Visualize Your Dreams and Inspire Your Progress Toward Achievement

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As the temperatures start to drop here in the desert, Las Vegas, I need a visual to help me work towards my dreams and to stay on track with my desires. For me, the visual is someplace hot and exotic and it can be Hawaii, the Caribbean, French Polynesia, RioDeJaneiro, or a beach in Australia. The key is that the warmth of the sun and beautiful water are what will keep me going.

I am convinced that my most successful work environment would be hot 365 days a year. I could absolutely do without Winter and would prefer to undress than dress in layers.

I envision speaking in all the islands and tropical destinations of the globe and writing more non-fiction on the sand. As I keep my visual of this lifestyle I attract in more opportunities that match my vision.

Take the time today to visualize what you want and exactly what it will look like and imagine that you already have it. Put the visual on your wall or keep it with you and look at it every day. You have the power to create the life you want if you'll start with the dream and the visual it will be easier to recognize when you've accomplished the dreams.

My visuals make me happy and I smile often. My eyes and face light up with excitement when I look at my visualized dreams. I expect that amazing things will happen along the way and I am glad to say that I have taken the dreams to the Caribbean and Hawaii and look forward to more tropical experiences soon.

My body wants the warm temperatures so my mind is going to create the business oppportunities to get me to these warm places. I'll be in the gym again tomorrow working on my body so I'm ready to wear that bikini and enjoy the warm sand.


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Let Your Dreams Take Flight and Find Support For What You Love

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A little birdie told me that you have a dream to fulfill and that this is your time to make that dream come alive. A dream is magical and can take flight if you find the support to help it take-off.

What if you gave yourself some love and know that your special gifts are meant to be shared with the world. For those of you who read my blogs you know that I am a firm believer in the power of the present and the urgency to live while we're here.

My father was tragically killed in an automobile wreck recently and it only made me believe even more in today. Dad was in excellent health and I have to say I considered him the "bionic dad" since he had hip replacements, knee replacements, and shoulder replacements. He was on the way home from a doctor appointment when he lost control of his vehicle and it flipped multiple times and then his life was abruptly ended by the internal bleeding. I was not there, but was told that it was all over in about three minutes.

If you don't try and put all your energy and passion into your dreams it's possible that they will not come true. Even using all of your life energy and determination is no guarantee of success, but if you put your notions in motion, things will happen. Many of the magical things that will happen in your life will be unexpected and wonderful. Having dreams and living with passion to fulfill them will make the struggles a little more tolerable.

I remember reading a book called" Even Eagles Need a Push" and it shares the fact that mother eagles have to push their little ones out of the nest so that they will ultimately fly.It must be so hard for the mother eagle to push her baby eagles out into the big world without a net. She reluctantly pushes and the baby eagles learn to soar on their own.

This push I give you to let your dreams take flight is gentle and supportive but still a push. It is backed up with a belief that I know you will have much more success if you take steps than if you do nothing. Please let me know what you are dreaming of and what you are doing to make your dreams come true.

It will also help you if you find a support network of one or more people who believe in your gifts and talents and can be honest with you and guide you towards the successes you desire. Stay away from those who do not share your vision. Avoid those who try to burst your bubble. Make more bubbles.

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The Importance of Living Your Life While Your Alive

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The late night call came in. The one you never want to get. It was to inform me that my father had been killed in a car wreck. It was an absolute shock and once again proved to be a defining point for my life.

It took some arranging , then we went across the country to identify his body and make final arrangements.

The most profound times in my life have been when my loved ones have passed and I get this amazing push forward to do the work I'm meant to do in this lifetime. It is so tough and yet when someone you love leaves, you realize that we only have so much time to be alive to make our mark on the world.

There is an urgency in each day to live your life with passion and to love your life because it can end at any time.

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The Risk, Rewards, and Payoff of Pursuing Your Dreams

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I just opened my mail and found the latest cd from Michael Ray Tyler, Cool Breeze, a big band musical adventure and it's so awesome. It reminded me of the cost of following your heart to fulfill your life's dreams and to live your passion.

Cool Breeze is Michael Ray Tyler's 3rd album and CD, he's been working on his musical career and creations for more than 25 years. In order to pursue his musical gifts and make these albums he has had to sacrifice by working part-time as a music instructor and musician and has had to take the rest of his time to dedicate to his music.

