that everyone has the potential to imagine a worthwhile dream, and most have the ability to achieve it. And it doesn't matter how big or how seemingly outrageous your dream appears to others if your answers are yes to the Dream Test questions.”

— Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions that Will Help You See It and Seize It by John C. Maxwell

Do you dream? What is a dream?

Here’s John’s take on types of dreams and the definition of a dream worth pursuing-

 “Take a look at many of the things that people pursue and call dreams in their lives:

 - Daydreams-Distractions from Current Work

 - Pie-in-the-Sky Dreams-Wild Ideas with No Strategy or Basis in Reality

 - Bad Dreams-Worries that Breed Fear and Paralysis

 - Idealistic Dreams-The Way the World Would Be If You Were in Charge

 - Vicarious Dreams-Dreams Lived Through Others

 - Romantic Dreams-Belief that Some Person Will Make You Happy

 - Career Dreams-Belief that Career Success Will Make You Happy

 - Destination Dreams-Belief that a Position, Title, or Award Will Make You Happy

- Material Dreams-Belief that Wealth or Possessions Will Make You Happy

 If these aren't good dreams-valid ones worthy of a person's life-then then what are? Here is my definition of a dream that can be put to the test and pass: a dream is an inspiring picture of the future that energizes your mind, will, and emotions, empowering you to do everything you can to achieve it.”

 — Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions that Will Help You See It and Seize It by John C. Maxwell

From my Inbox…..8/2/2021

Dear Danny,

 Control The Interruptions

 Life comes at you fast. All day we are bombarded with emails, phone calls, and requests for our time. And, the volume of this stuff seems to grow each day. When these external demands for your attention are added to your already full desk of "administrivia," your day can be lost just trying to dig out and keep up. That's where your "Buffer Blocks" come in.

We advise our clients to schedule one to two buffer blocks in their calendars each day. Buffer blocks are 30 to 60 minutes in length, and they are used to get the emails, phone messages, and other routine tasks done efficiently. Buffer blocks reduce the time it takes to get all of the incoming and administrative tasks done and they keep those tasks from interrupting the more important things.

If you decide to try buffer blocks, let your contacts know when you have them each day so that they know when they can reach you. You might even change your voice mail to say something like "I am not available right now, but if you leave a message I return calls between 11 to 12 and 4 to 5 each day." Even if just 60% of your callers leave messages, you will be way ahead!

Be Encouraged.

Brian Moran - 12 Week Year

 

 

 

5 Most Common Reasons People Can’t Identify Their Dreams

"If you've given up hope, lost sight of your dream, or never connected with something that you think is worth dreaming and working toward, perhaps it would help you to learn about the five most common reasons that people have trouble identifying their dream: 

1. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISCOURAGED FROM DREAMING BY OTHERS
2. SOME PEOPLE ARE HINDERED BY PAST DISAPPOINTMENTS AND HURTS
3. SOME PEOPLE GET IN THE HABIT OF SETTLING FOR AVERAGE
4. SOME PEOPLE LACK THE CONFIDENCE NEEDED TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS
5. SOME PEOPLE LACK THE IMAGINATION TO DREAM"

 — Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions that Will Help You See It and Seize It by John C. Maxwell

 

 

 

August is “Dream Month”

Join in as we work through Maxwell's "Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions that Will Help You See It and Seize It."

 

"What is your dream? Will you achieve it in your lifetime? I'm certain that you desire to. I'm sure you hope you will. But will you actually do it? What odds would you give yourself? One in five? One in a hundred? One in a million?

 

How can you tell whether your chances are good or whether your dream will always remain exactly that-a dream? And are you willing to put it to the test? Most people I know have a dream. In fact, I've asked hundreds, if not thousands, of people about their dream. Some willingly describe it with great detail and enthusiasm.

 

Others are reluctant to talk about it. They seem embarrassed to say it out loud.

 

These people have never tested their dream. They don't know if others will laugh at them. They're not sure if they're aiming too high or too low. They don't know if their dream is something they can really achieve or if they're destined to fail. They have no idea how to achieve their dreams. What they possess sess is a vague notion that there is something they would like to do someday or someone they would like to become. But they don't know how to get from here to there.

 

If that describes you, then you'll be glad to know that there really is hope. And I believe this book can help you."

 

— Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions that Will Help You See It and Seize It by John C. Maxwell