Stages of a Dream

In John Maxwell’s book, Your Roadmap for Success, John talks about the stages of a dream. He lists the stages as… 1. I thought it: The initial thought 2. I caught it: Adding feelings to the dream 3. I sought it: Committed to action 4. A few shot it: Others tried to shoot it down [...]

Developing a Dream

What is your success story? If you could do anything and you knew you could not fail… what would you do? Who would you be? Would you be the CEO of a company? Would you be a doctor? Would you be a teacher? Would you be a musician? Would you be a sports star? I [...]

The Cruise To Nowhere

In our last post we talked about destinations. Places you would like to go. Some may be close to home, others far away. There is another vacation destination that has become increasingly popular over the last few years. It is called the “Cruise to Nowhere,” and it does exactly that. The boat leaves from a [...]

Success Journey: Where Do You Want To Go?

As we start on our success journey we need a destination. Where would you like to go? I would like you to dream a little today… How about a waterfront out of a Thomas Kinkade painting? How about a condo on Fiji? What about breakfast in Brussels? Buenos Dias… How about a taco on the [...]

The Definition of Success

What is the definition of success? I looked at Webster’s dictionary and they have “The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted:” as their definition. This is a start, but what if success is not an achievement? I opened another book, Celebrating Success by Gerard Smith that has inspired letters on the meaning of success. [...]

Peer Conversations

In my previous post I talked about “Peer Production” and the synergy that can be derived from working with a group of your peers. As I thought about the topic I ran into some interesting conversations around the net about bloggers getting together for meetings, bike rides and just plain fun. Here are some of [...]