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Welcome to part 2 of this series Working smart – not hard.

We are going to discuss more on building your dream.

When I was first told that to achieve anything, I had to build a dream first, I thought my mentor was crazy. Build a dream – that’s what kids do. They dream about being doctors, firemen, nurses, all sorts of trades.

Adults don’t dream – they have nightmares.

Think about it. When you have dreams what are they about? If your single perhaps it’s about your next date, the girl/boy you are interested in. If your married it will be about the mortgage, car finance, school fees or how much the bank fees are. I guess you can see where I am coming from.

Finally I learnt that I had to dream about what I wanted in the future, not what what was happening today, or what my current financial situation was. That is when things started to change in our lives.

At the time I was serving with the Australian Merchant Marine, and I had a desire for a new car. We took a red sports car (red goes faster – you know!) for a test drive. It was fantastic.

Next trip to sea I had a model of a similar car to build. One of those plastic models that you glue together and paint. I even had the red paint. I built that model and had it siting on my desk the entire time at sea. When I paid off, we went to the dealers and there were two vehicles on the lot. One red, one white, and they were the same as the model I had built! Guess which one I took home?

That was the power of the mind. I had built the dream. I had instilled in my mind what it was I was going to achieve. And I got my red sports car.

I am not saying that you have to go out and find a model of what it is that you want. What I am saying is that you have to instill into your mind what you want to achieve. What you really Desire!

It’s no good saying I WANT A LOT OF MONEY. That means nothing. You need to be saying to your self “I need $x.xx’s by x.date so that I can……….. (build a new home/take a holiday/buy a new car/etc)”

If you have decided on a material object (car/home/bike/etc) get a picture of what model, what color, what size you want and stick it on the door of your refrigerator. Take those bills off the ‘fridge and put them somewhere else. The ‘fridge is one of the most used white goods in the home. This way you will continue to see your dream and instill it into your mind.

Get a smaller copy and frame it, take it to work and put it on your desk where you will see it every day. When your associates ask you about it, don’t be afraid to tell them that is what you will have some day.

Do Not take any notice of them if the jibe you about it. It is YOUR dream Not theirs!

Lets get you started

Take a piece of paper and rule it down the centre. On one side write down all your dreams.

On the other side put your dreams in order of priority.

Re-write your dream list, with the dreams in thier priority. Don’t worry, some time down the track you will no doubt change priorities, or even your dreams. This is common, just get them on paper!

Try to be realistic here. It’s no good at this time to put a multi million mansion at the top of the list when you are struggling to buy take out. Little steps will build strength in you and you achieving your dreams.

Okay, now it’s time to go look for those pictures. Put the first one on the ‘fridge and the others in a safe place. As you achieve one dream you are going to replace that picture with the next one on the list.

Keep the old pictures though. With these you will build a diary of where you have come from. Some time in the future you are going to pull this diary out and look back on your achievements.

Some times you will do this with pride – sometimes you will do this as a pick-me-up if things are going a little slow.

Till next time – have fun and be kind to each other