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HOW TO REALIZE YOUR WILDEST DREAMS
According to Bill Gates there are 3 keys to success in any new venture:
1) Being in the right place at the right time. (You could well be already there!)
2) Have a vision of where the industry/business you're working in is going!
3) Taking Massive and Immediate Action! (It is time to act!)
"The future belongs to those who believe in the quality of their dreams." Was it Johann Wolfgang
Von Goethe, the famous German poet and philosopher who said those wise words?
Here are my 15 steps to fulfilling my wildest dreams...
1. KNOW YOURSELF.
Know and accept your weaknesses and faults (we all have them), but even more so your strengths,
abilities and gifts. Build on your strengths and try to minimize or improve on your weaknesses. An
honest, objective analysis of yourself is the first step in preparing you for success and realizing
your dreams. Celebrate you for just being you, a unique creation.
Aim for mental clarity about what you most want out of life. Think about it and write it down. If
it's happiness, what do you mean by happiness: a sense of belonging, recognition, independence,
love, money or security? If you don't know where you are and where you want to go with your life,
how will you ever get there? Aim at nothing and you're sure to hit it.
2. GET PASSIONATE.
Don't apologize for getting passionate. What excites you the most? If you are not enthusiastic and
excited about what you're doing, your path in life, you'll never get others to share your dream.
Once you find your passion, you will have found your POWER, MEANING and PURPOSE in
life.
3. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH POSITIVE PASSION.
Always be aware. Negative people will poison your dream faster than anything else. Motto: "If
you can't be positive, shut up!" Try and stay positive...even in the face of negativity.
4. ACCEPT FROM THE START THAT YOU WON'T PLEASE EVERYONE.
You're going to be misunderstood, misquoted, hurt some feelings, perhaps even lose some friends
(for the time being). Motto: "What other people think of me is none of my business!" Repeat this
statement to yourself, especially when you doubt or feel discouraged.
5. ALWAYS BE YOURSELF.
To thine own self be true. (Shakespeare's "Hamlet", act I.3.) This is supremely important, no
matter what the world may think of you. The masses are conditioned to mediocrity and other
people's success can make them not feel inferior for their own insignificant little lives.
Accept yourself. Learn from others--but don't be intimidated by them, or pretend to be someone
you're not; because... "We are most effective when we're being ourselves."

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