Unlimited Power (another post)

I think I already posted about Unlimited Power. I just wanted to add a few thoughts.
I still love this book Very concrete suggestions, some may be a bit metaphysical for me, but even the author (Tony Robbins) admits a reader will take and use what sounds right and discard what doesn't seem right.
He has some interesting ideas about diet (Vegan). I am actually considering a vegetarian diet for a few months to see how that affects me...but I digress.
What I wanted to write about was goal-setting. I have reached my favorite chapter where we spend fifteen minutes with a blank sheet of paper deciding what we want. It's exciting, it's liberating and it's scary as hell!
What do I want? Do I want to be George Lucas? Walt Disney? Jimmy Buffet? Something in between?
I have a hundred dreams, but I can't pursue them all. I need to distill them down.
Obviously telling stories is a huge part of my dream. Now I just need to spend the time writing down what I want...specifically. The key is to dream big. Aim for the moon. Even if you miss, you might land among the stars.
I think about football players (cue the song "Ghetto Dreams") who start in poverty but picture themselves playing in the Super Bowl until one day, there they are. It can happen for any of us, but first we have to have a target...otherwise, it's pretty hard to hit.

What if they laugh at me?

Well, what if they do? Who are they anyway? Your friends? If they are your friends, then they won't laugh! They'll be happy that you are trying something. If they do laugh, were they really your friends? Do you really want them to be?
Your success, in large part, depends on the 5 people you spend the most time with. It's not entirely clear how the internet has changed this, but it has affected it.
Still, those people you are worrying about? What have they got to laugh at anyway?

Don't worry so much about those people. Get back to building your dreams.

Superbowl Sunday is upon us

Just a couple of weeks till Con Nooga! GGE will be there in full force. What's happening sooner? Super Bowl! The annual Green Gates Superbowl party is tomorrow! It's always a good time. Hopefully one day it will actually take place AT the Superbowl! That's my dream-big moment for today.

What's yours?

Star Trek: The Experience

Recently visited Star Trek: The Experience at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA. If you're a Star Trek fan, then you should definitely get yourself to this exhibit. I think it is a traveling exhibit. It is at The Franklin Institute for a few more weeks.
Gene Roddenberry, I am sure, would be amazed if he saw how far the script for "The Menagerie" took him. He had a vision and it grew far beyond what he initially envisioned, but the point is, he had a vision.
Along with the vision though, he did something about it. He wrote and wrote and wrote. He crafted his skill on detective shows and "Have Gun Will Travel". He had pilot shows made and then they were not picked up. He didn't let this destroy him. He didn't quit. He kept writing. Then, he finally sold Star Trek.
One would think the rest was history, but not so fast...the show had budget trouble and censorship issues and then...it was canceled. Gene never gave up and eventually, years later, it came back and he was ready to roll again. Now, Thirty years after it's comeback, it is a hit movie and a museum exhibit and has about a million books, comic books, toys, etc.
It started with a vision. Then there was a lot of work and then there was a LOT of "stick-to-it-ive-ness"

So there you go:
1) Dream
2) Work (as GGE says, no one can do your pushups for you)
3) Never give up

Today is THE DAY!!!

Today just feels like "the day"! This is the day to launch your new project! Or pursue your dream of learning to play guitar or piano or starting up your exercise program and cutting back a few calories. It just feels like the day!
Go looks at your list of top ten dreams (Don't have one? Now is the day to make one) and get started towards one of them!
I'll do the same!