These will be things you want to experience, to do, to be or to have.

For example:

** You may dream of taking a camping trip in Europe
** You might dream of going skiing in the Swiss Alps.
** Your dream might be to become a teacher or a public speaker
** You may want to havine a house overlooking a lake or the sea

Many of your dreams will give more power to your why.
You may have discovered that your purpose in life is to give children with learning challenges some extra opportunities to discover their strengths. You also dream of owning a large ranch somewhere in Texas.

Is there a conflict between your why and your dream? Of course not. A ranch in Texas would be a great place to invite a group of children with learning challenges to spend a week of their summer. There would be a host of possibilities of being able to provide extra support for children if you owned a large property.

Your why gives you a powerful reason to pursue your dream.

Another example might be:
You know your why is to provide support for families that are care givers to an older generation.

You may also have a dream of building a million dollar business. Your why would certainly give power to this dream. There are so many things you could do to support families if you had the funding of a million dollar business.

Your dream to build a million dollar business is much more likely to succeed when your focus is not on earning money, but on why you need money. (In this case your focus would be on providing support for the families of care givers). You could provide them with extra help, retreats and many other practical things that would certainly help make their lives so much easier.

Can you see how powerful your dream can be when it is driven by your purpose in life (or your why)?

Now its time for YOU to consider your dreams:

• Take out a sheet of clean paper, or open a clean page in your journal. Yes NOW is the time to get started with making a difference in your life!
• Write down your why at the top of the page. (If you have not yet discovered your purpose in life, take a look here to find out how to find your why).
• Next write down your dreams, leaving 3 or 5 lines empty between each dream.
• Now go back and look at each dream in the light of your why. Note how each dream could support your why.

But what if your dreams seem to conflict with your why?

I have a fascinating true story to share with you about this in the next post

Please share an experience you have had with your dreams and your why below, and then check out my story here

Could this mean that we actually do things in life without being ACTIVELY involved?

Absolutely!

Many people spend their days on this planet involved in so many tasks and projects, but they are rarely ever ACTIVELY involved in what much of what they are doing.

The Passive Person:

A passive person is simply a bystander of life. He or she watches life and the world go by while dreaming of better days. The passive person has usually become resigned to their lifestyle which they don’t enjoy but simply put up with.

They get their “buzz” from dreaming of the day when their circumstances will magically change. Passive people tend to scoff at the idea of having a real purpose and goals for their lives. Consequently they never have any defined idea of what they really want in life.

Making dreams become a reality is not a part of the mindset of a very passive person. Such folk do not have a mindset for living, because they are not really living. They are simply existing.

The Active Person:

What does it mean to be actively involved?

1. When you are actively involved in something it means your project has your complete attention and you have more than one of your five senses occupied.

   Note: This does not mean you will be obsessed with your project to the exclusion of other important things in life. It simply means that while you are working on your task, you will be fully involved

2. You will have a clear vision of where you are going because you have set goals and created a work plan for each day. Consequently your attitude will always be full of expectancy.
   
   
3. Everything you involve yourself in will lead to the fulfillment of your dreams, because that is what you expect to happen. Your goals and daily work plan will help you fulfill your dreams as you follow your plan of action each day.
   
   
4. Difficulties and obstacles will cross your path of course since these are a part of life. However because you have a purpose and direction, you will soon find a way to turn any difficulty into a new opportunity.

   When your focus is fixed on your purpose it will be easier to see the bigger picture when difficult things happen.

   When your mind is active it is easier to creatively seek solutions to obstacles.

5. An active person is always interested in learning new things. They are genuinely interested in the world and the people around them. They seek to be actively involved in everything they do. Their minds are most always active.

As you read through this post, you may have discovered an area of your life that is still a little passive.

Make it your goal today to activate this area. This will empower you even more to become actively involved in fulfilling your dreams.

And never forget:

His mother was standing behind the curtain on the side, her hands clasped together in nervousness as Shaheen walked to greet his audience and the judges.

Simon (one of the judges) asked Shaheen what he was going to sing. Simon’s expression was one of great doubt when Shaheen responded.

“Ok, good luck” was Simon’s short tart response.

Shaheen did not seem to notice the negative response and started into his favorite song with great enthusiasm.

The music began and the audience was with him as he started to sing, but Simon was not as enthusiastic.

Seconds later Simon beckoned for the music to stop.

“Ok,” he said, “You’ve got this really wrong.”

Shaheen was of course a little taken back as the audience gasped. It certainly did not look like this would be his night of success. But he kept his confidence.

