thank you today I want to talk to you about why pursuing your dreams means
about why pursuing your dreams means
about why pursuing your dreams means much more than you think it does
much more than you think it does
much more than you think it does as a coach I love talking to people
as a coach I love talking to people
as a coach I love talking to people about their dreams and that started
about their dreams and that started
about their dreams and that started really when I was a young boy at the age
really when I was a young boy at the age
really when I was a young boy at the age of seven my mother who was an executive
of seven my mother who was an executive
of seven my mother who was an executive in industry allowed me to come to
in industry allowed me to come to
in industry allowed me to come to meetings with her and sit in the back of
meetings with her and sit in the back of
meetings with her and sit in the back of the room and listen because I was so
the room and listen because I was so
the room and listen because I was so impressed by the impact that she had on
impressed by the impact that she had on
impressed by the impact that she had on other people I was so impressed at the
other people I was so impressed at the
other people I was so impressed at the way my mother helped people refine their
way my mother helped people refine their
way my mother helped people refine their own dreams but more than that she helped
own dreams but more than that she helped
own dreams but more than that she helped them understand how what they did on a
them understand how what they did on a
them understand how what they did on a daily basis made incremental progress to
daily basis made incremental progress to
daily basis made incremental progress to achieving those dreams and something
achieving those dreams and something
achieving those dreams and something else that I learned in those meetings
else that I learned in those meetings
else that I learned in those meetings with my mother many many years ago was a
with my mother many many years ago was a
with my mother many many years ago was a difference between goals and dreams
difference between goals and dreams
difference between goals and dreams goals are important but dreams are so
goals are important but dreams are so
goals are important but dreams are so much bigger goals helped us get to our
much bigger goals helped us get to our
much bigger goals helped us get to our dreams but dreams introduce us to
dreams but dreams introduce us to
dreams but dreams introduce us to ourselves dreams help us realize what
ourselves dreams help us realize what
ourselves dreams help us realize what our potential is and inspire us to
our potential is and inspire us to
our potential is and inspire us to achieve much more than we thought was
achieve much more than we thought was
achieve much more than we thought was possible
possible
possible dreams become the true north in our
dreams become the true north in our
dreams become the true north in our lives and they help us become the best
lives and they help us become the best
lives and they help us become the best version of us that we can be this is why
version of us that we can be this is why
version of us that we can be this is why I love dreams and I love talking about
I love dreams and I love talking about
I love dreams and I love talking about them now why do I say that your dreams
them now why do I say that your dreams
them now why do I say that your dreams mean much more than you can imagine
mean much more than you can imagine
mean much more than you can imagine it’s simple your dreams and the
it’s simple your dreams and the
it’s simple your dreams and the achievement of your dreams bring your
achievement of your dreams bring your
achievement of your dreams bring your own personal fulfillment that’s true but
own personal fulfillment that’s true but
own personal fulfillment that’s true but there’s a greater good here
there’s a greater good here
there’s a greater good here your dreams also and the achievement of
your dreams also and the achievement of
your dreams also and the achievement of those steps the goals between where you
those steps the goals between where you
those steps the goals between where you are in the and the achievement of your
are in the and the achievement of your
are in the and the achievement of your dream those things are so important to
dream those things are so important to
dream those things are so important to others because they can become a beacon
others because they can become a beacon
others because they can become a beacon to them as they navigate the darkness of
to them as they navigate the darkness of
to them as they navigate the darkness of their own journey of self-discovery and
their own journey of self-discovery and
their own journey of self-discovery and not only that those dreams that they see
not only that those dreams that they see
not only that those dreams that they see that you have achieved not only become
that you have achieved not only become
that you have achieved not only become an inspiration for them but that become
an inspiration for them but that become
an inspiration for them but that become a source of resilience to them as they
a source of resilience to them as they
a source of resilience to them as they experience the setbacks that we all
experience the setbacks that we all
experience the setbacks that we all experience in life on our own journeys
experience in life on our own journeys
experience in life on our own journeys now I want to introduce you to three
now I want to introduce you to three
now I want to introduce you to three dreamers these dreamers and their
dreamers these dreamers and their
dreamers these dreamers and their achievements not only meant something to
achievements not only meant something to
achievements not only meant something to them but I call them life changers it
them but I call them life changers it