If you calculate the loss of income he has sacrificed over the years to make his three albums, it's a fortune.
What's the risk of following your heart's desires and living your life to fulfill your passions? The rewards of knowing you are sharing your talents with the world during this lifetime cannot be measured in dollars.

The payoff is that you get to work at what you love and this is definitely better than hating your job. .
It's also important to remember that you don't get the Grammy if you don't make the music. Enjoy the music and passion in your heart and use your talents and gifts. There is a greater risk of unhappiness, depression, frustration, and disappointment if you don't pursue your passion. 

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Be Patient With Yourself There's More to Do Than a Human can Handle

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You're ready to tackle online success with web domains, planning your social media, signing up for all the products and services and downloading so much, you've convinced yourself you're going to blog regularly, write articles, post everything, get your work in catalogs and directories and still have time to breathe.

All of a sudden, you're having an anxiety attack because you realize that this is a job for Superman and he's gone. You just are one human being and the key to success is not in believing or trying to do everything imaginable, it's in making a plan and working at it every day so that over time what you've accomplished is amazing.

Beside, if you stress too much you're going to damage yourself and then all this work means nothing.
I  have learned this lesson from friends with disabilities who often want to do more in a day and their disability doesn't make it possible so they have to adjust their expectations and be encouraged with the small significant steps and be less critical of themselves and any progress they make.

The key to long-term success is to be patient with yourself and to cheer yourself on by celebrating the smaller milestones. It helps to find a balance between work and sanity. You cannot push your body and mind 24 hours a day.

Today some of the Internet sites did not cooperate and links did not all work and codes did not work, and I just did lots of things more than once. In the end, I had done a few things and that means I am ahead of yesterday. I'm going to have some hot herbal tea and celebrate sharing these thought with you.

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The Price of Pursuing Your Passion

There has been a consistent theme lately in my interviews who entrepreneurs who are actively pursuing their passions and that's they have been willing to pay the price to move ahead with their ideas, dreams, and pursuit of passion.

How much have these committed entrepreneurs been willing to risk to make their dreams come true? Recently I have heard the stories of business innovators who have mortgaged the roof over their heads to finance their start-ups and that is only something you dare to do when you are filled with passion and unstoppable determination that you will make the money you need to succeed .

Great stories to follow are the creator of the board game to help couples reconnect in their relationships or to establish closer bonds called "Synchrohearts." This game was created by Bobby Oneal of Vancouver, Canada and is available online at http://www.synchrohearts.com. Entrepreneurs who have put their money where their mouth is and pursued possibilities for financing and growth with getting on Canada's reality show where capitalists consider financing businesses with their own money called the Dragon's Den. Bobby was on this show and did not get money from the Dragons and he still knew that his game has the right combination of intention, manufacturing in North America with women owned businesses, and helping others by providing a fun product which is easy to play, supportive of relationships and love, affordable entertainment, and created so that some of the proceed could benefit a non-profit organization that helps children. It's a winning combination of love, passion, excellence, guts, confidence and determination that will make  Synchrohearts a multi-million dollar success. That's my bet. You watch and see what happens with Bobby Oneal. It's going to be amazing.

I have a quote about pursuing your passions: "Persist and pursue. Make your dreams come true. Go after what you want because it won't go after you, until you've made it. " Think about what happens when athletes win gold medals. They are great when they compete, but we want to give them the multi-million-dollar contracts and endorsement deals the minute they win the gold medals. The medals serve as the validation that they've "made it." Once you've made it you are pursued.

Another couragious women with determination and persistence is Louise Maxwell, the founder of Soulfulencounters.com. Louise has spent the last 3years developing a website to create a community for those with disabilities and for parents of children with disabilities. Louise is a disabled female entrepreneur who has been willing to take huge risks to see her website connect thousands who need to be connected.

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The Beauty and the Risks of Taking a New Path to Your Dreams

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As I write this blog today, there are many people who have decided to leave Corporate America. Well, it's possible that Corporate America may have invited them to leave their jobs and now they are faced with a new reality: finding a new path towards their dreams.

