Today I'm celebrating living a life where you achieve your dreams!
Today is designated by some as Make Your Dreams Come True Day and that sounds like a great day to observe. It's not celebrated by just taking the time to think about your dreams, but it's a day to develop a plan for achieving them and choose to live the life that makes your dreams come true.
About.com tells about the 10 traits that most help people reach their goals and achieve their dreams, according to a recent survey of successful people. They
- think positive at every opportunity
- are specific about dreams and goals
- take action to make their dreams real
- never stop learning
- are persistent and work hard, never giving up
- analyze details, getting all the facts and asking for input to make wiser decisions and to learn from mistakes
- focus time and money without letting people or things distract them
- are not afraid to innovate and be different
- communicate with people effectively -- with honesty, practicing understanding and motivating others
- are honest and dependable, taking responsibility for what is done, always keeping promises and admitting when wrong and have made a mistake.
The survey said that together, these traits help successful people meet their goals and turn dreams into reality. It doesn't take a lot of time on the Web or watching late night TV to notice that there are lots of people who also think that they know the secret of success. Many are offering products that they want you to buy. I think that most of those people likely don't have the answer --- their success has more likely been a result of enticing you to buy their product.
I could fill this blog with lots of songs (like My Wish as sung by Rascall Flatts and playing on this blog) and quotes to encourage you to dream big and work to make your dreams come true. However, I think that you all should know Dr. Randy Pausch. Randy Pausch, a young, charismatic professor at Carnegie-Mellon University with pancreatic cancer with only a few months to live and leaving behind three small children and a wife, delivered a humorous and inspiring last lecture "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" in September 2007 about the virtues of living with a passion, including pursuing your childhoold dreams. His talk discussed how he achieved his childhood dreams and realistic advice on how you can live your life so that you can make your childhood dreams come true too.
You can learn more about Randy Pausch and hear a portion of his lecture from the YouTube video below:
As posted on YouTube by the Wall Street Journal Digital Network
You can hear his entire lecture below:
As posted on YouTube by carnegiemellonu
Sure, it's lengthy, but it's worth hearing his advice for success in achieving your dreams.
There are two things that stood out to me during his lecture: the significance of brick walls and how they can be overcome by those who are really determined and the importance in showing gratitude. Today I'm especially proud of my parents who taught me that you can basically do anything you set your mind to, with hard work and determination. I'm appreciative of those teachers who were encouragers, who vouched for me, or were the source of my inspiration, people like Ms Griffin, Mr Sawyer, Dr Sheppard, or Dr Norris. Those were the type of educators who help you meet the challenges of people like Mr Yates or Dr Van Dran (who have both passed from this life), who at a crucial time in a student's life seemed to take such pride in building brick walls. After hearing that lecture again today, although there was not enough time for them to actually surprise me on how great they were, I can appreciate those brick walls that they tried to build. As tough as their brick walls were hard to scale, they helped me in building character, in appreciating those who take chances, and in learning the importance of inspiring and helping others.
Today, if you've been inspired to make your dreams come true, I encourage you to visit the new Bucket Lists site, where you can view both popular and incredible life goals, learn about famous life listers, log your list, and be an encourager to others. More importantly, I hope that you're inspired to help someone along the way to achieve THEIR dreams.
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