them but I call them life changers it changed their lives and it changed the
changed their lives and it changed the
changed their lives and it changed the lives of so many other people this young
lives of so many other people this young
lives of so many other people this young lady is Lars Dekker at 16 years old
lady is Lars Dekker at 16 years old
lady is Lars Dekker at 16 years old Laura became the youngest person ever to
Laura became the youngest person ever to
Laura became the youngest person ever to circumnavigate the globe Solo in a
circumnavigate the globe Solo in a
circumnavigate the globe Solo in a sailboat imagine what she went through
sailboat imagine what she went through
sailboat imagine what she went through to achieve that dream mark Inglis after
to achieve that dream mark Inglis after
to achieve that dream mark Inglis after 40 grueling treacherous days became the
40 grueling treacherous days became the
40 grueling treacherous days became the first double amputee to scale to the
first double amputee to scale to the
first double amputee to scale to the summit of Mount Everest and then there’s
summit of Mount Everest and then there’s
summit of Mount Everest and then there’s little moziah bridges Mosiah is 11 years
little moziah bridges Mosiah is 11 years
little moziah bridges Mosiah is 11 years old but his dream is to become a fashion
old but his dream is to become a fashion
old but his dream is to become a fashion designer and be an entrepreneur in the
designer and be an entrepreneur in the
designer and be an entrepreneur in the fashion business so he loves wearing
fashion business so he loves wearing
fashion business so he loves wearing bowties he told his grandmother about
bowties he told his grandmother about
bowties he told his grandmother about his dream and she said she’s a
his dream and she said she’s a
his dream and she said she’s a seamstress and she said Mosiah or moe as
seamstress and she said Mosiah or moe as
seamstress and she said Mosiah or moe as she calls him I will help you so now
she calls him I will help you so now
she calls him I will help you so now those bows is the name of his business
those bows is the name of his business
those bows is the name of his business and he sells his ties in across six
and he sells his ties in across six
and he sells his ties in across six states in boutiques and retail chains
states in boutiques and retail chains
states in boutiques and retail chains retail chains and he is expanding his
retail chains and he is expanding his
retail chains and he is expanding his line of offerings and expanding the
line of offerings and expanding the
line of offerings and expanding the territory that he sells them in now
territory that he sells them in now
territory that he sells them in now what’s different about these people is
what’s different about these people is
what’s different about these people is simply this they didn’t give up on their
simply this they didn’t give up on their
simply this they didn’t give up on their dream they pursued it they pursued the
dream they pursued it they pursued the
dream they pursued it they pursued the steps to their dream they pursued the
steps to their dream they pursued the
steps to their dream they pursued the incremental advancement to their dreams
incremental advancement to their dreams
incremental advancement to their dreams and they wouldn’t take no for an answer
and they wouldn’t take no for an answer
and they wouldn’t take no for an answer and you know they remind us of something
and you know they remind us of something
and you know they remind us of something very important and that is this there
very important and that is this there
very important and that is this there are no elevators that take us to our
are no elevators that take us to our
are no elevators that take us to our dreams all of us must use the stairway
dreams all of us must use the stairway
dreams all of us must use the stairway all of us must go through those
all of us must go through those
all of us must go through those incremental steps to get us to the
incremental steps to get us to the
incremental steps to get us to the achievement of that dream and that’s why
achievement of that dream and that’s why
achievement of that dream and that’s why some people call this journey to a dream
some people call this journey to a dream
some people call this journey to a dream the hero’s journey and so what I would
the hero’s journey and so what I would
the hero’s journey and so what I would like to do today in closing is ask you
like to do today in closing is ask you
like to do today in closing is ask you this as you think about your dream as
this as you think about your dream as
this as you think about your dream as you think about the people who inspired
you think about the people who inspired
you think about the people who inspired you to go after that dream as you think
you to go after that dream as you think
you to go after that dream as you think about all of the things you are involved
about all of the things you are involved
about all of the things you are involved in doing to achieve that dream I want
in doing to achieve that dream I want
in doing to achieve that dream I want you to focus on how good that feels
you to focus on how good that feels
you to focus on how good that feels in moving in that direction but there’s
in moving in that direction but there’s
in moving in that direction but there’s something equally important I want you
something equally important I want you
something equally important I want you to think about all the other people out
to think about all the other people out
to think about all the other people out there who are waiting to be inspired by
there who are waiting to be inspired by
there who are waiting to be inspired by you and your dream thank you
you and your dream thank you
you and your dream thank you you
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