How to Achieve Your Hopes and Dreams

Presented By Pamela Bozeman-Evans

North Park University

On Achieving Dreams…

For yourself think of this.“Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of

great dreams. Much more than a dreamer is required to bring it to reality; but the dream must be there first.” Robert Greenleaf

For your community think of this.“Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.” Albert Einstein

For the world think of this.“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.” Horace Mann

A Play on Words for a Deeper Meaning

How to Achieve My Hopes and Dreams isLiterally Defined as…

(How) In what way, (to) and in what direction, should I

go (achieve) to gain the success, (my) that belongs to

me, (hopes) and that is likely to happen; (and) linking

(dreams) the images from my sleep that appear as

both real and imaginary.

“The Top 10”

1. Get Naked2. Be Free3. Change Shoes4. Suit Up5. Out “Them”6. Dream in Color, and HDTV7. Tell It, Yell It8. Get in Your Lane9. Look Backward10.Give Someone a Ride

Get Naked…

Question everything that makes you comfortable.

Assume nothing and explore everything.

Be vulnerable, exposed, and then rebuild.

Note: Gandhi left everything to have more.

“Be Free”

Fill your mind with new thoughts, and your life with new experiences.

Note: Malcolm X traveled to Africa and began to see valuein all races and ethnicities.

“Change Shoes”

Change your perspective, your attitude and your direction.

Note: Tyler Perry lived in hiscar before his first big moviebreak.

“Suit Up”

Once you re-focus, prepare yourself for the best possible outcome. Be confident and strut. The “old folks” use to sayfake it til’ you make it!

Note: Rosie Perez thought heraccent would keep her out of acting.

“Out Them”

Get over being insecure, jealous, or overwhelmed. • Out-smart “them”. • Out-do “them”.• Out-shine “them”.• Out-run “them”.• Then include “them”!

Note: Michael Jordon wasrejected from his first team.

“Dream in Color”

Most of our dreams reflect our current lives, limited by space and time. What are your dreams like in HDTV, and can those dreams become your new reality?

Note: Pharell Williams is color blind, but translates music into colors in his mind.

“Tell it, Yell it”

Don’t keep dreams a secret.There are people who can guide you along your journey, and they have to know where you’re going. Also, don’t be afraid ofthe messenger, good news cancome dressed in strange clothes.

Note: Tony Bennett says Lady Gaga is a musical genius, giftedand quite the “lady”.

“Get in Your Lane”

You know what you know. Now get whatyou need. Invest in your dream, or turnback now.

Note: Paul Sareno wasdyslexic, and is now oneof the world’s leading paleontologists.

“Look Backward”

At some point on your journey plant your feet and take a long look back. Are you moving in the right direction? Do you need to change course? It may be time to pat yourself on the back, or kick someoneelse on their backside.

“Give Someone a Ride”

Dreams and the lives that they shape need constant care and support. Have you nurtured the people you’ll need to sustain yourself? Isn’t time for you to support someone else’s dream?

Next Practical Steps

“10 Next Steps”

1. Complete a Strengths Assessment (Meyers Briggs, etc.)

2. Separate your Dream from your Fantasy3. Create a Vision Board4. Invest in a Core Strategy Group5. Develop Personal and Professional Networks6. Participate in Experiential, Co-Curricular

Learning7. Manage your Money on the 80-10-10 Rule8. Manage your learning on the 70-20-10 Rule9. Manage your Relationships in 3 Degrees10.Keep Reinventing Your Dreams

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