Hopefully, after the shock of being terminated from the job you might not have liked anyway wears off and you've slept in late for the first time in 20 years, you'll wake-up to a beautiful new world that you'll have to create for yourself. What an amazing opportunity and now is the time.

Some people have talked about the risks associated with trying new things. I like to think of the greater risk of dying without trying to live the life they've always wanted if they don't take a new direction.

Every successful person I've talked to in the last few months has become successful after leaving the thing they were doing before that. "When one door shuts, open a window." I think the theme for many people really needs to be" Thank-you, Bye." Too many people are waiting for the right time to make changes in their lives and the only time that we really know about is now.

Author Mike Robbins in his new book," Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken" shares the concept of authenticity with us. It's about time you are honest with yourself, forget being honest with those you love, start with being honest with yourself, and do something about situations you are not happy with. Today is the perfect day to have a dialogue with yourself about what's important to you.

The beauty of being alive is that you have an opportunity to make new decisions and to find fulfillment. Take the risks and be encouraged about all the possibilities.

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Share Positive Messages with Your Children and Family

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I had a conversation today with a young lady in her 20's about hosting my talk show, interviewing guests, reading books, and learning from people. She explained that she is working as a cocktail waitress now but that she'd love to be a journalist.

I told her, "persist and pursue, make your dreams come true. Go after what you want because it won't go after you until you've made it." I shared with her the positive messages I tell my children, you're already alive it's time to live the life you want.

My advice to this waitress was to take action to fulfill her dreams and to believe that she can be a journalist. I told her to get started and then go out and interview someone on my show. I want to help others to experience that wonderful feeling of doing what you've always dreamed of. It just feels great.

If there's something you want to do, don't just envy someone doing it. Ask yourself, what steps do I need to take to make this happen for myself? How can this be accomplished? Who do I need to talk to for advice and guidance? How much money or time will I need to realistically succeed in this endeavor? How can I start and what can I do?

As adults, we need to set the example for our children and family by offering positive inspiration to those around us about pursuing our passions and living our dreams. The amazing thing about sharing positive thoughts is that they tend to spread.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Las Vegas are coordinating a webcast series to be produced and hosted by teens about issues they are facing in their communities and families. Serious topics with participation and input and positve ideas for improvements and support. I have offered to help teens in the past with their communication skills and public speaking. This is a great opportunity for teens to learn about broadcasting, helping other teens, and to participate in positive helpful messages and projects.

Lots of people ask me how they can help others with positive messages and I tell them that there are so many organizations which need volunteers in addition to money. We can all do our part to share positive messages in our communities with families and children. Your energy and support is truly needed at this time.

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The Mystery of Internet Marketing and Social Media Success

It's not an uncommon theme to desire to live your passion. In fact, with so many people leaving their traditional employment either by their own choice or their company making that choice, there's lots of soul searching out there about what to do with our lives from this point forward.

Passion is wonderful and yet, in this world of Internet online business, Internet marketing, social media, blogging, writing articles, website developments, and search engine optimization, and traffic , even those with passion can get caught up in the mystery of how to effectively do all this and still proceed with living your passion.

There are more web pages to navigate than you could do in a lifetime, so what can you do to solve some of the online success mysteries? The best advice is not to let yourself get overwhelmed. Think of a jigsaw puzzle. What do you do first? You create the framework or the foundation if you're building something. Start with the framework and then decide the key pieces you need to help finish the puzzle.

Make a business plan for your online social media, article writing and submission, blogs, and website development to include generating traffic and search engine optimization. Then, break the plan into daily or weekly segments and work the plan.

What seemed overwhelming and almost impossible at first actually can become a successful reality. I have a daily social media and online success log and I do something every day. Of course being human, I sometimes decide to go on Twitter every day and don't make it that day and tweet twice the next day so there is some balancing necessary in your plans.

Appreciate and recognize your personal success, even if it's not apparent in the marketplace yet. What does that mean? Congratulate yourself because you contributed to the world today with your blog or article. Remember, if you do something every day to move in the direction of your dreams, goals, passions, and desires, look what you'll be able to reflect back on 365 days down the road.

