NMPRO #42 – For Dreamers & Dream Stealers

April 29th, 2009 Email This


In today’s show, we discuss Four Types of Dreamers.  Which group do YOU belong to?

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  • Erik
    Ikke la noen stjele din drøm. Im nå i Sverige har en flott tid.
  • Alfie
    Several months ago, I was on the fourth category, I had not only forgotten my dreams, but I was also frustrated with my life. But when my brother introduced this profession to me, little by little, I started to dream again, and now I belong to category one.

    Life is never meant to be a struggle. We all deserve to live life to the fullest.
    Rich day to all of you.
  • FrankMarshman
    Well, I'm not dead yet. I've done several things that were my dreams when I was younger including having a beautiful wife of 30 years, 5 wonderful children, owning a business which I started but now it is time to start another one.
  • Erik
    I`m group # 1.

    I have like most people lost a few times, but i refuse to give up, I will allways find the strength to fight back... One day I will be at the top level at my Company...
  • makerofstuff
    I think that I must fall into group number two. I find that I am not being as self motivating as I could be. (I finally figured out that I knew you many years ago in PPL) I am working toward finding a way to keep myself motivated to get what is needed done.
    Maggie
  • Great segment.. Nice swing!
  • Dreams are something people think are not real. You are the one that makes them come alive. When I was younger I would speak about my dreams and the dream smashers would make me not mention out loud but that dream never died and I am moving toward that now and loving it!!
  • My parents were my dream stealers. The people I loved the most in life. But then I looked carefully at their life and how they lived and found a fire inside that said "Not for Me!" I went against everything they fed me for life. I now found a business that surrounds me with positive people, encouragement and this is where I stay plugged in for success. I have the attitude that I don't care what anyone thinks if it's negative. PooPoo that!
  • Dear Eric,

    I belong to group 2. My dreams need cleaning. Thank's for reminding that. Together with another session you brought - Plan, Do Review - the cleaning should be ver easy too.
    I'm going to shift to group 1 as fast as I can.

    Gaby Di-Capua, Israel.
  • Catching your dream can be as harmful has having it denied. Grow your dream just beyond your reach. Add to it daily, expand it in every direction. It's the journey not the destination.
  • billrogers
    Thanks Eric, short and sweet. But oh so awakening!
  • Tony Scarcia - Australia
    Love your first comment about those living their dreams and passing it on.
    Excellent.
  • Ok you have my attention, golfing in Arizona is nothing compared to the courses you are seeing and playing on. Great words of wisdom for those of us who are having a problem getting a dream and believing in that dream. I think many of us don't believe that it's possible to get there, or they don't know if they have it in themselves to actually do it. Each day it gets easier to move one step closer to my dream, it's a matter of telling yourself you can do it and keeping the positive thoughts as the hand pushing you and your dream as your carrot out in front of you. Thanks for today's video.
  • Eric, I thought you might find the following article I wrote useful.


    "Dreamers, Realities, and the Trappings of Life"

    Everybody has creative ideas and dreams. It's the courageous few, through their determination and perseverance who turn dreams into tangible realities, with sustainable consumer needs, and/or purposes in industry or the marketplace.

    Playing it safe and doing nothing usually ends with unfulfilled dreamers, looking back over their lives, asking the question, "What if?" What if I followed my bliss and took a chance? What might have happened? Could I have been successful and would I now be more happy and content than I am? Those that do nothing will never know.

    When first starting out on the road to independence, self realization, and fulfillment, young dreamers feel invincible, visualizing the world at their feet with unlimited possibilities. If at first the world doesn't share the dreamer's enthusiasm, it doesn't necessarily mean that the dreamer is wrong, or that their vision doesn't have any value. It does mean that the dreamer will now have to figure out why, and then go on to the next step, or move on to their next big idea. The obvious problem with this process is that everybody has to make a living. Unless the dreamer is very rich or gets lucky and the dream actually starts generating an income for them, finding a paying job soon becomes a priority.

    Along the way, if the dreamer is not careful, soon the trappings of life replace the dream with tangible possessions, which includes the responsibilities and commitments to sustain them. The dreamer's focus changes from what could be, to what is.

    Life, time, and space are so finite and at best uncertain with death the only certainty and inevitable outcome for all existence. With that understanding, keeping up with the Joneses hardly seems as important as following one's bliss. When courageously taking any first step, in an attempt to rise up above complacency; realize our dreams, to give us more value and completeness, and fulfill our potentials, we all soon find that if it were easy, everybody would be doing it.

