I Dreamed a Dream
No one would have believed that when 48 year old spinster Susan Boyle stood up at the mike in April 2009, such a world wide phenomena would occur.
Only minutes earlier she stood she stood before 3 judges including Simon Cowell in the UK TV Talent Show, ‘Britian’s Got Talent’, and asked what her dream was, she said to be a professional singer.
You can see her performance here:
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So, what’s your dream?
– to retire early?
– to live abroad?
– to spend more time with the family?
– to set up and run your own business?
Here’s how you can achieve your dreams.
A dream is more likely to happen if you write it down:
Dream – Do you have a dream chart? Is this up to date and current? Have you have updated the pictures or statements for the items that you have already achieved?
Are you – Idealising, Visualising, Verbalising and Materialising aspects of your Dreams? Do you do affirmations and visualisations twice a day…?
Goal – Do you have a list of your top goals? Are these listed in priority or at least dated as to when you are going to achieve these? Make them a certainty by planning when you are going to do these and what resources you need e.g. money(if any) to do these. Putting the acquisition of the required resource into your plans then focuses you on providing that resource so you can achieve your goals.
Plan – Have a action plan that identifies what you are going to do, to generate the business, that will provide you with the resources to achieve your goals. Your plan must include the expected outcome of your weekly, monthly and quarterly activities. Your plan must also have identified the performance indicators in your daily tasks that are linked to your actionable metrics / key performance indicators that are measured at least daily. Staying focused on your actionable metrics gives you the focus you need every day to ‘Do’.
Do – You now just need to do what your plan tells you to do. You need to have the focus, discipline and commitment to actually do it.
DREAM – GOAL – PLAN – DO
We’re launching an e-book called ‘How to Achieve Your Dreams The Tomato Way! – a complete guide to achieving your dreams from goal setting to action taking. We share the secrets which gets our clients results. You can join the ‘pre order’ list for exclusive discounts and bonus materials.
What do you think?
Sorry Matthew, I didn’t get further than Susan’s awesome video. Just watching that again gives me goose bumps! I’m meant to be packing so I’ll come back later when the goose bumps have gone to read the rest of your awesome post 🙂
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It does me too!
Thanks for breaking down the process Matthew.
Love Susan Boyle’s story, it’s wonderful to know that talent can out at any age and regardless of popular ideas of what works. It would be interesting to know how Ms. Boyle broke it down – is this information public? I wonder if she’s been plotting for ages, if she had a plan – or if she had been sitting and waiting for the opportunity.
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Thanks Ami for the comment. You’re right. I think that she was ‘just’ a singer in the Church choir and entered on the off chance. Sometimes you have to seize opportunities as they present themselves. I think this is a great example fo just that. It’s a shame she was not prepared for the worldwide interest in her after that performance.
I love that video, not just for the performance, but because Susan’s life experience touches something within me. We all have dreams, and we all can achieve those dreams. I use a process similar to what you have outlined, plus I make sure to do things daily that are in alignment with my top values (creativity, health, connecting with others, etc.) so I spend most of my time doing things that really matter to me.
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You’re right Jean. It’s really good news that you’re doing things that matter to you. Each day you’ll get stronger and better at achieving your goals.
Susan Boyle is a great example that if you put your mind to something and work toward what you want, you can accomplish it. Personally, I’m a fan of “goals” rather than “dreams”. I like to get a plan in place once I decide that I’d like to accomplish something. Deciding which of your dreams are actually goal-worthy and listing them in priority is a good way to get started in crossing things off your bucket list.
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Thanks for the comment Steve. Really Dreams are a higher level goal. It’s essentially your vision. Whereas the goals are the individual components that take you to achieving your dreams.
Susan Boyle should provide inspiration to everyone that is struggling to make it in life. She made her dream come true after such a long hard struggle.
This lady never gave up it no mater what was thrown at her…I’m personally not a fan of hers and would never buy a CD of hers or go and watch her perform, but never the less I admire her tenacity and never give up attitude…
Hi William, thanks for your comment. I completely agree with you. I did buy the cd, but for my mum for Christmas!
You can’t help be inspired by her. As you say, she’s faced a number of difficulties, especially when she became runner up in the competition, that you can’t help admire her.
Hey Matthew,
It’s been a while 😉 I remember watching that Susan Boyle video and being as impressed by it as Simon C. Everything you listed here is what I’m trying to do. Hopefully it’ll pay off.
P.S. I like your cover work. Did you hire someone?
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Hi, Moon, thanks for stopping by! Exactly, I hope everything pays off for you and you get your success.
Do you mean the ebook cover? Yes, I hired someone. It’s going to be the subject of a post in a few weeks. So, stay tuned!
Awesome post Matthew, and a GREAT teaser for what is sure to be an amazing eBook! Love the process simplified – and I agree that (must…not….admit….it) Susan Boyle’s performance is inspirational. Fail to plan – and you plan to fail is true to a point, but as you so rightly pointed out, fail to have a clear goal and take consistent action and you can plan till your blue in the face – you’ll still fail!
keep em coming mate!
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i just thought that susan boyle has one of the best sounding voice ever:’:
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