The Power of a Dream Board

I was standing in the bathroom this morning with Debra, my wife and we commented, "Isn't it awesome to watch dreams come true?" It seems life will give you what you focus on and yet for many, they are not clear on that simple truth. They have lost sight of their goals and objectives. They have been caught up in the urgent and not the important. Their time seems to evaporate before them before they have gotten their "to-do" list complete.

In my book Time Traps, I tell people that the key to having time to get important things done, like your most imporant goals and dreams, is to not say yes to more to do, but to say no to the things that you shouldn't do. The "not-to-do" list is the key to having margin in your life. What is margin? Margin is simply "Breathing Room". In order for your life to work, and for you to get the most important things done, you need breathing room, white space like in a book margin. You will only get that by refiltering what is important to you and mastering the art of saying no. Say no to projects. Say no to parties. Say no to high maintenance people. Say no to business. Say no to tasks and to time wasters that will give you more free time.

Then, start dreaming again. What do you want your life to look like? How do you want it to turn out? What visual pictures and simple groups of words and phrases motivate you to achieve and center your actions and decisions. This is the power of a dream board. Deb and I have a dream board for our life. We have a dream board for our Sales Mastery Event. We have a dream board for our next two books. Our mirrors are surrounded by post-it notes of statements of prosperity and positivity. My friend Bob says, "if your memories of yesterday are greater than your dreams for tomorrow, you are already dead." Don't lead a life of quiet desperation. Don't settle for thoughts of negativity or have a "woe is me attitude". Jump start your life. What do you want? What are you prepared to really go for? If you could achieve anything you want, what is it and when will you start?

Put pictures and words together that inspire you and keep you focused and stare at it repeatedly. You will find out that dreams do come true. I challenge you to dream up the life you desire.