Do you use a dream book, or a dream board to help you visualise WHY you are doing your home based business? Many people (and I was guilty of this too when I first started my business) think that a dream book or board is a load of baloney! I didn’t believe that photos and pictures of things I wanted could in any way help me to get them! I would just nod along when anyone told us to go and make a dream book, and then just not bother.
Until one day at a home business meeting, when a lady bought in her dream book and showed us through it. She was so passionate about what she wanted from the future, that it shone from her. While she showed us what she intended to do with the money she would make, her eyes were glowing, I swear! And I realised at that moment that this lady would definitely succeed in her home based business. You could just tell from the passion she had when she talked about her dreams. It was obvious that she would climb mountains to achieve her dreams. And I guess everyone in the room took some tiny seed of a dream away from that lady and her dream book!
Not long after I came across a beautiful book, tied with a ribbon, which I requested from one of my daughters for my birthday. I wasn’t even aware I planned on getting a dream book, but when I saw it I knew immediately what I wanted it for! The seed of that thought was obviously planted in my mind by the lady with the dream book!
Shortly afterwards, I began planning my book. I knew my main WHY was to get my partner Alan out of his job. So I started with pictures of him, and how his life would look once he could give up working! But as I thought more about it, I realised that I already had a good idea of what I wanted to see in my dream book. It expanded my mind and my thinking – I was actually designing my future life.
My dream book is definitely a work in progress; when I started it everything was a dream. Now some of my dreams have started to appear in my life and I find I have more goals to add to my book. New hobbies I have discovered, that I want to spend time doing. I have also thought of a few things that I used to love doing but gave up due to lack of time and money. Now I am bringing out these dreams, re-examining them and adding them to my dream book if I still want them.
And don’t make the mistake of thinking its all about a new car, house or holiday. This dream book is also about giving; to charity, to relations and friends. About how I can lead a better, more fulfilled and healthier life! It’s not all about money, but thats nice too!
So don’t laugh off the idea of starting a dream book. Because you have pictures of your goals clearly there in front of you, you mind accepts that and leads you towards your dreams. It is certainly happening like that to me! You can achieve your dreams if you visualize them clearly. Your dreams could become reality!!
Do you have a Dream Book? What is in it? Leave me a comment on my blog and let me know! If you want to know how I am achieving my dreams online, this is the system I used to cut my learning curve in half!