Success is accomplished one day at a time and you can get ideas about what is working for others in your field online by searching places like Google under your field and looking at the websites and information about those who are on the first few pages of your search.

I have made hugely valuable contacts from around the globe on Twitter and by reading other peoples blogs and articles about topics I need to know more about. For social media I was so impressed with Mashable and the articles I read from there.

I looked at stats recently at Twitterholic and realized that even those who have the most followers on Twitter did not achieve results instantly. Most of us are guilty of expecting to do something and see the result much faster than is realistic. We're spoiled with instant everything. Business is built over time and even the best have had to take the time to get results. Enjoy the day and do something positive that will benefit your efforts.

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Smile and Enjoy the Journey to Your Success

We forgot that on our life journey there will be challenges and issues to resolve and how important it is to smile and laugh along the way.

What can we do on a daily basis to increase our happiness factor? Try new experiences and remind yourself to have some fun.

Many of you might be saying that fun tends to be expensive. There are so many ways to have some laughs and lots of them are free or very affordable.

There's a movie rental system called the Red Box available around the country where the movie rentals are only $1 a day. If you need to lighten up you can get a comedy for a $1 and enjoy 90 minutes to 2 hours of entertainment. Movies let you experience something other than your own personal situation and are excellent diversions.
One night after Halloween a few years ago I took a violet colored wig and dressed up to go play bingo. It was funny watching people stare at my violet hair and whisper. I laughed and had fun playing bingo.

In many neighborhoods they have built dog runs and you can really be entertained by the actions of a group of dogs that get together and have freedom to run and play. I've sat near the dog runs to watch the people observing their pets and to learn from the animals about just being carefree and having fun.

What can you do to smile and enjoy if you live in a place where the weather is not all that great? My recommendation would be to take a field trip to a local shopping mall for a cup of coffee and some interaction with people. I like window shopping and walking around the mall to see what people are buying and to look at the latest fashion trends.

I laughed when I talked to one of the retailers of jeans and asked if they had any sizes available to cover my whole backside, not just a portion of my rear end. I am surprised at how many people are willing to spend money to own something of the latest trend that makes them look horrible.
There's even a web site about happiness called http://www.theworldneedsmorehappy.com.
I spoke to a man who has been dealing with medical issues and asked him how he continues on every day with serious problems. Danny explained that he visits the children in the Cancer wards of the hospital and brings ice cream for them twice a wee. He smiles knowing he's helping these sick children to be happy and have some fun. He explained that he feels uplifted knowing he can participate in making others feel better.
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Smile and Remember toHave Fun on Your Life Journey

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I describe the current economic conditions as an adjustment cycle with endless opportunities. Many people who were previously working for years in jobs, paying their bills, buying goods and services, and generally living, have been fired from those jobs and now have to take a new path.

It was like somebody pulled the plug on the economy and let the air out.
Life has many challenges and it's so easy to feel overwhelmed by issues. The best advice I can give you today is to smile and enjoy the day and take the issues one at a time, not collectively.

Laughter is great and it has health benefits. What is it going to take to get you to smile today. Figure it out. If you're stuck, get unstuck, turn on the comedy station and don't turn it off until you're laughing.

If you prefer movies, you might want to find one of those Red Box Machines where you can rent a movie for $1 for the night and check out a few movies listed as "comedy." There are other fun ways to laugh, I put on a funny colored wig one night and went to a bingo parlor to watch people going crazy dobbing their papers trying to win a game of bingo. It was fun. People watching is humorous.

For some people, the easiest way to smile is to go to a nearby mall and start walking around and observe people's shopping habits and how they dress to go out of the house. Another very popular phenomena is the 99cent store or Dollar Stores and more people are seeking out these lower priced alternative stores for their shopping needs. It's kind of fun to walk around the stores where everyone is looking for bargains.

Another way to smile is to go to a neighborhood dog walk and watch the people who are taking their dogs out and how the dogs interact with each other. In our neighborhood the dog walk is fenced-in and all the dog owners sit on benches watching the dogs in the dog run area. Sometimes people will throw a ball for the dogs to chase and you just smile. It's easy to forget about your problems and smile if you're watching the dogs have fun. It's light entertainment.

Smiling and laughing is contagious, so spread some around today and brighten other people up along the way.

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