For over eleven years, I've looked at three postcards of beautiful beaches taped here on my office wall.

Two weeks ago, Steve and I actually bought a house in the Dominican Republic 300 steps from the gorgeous beach pictured at left.

Coincidence?  I think not! 

I truly believe the first step in getting what you want,  is to be able to visualize it.

In fact, I think if I'd had postcards of snow-covered mountains on my wall, we'd probably be buying a cabin in Colorado! 

The more I think about how we saw and bought our “dream house” within 72 hours; I realize I followed three important steps YOU can also follow to realize YOUR dreams:

Notice, we're talking about DREAMS and not GOALS here.  What's the difference?
As I say in my goal-setting programs, "Goals are dreams in writing." And, "Goals are dreams with a deadline."  Dreams make us hungry enough to create the action steps of goal-setting to make them come true. 

Dreams are the end of the sentence, "I want...."  What do you want?

Goals are the end of the sentence, "I will...."  What will you do to get it?

Many people in my seminar audiences have a hard time writing down their dreams.
They're too focused on why they CAN'T do, be or have the things they want. 

As adults we let time, money, education and background act as limitations on our thinking.   But, have you noticed how children never set limitations on themselves?  Kids really believe they can have, be or DO anything they want.

So, for a few minutes,  think like a kid again, dream big and create your paradise! 

Step 1: Visualize frequently and vividly what you want

Brian Tracy says, “People who accomplish extraordinary things visualize their desired results continually.”

To help you visualize,  prominently post pictures of what YOU want where you’ll see them throughout the day.  

What does your dream (house, car, job, romantic partner) look like? Keep it in your mind’s eye because if you can’t see it, you won’t get it!  

The best dream is something you can't get out of your mind.  It's an obsession!

Step 2: Believe you can achieve it

This is such a powerful yet simple step.  You must absolutely believe -without a doubt- it is possible to achieve your dream.  You must believe you deserve this dream.

This means, too, your dream is believable because it's realistic.  
After checking real estate prices, I quickly realized it wasn't realistic for us to think we could ever live ON the beach.  So I began dreaming of living NEAR the beach. 

Is your dream believable AND realistic?

Step 3: Don’t wait for the perfect conditions to act on your dream

Gen. George S. Patton said it best, “A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.” In other words, there is no perfect plan!

In order to afford the beach house, we need to sell a small rental house we own in Louisville.  A more cautious person may think, “We’d better wait until we sell the other house.”  But property values in the beach town are due to sky rocket once a major highway to the peninsula is completed this year, so we couldn't afford to wait.

Because I live in The Positive Zone® , and my motto is "Carpe diem," I expect great things to happen every day.   So we "seized the day," bought the beach house and have six months to sell our rental house.  (I believe we'll sell it in four!)

These three steps will help you DREAM.  Next month I'll give you three more steps to turn your dream into an "I WILL" action plan. 

Click here if you'd like to see pictures of our "piece of paradise!

Until next month……Remember: dream big and and stay in The Zone!

 Susan

P.S: Please send me an email and let me know what you think about our dream house and tell me YOUR dreams!

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