What Dreams, Goals, and Plans have you yet to accomplish?

As many of you may already know, I am a dreamer and a big time goal oriented person. In light of this, I am so proud to say that I am today living from my dreams, and have absolutely nothing to complain about.  I do owe a great deal of gratitude to being the goal oriented person that I am to a life strategies class that I took in my freshman year of undergraduate school at Winthrop College in Rockhill, South Carolina. As a final project for this class, we had to complete a goal setting project that consisted of designing/projecting our lives for the next twenty-five to thirty years in the future.  Now you know when you tell an 18 year old to do anything that forces them to look past the next 30 – 90 days can become a massive challenge in of itself.  But I hung in there, persevered, and painfully completed the project.  As I reflect back to my original goal-setting plan I am delighted to know that even back then I was willing to step out of my comfort zone and dream big.  I stretched the boundaries of my mindset, pushed through the limits of my thinking, and pressed beyond what I saw with my eyes as possible for myself... and I want to encourage you to do the same thing today. I am so proud that I did not let my limited environment dictate my future. 

Today, I have approached the end of that thirty year mark and am very proud to say that fortunately, I have achieved almost every one of those goals.  Now, I'm preparing to establish my footprint and roadmap for the next decade to come.  What about you? What dreams and desires have you yet to accomplish?  I know that so many people have given up on pursuing their life dreams because “life” got in the way.  They got married, started having children, and started putting everyone else’s needs before their own, which happens sometimes. All of a sudden it wasn’t enough money or time to pursue the things that was in your heart.  Instead, you started putting limits on yourself and started focusing on what you should not do, could not have, or could not afford. But I’m here to remind you – that it is not too late to pursue what's inside your heart.  You just need to start concentrating on HOW you can make it possible for yourself and for your family; you can do it!  Instead of saying it can’t be done, why not start focusing on developing a plan of action to bring your desires to fruition in small increments - by taking small steps everyday.  You just need to get started today doing something towards reaching your desires. 

So here’s how you can get started:  plan to announce to your family that there will be some positive changes coming really, really soon!  Then take action everyday towards bringing those dreams and desires to realization; you can do it!   Start by answering these five basic questions: 

1)  What limits are you putting on yourself today that may be holding you back? 

2) What are you holding on to, or NOT doing today because you are still being led by the past? 

3) What dreams and goals are you not pursuing today because you still have a deep down fear of failure?

4) What do you need to change today, to start anew tomorrow?

5) What major tasks, actions, or proceedings are you putting off today, that you know are long overdue?   

If you want to live a better life then you must STOP putting off for tomorrow what you can and should be doing today!  Remember, life waits for no one; get it done today!

I would love to see your comments on this subject ….. What dreams, goals, and plans have you yet to accomplish, but know that it’s time to make some changes?

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Your Success Coach,

The Prescription To Reach Abundant Success

Dr. Amy