Dreams

To start off you actually do need to create a list. So get out a sheet of paper and an ink pen.

Across the top of the sheet write DREAMS in big letters.

Now write down everything that you would do or have if money was no object.

Do this with your family and have fun!

Be creative and enjoy the dream building process together.  Make sure you include BIG dreams as well as small dreams, such as a new car, new home, new clothes, paying off your credit cards, a new pair of shoes, fixing the back door, buying a bottle of champagne, going out to eat at a fancy restaurant, buying a new dress, getting debt free...

How big can you DREAM?

Think about how an extra $100, $300, $500, $1000, $2,000 or $5,000 a month would change your life?

BE VERY SPECIFIC WHEN YOU WRITE THESE THINGS DOWN.

Now, don't just say "new car", be as specific as your mind will let you...make, model, color, smell...

Take a few minutes and create that list right now.

Take another sheet of paper and using a pen put the list you just made in order from smallest to largest.

Use this time also to add more dreams to your list. Be sure to add the small ones as well as the big ones.

Remember to HAVE FUN!!

Take a few minutes and rewrite that list right now.

Starting with $300 ask yourself this question:

If I were making $300 per month in addition to what I am making now, what exactly would I do with it?

Use your dream list as your reference, go down the list and check the ones you could have.

Try to imagine vividly that you have the money and you actually are getting the thing you want...get a feeling of what it would be like; what it would feel like if you had it.

Then ask yourself…Am I really fired up?

Am I really excited?

Am I really getting motivated?

If the answer is no, and you're really not excited like its no big deal, then go up a little to $500 and do the exercise again.

Imagine vividly that you have an extra $500 and you actually are getting the thing you want...get a feeling of what it would be like; what it would feel like if you had it.

If there is still no excitement, keep going up in $500 increments.

Some people may have to go a little higher; most people will stay around $1000 to $2000. Don't be afraid to go to $10,000 a month to start with.

What you are trying to do is find a specific number that is going to be the key number YOU are shooting for . . . that you are going to think about all day long, 24 hours a day, when you first wake up, throughout the day and before you go to sleep.

It's going to be a number you LOOK AT. It's going to be YOUR number, and you are going to know exactly what you are going to do with the money once you start making it.

The key to this step is making the DREAM real to you and believable to you.

You must not only have a dream and be specific in your dream, but you have to believe you can get the dream; otherwise it's just a wish.


LIST YOUR NUMBER HERE……$_________________________
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If you need to, take a few minutes until you find that motivating number. In the next lesson we will learn how to take your dreams and truly begin to picture the possibilities.