“What do you sing apart from that?: he was asked by Simon.
“Who’s Loving You by Micheal Jackson”.
“You want to give that a go?”
“Ok.”

His mother and friends were ringing their hands and covering their faces. The other two judges were also looking rather despairing. Now what would happen?

• How would you react to such an interruption?
• Would you be knocked off balance into discouragement?
• Would you give up and decide that perhaps success is not for you after all?
• Would you keep your confidence and continue on to pursue your goal of success?

I was absolutely thrilled to see 12 year old Shaheen take this interruption in his stride and continue with the next song with great confidence.

How could he be so confident when things looked so bleak?

• He was focused on success.
• He wanted to be a star and nothing was going to stop him.
• His was focus on his goal of success gave him the confidence to jump over the immediate hindrance, despite the initial impact of the confrontation.

How do YOU handle the interruptions and hindrances to your pursuit of success?

As Shaheen finished his song there was a standing ovation. All of the audience AND all three of the judges were on their feet!

Then Simon made an outstanding comment.

“This is how one song can change your life. This may be the start of something special for you young man”.

Simon’s brilliant expertise in being able to uncover talent showed up in this session! The expression on his face in the photo above shows he was expecting success from the second song.

Wow – here are some lessons for you and me!

• What would have happened if Shaheen did not believe in his dream enough to push through that terrible moment of pending defeat? How much do YOU believe in your dream?
• He could have lost his dream. Don’t let go of your dream!
• He would have lost the victory. Go after that victory!

SimonPreacher on Twitter made this comment today:
Stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit– It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit!

Are you getting hit harder than usual? You may well be close to fulfilling your dream. You really don’t know but you just could be (one thing we know for sure, if you don’t give up that time WILL come).

You may be one song away, one product away, one new blog post, article or sales call. You may need to simply change one little detail and your whole life could change.

But how will you know what little detail you may need to change?

• Believe in yourself.
• Believe in your dream.
• Maintain that courage, focus and determination and you will attract your success.
• You will attract the right person at the right time who will tell you the right little detail you need to tweak and suddenly you find yourself breaking through to success!

There is never any doubt that:

I know that when you

watch this video of Shaheen Jafargholi at Britain’s Got Talent 2009

you will see MANY more keys and lessons to success in this event.

Please share them below in the comments. You have a lot to give, please share it with us. Thank you.

When Susan first appeared on stage, Simon Cowell asked her “What’s the dream?” With her broad Scottish brogue Susan replied “I am trying to be a professional singer.”

Eyes rolled and those looks that need no words were caught on camera. Susan certainly did not look like a professional singer.

And why has it not worked out? she was asked by Simon Cowell. “Because I have not been given the chance before but here’s hoping it will change.” was the reply. “Ok, and who would would you like to be as successful as?” Susan did not even have to think to respond to that one “Elaine Paige.”

There were giggles across the audience after that declaration!

Then when asked what she was going to sing, she replied “I’m going to sing I Dreamed the Dream from Les Miserables”.

The camera caught Piers Morgan with a jeering smirk on his face as well as the compassionate and questioning looks of the other two judges, Amanda and Simon.

Then the music background began and Susan opened her mouth. Within seconds those jeering laughs turned to laughs of amazement and clapping. The audience went wild!

Piers Morgan was the first to comment after the song was finished. He said that everyone was laughing when she shared her dream, but then added “no one is laughing now”. He also admitted that he was reeling from shock.

His vote? “The biggest yes I have ever given” he said.

Amanda continued the comments by admitting that everybody was being very cynical and this was the biggest wakeup call ever and continued by saying “it was a complete privilege listening to that”.

The judges reactions now showed thrill, amazement and delight.

Susan Doyle demonstrated to the world that you CAN reach your dream as she sang her well chosen song: I Dream a Dream from Los Miserables.

Whether Susan wins the contest or not matters not. She is now famous and contracts have already been offered her. It is announced she will be singing at the next Olympics. The video on youtube has close to 4,300,000 views as of April 19th, 2009, (just over a week). Overnight success!

So what was the lesson the world learned? Really we learned two major lessons!

1. Don’t judge a book by its cover! and
2. Don’t ever give up your dream no matter how impossible it may seem!

Are you going after your dream? Don’t ever give up!

Believe in yourself and keep believing in yourself and eventually the world will catch up with you.

Watch the video from You Tube here.

For some background on Susan Boyle’s life and what she has walked through to be able to come to this amazing day:

Check out this article