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When it comes to manifesting our dreams and accomplishing our goals, there are three vital components that deserve our attention. Before we get into that, ask yourself the following question:

Am I actively moving in the direction of my goals and dreams each and every day?

Everybody has dreams and most people have goals. If you want your goals and dreams to become reality, you must move toward them consistently and purposefully. By nature, we always begin with distance between where we are and where we want to be. Our job is to narrow that distance until it no longer exists. To accomplish that, we need to draw our goals and dreams closer to us, while simultaneously moving toward them.

Some people attempt to attract their goals without taking much action. Others choose to act on their goals, but without the added advantage of also drawing those goals to them. Action alone can bring positive results, but it is much faster to combine the two techniques.

For the sake of clarity, let’s differentiate between dreams and wishful thinking. In some conversations, the two might be interchangeable. Not so in this case. When I talk about dreams, I am really talking about highly desirable goals. Future realities that we fully intend to realize. For our purposes, a dream is something that we are willing to work toward, and are determined to manifest, just like a goal.

What kind of life do you dream of?

When you project your thoughts into the future, how do you see things? Do you see a variety of positive changes across the full spectrum of your life? Do you see yourself healthier, wealthier, and wiser? Are you willing to move toward that vision in order to realize it?

If so, then this is really a highly desirable goal, and that is exactly the kind of dream we are talking about today.

Let’s consider 3 important ways that we can move toward the realization of our dreams.

1) Clarity. Before we do anything else, we need to clearly defined exactly what our dream or goal is. This is not the time to deal in generalities, we need to be very specific. One of the best ways for you to get really clear, is to write down a detailed description of exactly what you want to accomplish.

Writing things down requires that we get a well defined mental image first. The very process of putting our thoughts into words creates clarity. This clarity will help you to form a vivid mental image that you can carry around with you 24 hours a day. Most of the time your personal reference to your new goal will be that mental image, but you will also be able to refer back to the written description to help you maintain clarity.

One of the most powerful things you can include when writing down your goals and dreams is how they make you feel. The feelings you attach to the things you intend to accomplish are your greatest source of motivation and energy. So, be sure to include your feelings in your written description. Think carefully about each aspect of this future reality, how does it make you feel? What emotional anchors resonate with each detail? Write them down.

As you read back through your written description, allow yourself to experience those feelings, get emotionally involved in the picture. When you conjure up this mental image of how your life is going to be, fully experience it on an emotional level. This is the true power of having clearly defined goals, and identifying your emotional attachments to them.

2) Action. Now that you can see and feel your goal with clarity, it’s time to begin moving toward it. What steps do you need to take to move you closer to realizing this dream? What sequence do those steps need to be in to produce your intended result? What action can you take each and every day to keep you moving in the right direction? Once again, writing these things down will produce clarity. It is much easier to take action when you know what actions need to be taken.

Reaching your goals means that you need to take the proper actions at the right time. There is a natural sequence that will produce your intended result. Following the right sequence allows events to unfold in a very productive way. Always take time to create an action plan. Not only will it keep you moving in the right direction, but it will also allow you to anticipate what comes next.

Of course, we can’t anticipate everything, and we need to be willing to make adjustments along the way. That’s the beauty of having an action plan, it allows us to be flexible without getting too far off course. So, even though we will need to make minor adjustments, a plan keeps us heading in the right direction until we reach our goal.

3) Attract. Now that you know exactly where you are going, how you feel about it, and how you are going to get there, what’s next? When we started out there was distance between you and the goal you are working to manifest. You have been actively closing that distance by moving toward your vision for the future. Now, it’s time to draw to your dream toward you.

How can you do that? It’s really just a matter of perspective. Up until now you have been projecting yourself into this vision that exists in the future, let’s reverse that. Instead of projecting yourself into a future reality, allow yourself to receive that reality in the present tense.

See yourself as stationary, and your goal as something that moves toward you, and then surrounds and engulfs you. Wrap yourself up in it like a giant blanket. Feel the joy of receiving that vision. Imagine how wonderful it feels to have the reality of that vision totally permeate every aspect of your present reality. Feel it in the here and now.

Here are a couple of examples:

* If part of your dream was a beautiful new home, don’t see it from the outside, see yourself in the middle of that beautiful dream house. See yourself living there, going about your daily activities, feeling completely at home and comfortable. See yourself as a full participant, not a spectator.

* If you have been actively moving toward a new career, visualize yourself actually performing the duties of that career. Again, don’t see it from the outside as a spectator would. If your new career involves a desk, a computer, and a telephone, put yourself there. Look at the screen, answer the phone, leaned back in that amazingly comfortable leather chair – participate.

Always harness the power of a 3 dimensional approach!

By employing all three of these techniques your dreams will become your realities much faster than you may have thought possible. Nothing in life is one-dimensional. The quicker we shorten the distance between where we are and where we want to be, the more empowered we become. This approach allows us to override the perceived limitations of time and space, and to more fully comprehend your own ability to manifest your dreams and goals.

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The great Jim Rohn (he’s the one on the left in this picture) says “don’t wish things were easier, wish you were better.”
Life is no walk in the park. We are all presented with challenges that we must overcome. Winter always comes. In order to succeed at a very high level you must develop yourself and grow as a person. To grow, you need to master the 5 skills of personal development:

1)Absorb
Be a sponge. Learn whatever you can, everywhere you are. Take in the experiences of life: the words of a book; the lyrics of a song; the advice of a friend. Be able to learn from everyone and everything. Don’t miss anything that will be valuable to your future.

2) Reflect
There is value in the past, and much more if you can remember it. Learn to reflect on what you’ve taken in. When should you reflect?

* At the end of each day, reflect on it. How did you do? What did you learn? Who did you help?

* At the end of the week, reflect on the past six days. Now you can see what you need to do in the next six days. Invest what you learnt in the past six days into the next six days. Life demands measurable progress in reasonable time; after 6 days you should see progress.

* At the end of the month, reflect. Success is a numbers game - know them! How much time did you spend with the people you love? How much profit did the marketplace reward you with? How many times did you exercise? How many books did you read? How many pages did you write? If you aren’t seeing visible progress after a month of action, re-adjust your plan.

3) Respond
Let life touch you. Let sad things make you sad, let great things inspire your soul. There is something inside everyone that recognizes extraordinary things. Let beauty affect you. Let your mistakes frustrate your conscience into inspirational dissatisfaction.

4) Act
Get excited about being able to work the six days. The six days are where fortunes are built. Rest doesn’t build a fortune, the six days builds a fortune. Work works the miracle. Learn to embrace and love work. The six days allow you to create a great life for yourself. Ask, who can I help this week? Whose life can I touch? What can I give to the marketplace and my clients? Relish every hour of work, no matter how hard it may seem. Always do more than you get paid for, as an investment in your future.

5) Share
Something I told a class of mine recently is that in order to be a leader, you need to go from being ‘learning based’ to being ‘teaching based.’ Learn with the intention of teaching it to others. Hear a great story in order to tell it to someone. Read my newsletter thinking of how you can use these ideas to help your friends and colleagues. When you share, it is a true win-win situation. The listener is transformed by the knowledge, and you are transformed by giving selflessly.

In order for things to change, you must change. Learn the skills that will help you grow, and you can create a magnificent life for yourself.