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Finding Your Passion
Finding your passion seems to be an issue with many people. In a fact finding mission I found two different estimates on the percentage of people that have no idea what their passion is. Some say it’s 75%, while others say 90% of the population are still clueless about where their passion lies. Are you [...]
Continue reading...Working Toward Your Dreams
13. July 2009
Webster’s Dictionary gives the definition of satisfaction as fullfillment, gratification, contentment or compensation. As you work toward your dream, do any of these words help you feel like your dream is satisfying you? When you realized what your dream was did you finally feel complete? If your dream was to find and marry a soulmate [...]
Continue reading...Does Your Dream Benefit Others?
12. July 2009
The great men and women of history were not great because of what they earned and owned. They were great because they gave themselves to people and causes that continue to live on today. Their dream was to do something that benefited others. Their dream lives on after them because they lived for others. The [...]
Continue reading..."Put Your Dreams to the Test" by John Maxwell
12. July 2009
Your dream has power. It can inspire you. It can empower you. But will it reward you? In John Maxwell’s book, “Put Your Dream to the Test”, he shows us how to do the things needed to make your dream come true. He starts out with 10 questions. He calls this the Dream Test. 1. [...]
Continue reading...Accountability
7. July 2009
Accountability means accepting full responsibility for the consequences of our actions, and facing ourselves with the highest degree of integrity. Accountability is not an easy challenge. It requires us to exit our comfort zones, and to fully recognize all of our hidden motives, agendas, and excuses. In a society that tends to focus on blaming [...]
Continue reading...Is Your Dream Really Your Dream?
6. July 2009
T.S. Eliot said,”Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure it is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that it is what you feel.” Anytime you see people making a midlife career change, you can almost be certain they have been living someone else’s dream and [...]
Continue reading...Improve Your Presentations with Toastmasters
21. June 2009
Toastmasters is a club that has helped me tremendously in my abilities to speak in front of a group. When I first started a year ago I had so much fear of public speaking. My first speech, The IceBreaker Speech, went well but I practically read it. Over the past year I have completed the first manual of speeches and it has made a hug difference in me. I still have nerves before a speech but I now use just notes. My goal is to be able to present a well organized speech without notes soon.
To learn more about Toastmasters go to http://www.toastmasters.org .
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