Constantly refocus your dreams with action

"The best dreams happen when you're awake."

I inherently have always personal swayed away from the word DREAM or DREAMS. I think my resistance was because we all have dreams and we all to some degree never put them into action. So the word dream just becomes a fun catchy word to say but in reality doesn't go anywhere without action.

Those dreams sit within our mind kicking us to act on however we tend to ignore their persistence for what every reason you are scared to pursue.

That resistance comes in the form of the terrible TOO'S....too old, too slow, too short, too poor, too stupid (sorry too unintellectual doesn't sound as strong), too overweight, too skinny, too weak, too bald, too shy and all the other TOO'S that you throw around in your head.

We all suffer from that syndrome. The difference maker in the people that achieve their dreams and those who don't is a level of amnesia. It's the ability to completely believe in the TOO's one minute and the next forget all about them and move forward with action.

I understand there will always be limitations but that limitation is only based on your perception of what your dream is. Let's say you're a young kid and you want to be in the NBA one day! That was one of my dreams as a kid and no matter how great I thought I was at basketball I truly didn't hit the genetic lottery. Most would end their dream at this point! Right? The problem with that is the dream doesn't need to die just yet. I just revamped my goal into working in some capacity in of around the NBA. What happened next was the movie Jerry McGuire inspired me to go down the sports business route. I ended up working for the largest sports and entertainment company in the world for multiple years. I lived out my dream just in a different capacity. My dream never died when I decided that I couldn't play in the NBA. I just adjusted it to a degree of being a part of the NBA in any capacity I could.

All to often we only see dreams through one window, as a one and done and as only one viable option towards achieving that dream. When in reality we can define that dream into many different landscapes.

When I was a kid in the booming 3rd grade I won not only my school's young author competition but I also won the regional competition.  My story about an adventurous tarantula named Stanley captivated my audience and got me some recognition as a young creative writer. While I didn't pursue writing after that to any degree I truly believe that it planted a seed that would blossom later in life.

Some 30 plus years later that seed blossomed into wanting to write and publish my own book. Initially the book was to be written just as a legacy piece for my kids. However once I got into the process and realized how fun, joyful and passionate I was at put something out that would be a game changer I knew that my dream had to expand. So just like wanting to be in the NBA. I decided that why not go for New York Times Best Seller? The reality is that the book may or may not get there but that is not the point. The point is I can shoot for the moon but if I miss I will at least reach the stars. I may never reach the best seller list but I know without a doubt that this book will help a lot of people re-focus, re-shift, re-prioritize and re-think what it means to live a life with purpose and Make It Count!

Thanks to everyone for the support on the book launch this week. The response has been incredible and I am grateful for everyone.

Here is the link to the book and remember to Make It Count!

Make It Count: Toolkit for Maximizing Your Life