    If everyone played it safe succumbing to their own self-inflected limitations, we would all still be living in the middle ages. We all benefit from the risk takers, if only to inspire us to reach our full potentials. Personally, I gravitate to people who think outside the box; not afraid to try new things. As Theodore Roosevelt said, "...there place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." It's an exciting place to be, even if it takes a lifetime to get there. We are all better off from those who are actually in the arena, pushing the envelope beyond what is, to what can be, while constantly reaching ahead of us to the infinite possibilities beyond.

    There are countless stories of people who were ahead of their time, with their work only appreciated after their death. Whether they succeed in life or not is not as important as their determination to make it all happen, and after years of hard work, to finally realize their dream as something real and tangible. By doing nothing, the dream remains but a dream, and dies with the dreamer - as so often tragically happens. At least the courageous followed their bliss and took a chance with that first step to a higher calling instead of just leaving the dream a mere fabric of their unfulfilled imagination.

    So follow your bliss, dream big dreams, hold your standards high, and by all means remember that nothing really good comes easy because if it did everybody would be doing it.

    Mark Glamack
  • Network Marketing helped me when the company I work for couldn't pay me and when the company went bust. Network Marketing helped me in so many ways and it helped me dream again. Thank you Eric for such a powerful message.
  • Debra Moulds
    Hello Eric - Thanks again for your video, it is encouraging. I fit the catagory of being frustrated, I have tried numerous times to start my own business only to have the rug pulled out from under me, one time because of some drug dealers moving into my apartment building. I will try again, because I believe in the bible verse "Do not be weary in well doing, for in due season you will reap if you don't faint." Take care and God bless you.
  • Tanya C
    I've always been a dreamer but I could not achieve my dream. Now I know why...
    A great stride toward its fulfillment happened when I REALLY SERIOUSLY MADE A DECISION. It was a decision to make people like you, Eric, and Randy Gage my mentors and my best virtual friends. Since then Universe itself helps me to approach my dream.
    Thank you. You are doing a great job!
  • Hi Eric

    You know when I was younger I served for more that 7 years as a crew chief on a special rescue team in the Israeli Air Force.
    During those years I had a very tough and stressing work but at the same time it was a job full of satisfaction. To be in a position of rescuing, helping many people and saving lives was a huge rewarding feeling.
    Since then I left the Air force because I decided to get married and to have a family and I don’t regret any decision, but I have to say that I missed the feeling of helping people.

    Some months ago I discovered the network marketing industry and I decided to work with an amazing company and since that day I managed to build an organization with more that 170 members,

    And for the first time since I left the air force I was able to experience again that wonderful feeling of helping people.

    Regards,

    Yuval Ben Haym
  • Salomon Nuñez
    Thanks for the message Mr. Wore, let`s all live our dreams, I think dreams are lived not only when achieving them but when start following them.
  • Yes never forget your dreams - they make it worth geting up in the morning.
  • Great message... I have been"accused" of being to much of a dreamer. Thanks you for edifying the power of dreams.


    BB
  • Neil Clements
    Hi Eric....

    When I was a boy my mom was heavily involved with NWM. She would often go away on the Quarterly events with her line...on one trip she purchased a 45 " record by Sammy Hall the title " Don't let anyone Steal your dreams". As I watched the video today I went through the memories of my life when I dreamed and when it stopped and when I began to dream again. I started to dream again when NWM reawakened my dreams through you, Ivan Sisco and Nino casatta. I thank this Industry and NWM professionals like you for re-awakening my dreams. I now get to share them with my kids.

    Thanks

    Neil
  • I lost my dreams working in corporate America. Then they gave me the opportunity to 'advance my career' by 'right-sizing' me. My dreams were revived when I was introduced to network marketing. Then my dreams faded over the years due to a lack of significant success. My dreams have been renewed because I invest my time and money into continuous learning. Thank you Eric for your trainings, they always brighten my day!

    David in Denver
  • great message! I'm such a dreamer, love dreaming! this one's bout to get posted on my website... LOVE IT!

    keep the good stuff coming.

    oh and nice shot at the end
  • Hi!
    I just want to quote famous actor and comedian jim carrey:

    "It is better to risk starving to death than surrender. If You give up on Your dreams, than what's left?"

    What's Your opinion?

    Freddie
  • I commented in a previous post about defining moments, and my defining moment was related to dreams. I was in a group of people who had already given up on their dreams. I was 23 at the time, and I promised myself that I would not let that happen to me.

