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Achieve Your Dreams

What Do You Do When You’re Forced to Wait for Your Dream?

I was almost to my destination when the red lights started flashing and the gates began to come down.  It didn’t matter how close I was, or how much of a hurry I was in.  I had to stop for a train.  And not a short train…but a long one!
For some reason, while I waited [...]

January 25, 2010 Achieve Your Dreams Read the full article →

Three Questions to Help You Identify Your Life’s Passion

One night after one of his concerts, the great violinist Itzhak Perlman attended a charity reception in his honor. People who attended the special event paid hundreds of dollars for the privilege of meeting him.
During the reception, a man walked up to Perlman, congratulated him on his amazing performance that night, and said, “Mr. [...]

January 22, 2010 Achieve Your Dreams Read the full article →

What’s Your Berlin Wall? What Keeps You From Achieving Your Dreams?

Twenty years ago today, the Berlin Wall fell.  I remember it like it was yesterday.
As a 19-year old university student in Grand Rapids, Michigan, I watched the event unfold on TV in the residence hall lounge, along with dozens of others who had gathered around.
Where there had been 50 years of hopelessness and despair in [...]

November 9, 2009 Achieve Your Dreams Read the full article →

What Do You Want From Life?

Today, I want to share with you a poem I first heard over 20 years ago when I was a university student.  Napoleon Hill included it in the original edition of Think and Grow Rich.  The author is unknown.
I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I [...]

August 31, 2009 Achieve Your Dreams Read the full article →

The Master’s Dream List

On Sundays, I blog on Spirituality, Faith and Ethics.  Click here to read why.
I’ve shared previously that the very first thing I encourage people to do, when they start getting serious about Lifestyle Design, is to create their Master Dream List.  The Master Dream List is the place to list everything you’d ever want to [...]

August 16, 2009 Achieve Your Dreams Read the full article →

How a Stay at a Cottage Can Change Your Life

My family (all seven of us) spent the last week at a cottage on a lake. We left the cares of the world behind and enjoyed spending every waking moment together – playing catch in the yard, going for hikes, and playing in the water. Oh, and did I mention S’mores every night, [...]

August 15, 2009 Achieve Your Dreams Read the full article →

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