Self Made Dreams Are Reality

"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."-- Conrad Hilton Successful people keep moving. Having researched so many leaders across the world, I note with great interest that the successful ones were and are the ones that keep moving. They don’t allow things good or bad to stifle them. They use ‘experiences’ to enable them to move into new heights. They have a framework to follow. They know each day the actions to which they must commit. They may slow down at times, but they don’t stop. I find having someone you can be accountable to is so helpful. They can bring challenge to you to keep moving during the tough times. As a mentor myself, I will often challenge people to keep moving forward, to keep growing themselves. I don’t think we can do this alone. As a famous proverb reads – Iron sharpens Iron. Those I have researched tend to have an ‘accountability partner/mentor/coach. Don’t run alone – ...

"People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy."--Tony Robbins It’s hard to get that momentum started. You know how hard it is to start something and see results. A new blog, a business, a fitness plan, or losing weight. It’s like a bit steam locomotive. When it’s at a standstill even a small piece of wood will keep it from moving. It takes a lot of steam to get the wheels moving slowly. Once it starts moving it gets into a rhythm. It slowly builds speed over time. Soon it’s up to 60 mph or more. By then it’ll run right through almost anything. I didn’t know but momentum was starting to build up. Momentum is Worth the Hard Work Certainly momentum wasn't the only factor to my success. I set a goal. I knew why I was doing this. I changed my habit...

TOLERATE AMBIGUITY Breakthrough ideas are not always the result of a revolutionary Eureka moment. On the contrary, they are often the result of an evolutionary series of approximations or failed experiments. When Thomas Edison was asked how it felt to fail 800 times before coming up with tungsten as the filament for the light bulb, his answer was a revealing one. “Fail?” he said. “I didn’t fail once. I learned 800 times what didn’t work.” Edison had the ability to tolerate ambiguity — to “not know.” Like most breakthrough thinkers, he had the ability to dwell in the grey zone. Confusion was not his enemy. “Confusion,” explained Henry Miller, “is simply a word we have invented for an order that is not yet understood.” If you are attempting to birth a breakthrough idea, get comfortable with discomfort. Give up your addiction to having all your ducks in a row — at least in the beginning of your discovery process. People may think you’re a quack, but so what? Your chances...