    Curious how Network Marketing is perhaps the best way to accomplish them, assuming you are willing to put up the work.

    Thanks for the reminder!
  • I am 28, turning 29... on my way to my 30's hehehehe... and thanks to my dear friend I was introduced to Network Marketing, Now I'm sure... I won't have to give up dreaming! I'll dream more than ever!!!
  • Im gonna switch to spanish now . Hubo un dia en la vida en el cual olvide mis suenios por que erroneamente pensaba que eran solo imagenes en mi mente de una vida mejor y sin limites. Luego alguien me hablo sobre algo increible que esta pasando en el mundo y es la oportunidad de con gran pasion y entrega en tus metas las puedas lograr si tienes el vehiculo adecuado y eso es el network marketing para mi y millones de personas mas ....La oportunidad de enfocarte en tus suenios y con gran pasion desarrollar este negocio que es el vehiculo para tus metas. Gacias ERic por tus ensenanzas y por ayudar al mundo que sepan las nuevas formas de alcanzar libertad y estilo de vida. keep up the good work ..Grettings from Ecuador-South Am.
  • KREGAR
    Hi Eric - great stuff. I have never forgotten my dreams. I've only needed a way to make them come true. I thought that pharmacy was going to take me to my dream life, but it hasn't. I truly believe that Network Marketing is the only way to achieving my dreams and goals in life now!
    Thanks for the thoughts!
  • Dr Dominique Dock
    I was clearly group 1 when I tended the house I discovered far up in the mountains, attracted a group of friends and repaired it and transformed it into a mountain-hut/restaurant for cross-country skiers between France and Switzerland. Up there, for 4 years, life was a dream. Waking up every morning, lighting the fire so it would be welcoming for my customers, fill their stomachs with healthy local products, spend quality time with partner and friends, get to know the endangered bird species, etc...
    This is what proves to me that it is possible NOW !
    I slipped many times out of this wonderful world of happiness, and always longed to return to it.
    Now I know I can do it again and best of all, invite many other friends I made along the way.
  • Thank you Eric for a message that everyone can relate to and benefit from, if they are open to receive it.
  • Stella Webber The Netherlands
    I wasn't aware of my dreams for years! Just surviving, trying to get healthy again, care for my husband and child and people around me.
    Now, since I am in NetworkMarketing and feel so much more vibrant/healthy again (because of the Gels I am taking in order to get all important nutrition). Now I know what my dreams were and are.
    And certainly want to work for it to realize my dreams!
    So happy, you shared this with us and also that I can share this with you.
    Regards and thanks
    Stella
  • ez2win
    I used to belong to the 3rd group - those who've forgotten to dream and don't believe in dreams. After I met the MLM concept 8 years ago I realized suddenly that DREAMS COME TRUE and THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS. So today I belong to the first group. I'm 60 but belong to the group of children who know they can achieve anything they want to in life. Now I need the tools to really make a success out of it. Your training is one of my daily tools. Thanks so much, Eric
  • My wife and I also Eric had gone through life giving up on our dreams, taking that Pension from the Corporate World, find that the end result was not what we had dreamed of when we were in our early 20's getting married.

    Yes I had tried a few NM companies and never made much, but I knew that that was where it was at. We just didn't take the steps to gather the skills to be successful...Now with a new company our dreams are ALIVE again and WE WILL be living our dreams, with a goal of helping others live their dreams.

    Keep up these great information videos my friend, and YES I too love to play golf. Maybe we could start a Network Marketing Professional Golf Tour.--- hummm, NM_PGA - I'm in even with a 10 handicap...ha!
  • Awesome video Eric.

    I have to reiterate what Grahame said. I had got caught up in "life" and the daily struggles of just getting by and kind of forgotten my dreams for a while (for a LONG while - it's amazing how the years just tick by).

    I believe that network marketing is the perfect vehicle to take me to the destination of my dreams.
    I'm excited about life again, and I don't think that anyone should EVER lose that excitement.
    Thank you for the consistent inspiration!!

    By the way, I just created a new dream......to play a round of golf with you one day!

    All the best,
    Jim
  • Hey Eric,

    I was someone who had almost forgotten their dreams, or at least I had been consistantly putting them on hold for a long time, with your help, not only am I taking them out and dusting them off, but I know I will achieve them.

    Warm regards

    Grahame Brown (UK)
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