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You’re not successful!”Here’s what I learned from this:<ul><li>Just because someone has a certain title or position of authority does not give them the right to give you life advice. Especially your life.</li><li>If someone cannot see and support your dream that does not make your dream a bad thing. Nor does it make you crazy or stupid for holding on to and believing in your dream.</li><li>And even more than that, I learned: The snapshot of where you are on any given day is nowhere near as important as the Direction in which you are headed.</li></ul>This is important because:<ul><li>You have not achieved some (even many) of your goals and dreams — Yet. That is NOT what is important.</li><li>Your success lies not in the acquisition of things but your state of mind. Earl Nightingale’s definition of success is the best I have heard, and I have adopted it. I commend it to you.</li></ul><blockquote id="198f">“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal”. -Earl Nightingale</blockquote><ul><li>Thus, you will always have something you are striving to achieve, and something to celebrate and be grateful for. Every day.</li><li>You will go about your daily tasks — on the job, at home, in the community — with the assurance that what you do matters. In small matters and big things, you are being fulfilled in your life purpose.</li></ul>The moral of this story is clear: You owe it to yourself and that dream that has kept you captive ever since childhood, to Never Give Up, but keep striving for the fulfillment of all you can be.Here’s how you can use this step by step:<ul><li>Go find that dream that you may have discarded or thrown aside. DO NOT wonder about “Ho

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w” you will achieve it. You must recapture your dream in its innocence before it was corrupted by ignorant well-meaning grown-ups.</li><li>Remind yourself that this dream is truly what God created you to be. Not this timid person in your mirror doing lots of things you never thought you would have to settle for.</li><li>Picture yourself a year or two from now enjoying the rewards of answering Og Mandino’s question: “What great feat would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?” Describe in detail, especially how you feel about achieving this goal. Burn that picture into your consciousness.</li></ul>If you’d like to take this to the next level, I’d like to invite you to Plan out the success of your next year of life. Begin with a written description of your dream and the path you need to take. Don’t be afraid to ask for <a href="https://www.johncmaxwellgroup.com/drichards">help</a>.Personal Note: I continued to serve that pastor for another 15 years after that fateful meeting until the Holy Spirit told me it was time to move. Of course, I never received counsel from him ever again. What saddens me is that the associate pastors hopefully benefited from whatever suggestions I had to offer, but he never did.Now, over 5 years after parting ways, there are members of my former congregation whom I still visit with and minister to. Today, I speak in many more places than he does. More importantly, I am living the successful enjoyment that accrues from the fulfillment of my life purpose.I pray he experiences that fulfillment before he goes to his reward in heaven. He too needs to defy those well-meaning folks (I almost said fools) who trampled on his dreams.</article></body>

What To Do When They Spit On Your Dream

The Proper Response To Your Well-Meaning Enemies

Let me tell you about the time when I felt the most insulted and demeaned by someone I looked up to.

I had been a founding member of this church, started by my former Youth Leader. He was a hero of mine when I was growing up in another city. He had now become my Pastor in Florida where we were now living.

I was sitting in his office talking about life. I was not in a good place. I was about to be divorced, had just lost my house to foreclosure, and was “in-between jobs”. A nice way of saying I was unemployed.

He looked down his nose at me and reminded me that with all the other things I lacked in life, I was, because of my carelessness, about to lose a “good woman”. Because she was an established, degreed professional, she had the kind of status he thinks I should aspire to have, or at least maintain an association with.

Then he asked me, “Dave, exactly what do you want to do with your life? What do you really want to be?”

I told him I wanted to be a Professional Speaker.

He was thinking about Les Brown whose tapes were playing in the office next to his by one of the church accountants.

His response to me was, “But Dave, I wouldn’t pay a dollar to hear you speak. What can you tell me? You’re not successful!”

Here’s what I learned from this:

Just because someone has a certain title or position of authority does not give them the right to give you life advice. Especially your life.
If someone cannot see and support your dream that does not make your dream a bad thing. Nor does it make you crazy or stupid for holding on to and believing in your dream.
And even more than that, I learned: The snapshot of where you are on any given day is nowhere near as important as the Direction in which you are headed.

This is important because:

You have not achieved some (even many) of your goals and dreams — Yet. That is NOT what is important.
Your success lies not in the acquisition of things but your state of mind. Earl Nightingale’s definition of success is the best I have heard, and I have adopted it. I commend it to you.

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal”. -Earl Nightingale

Thus, you will always have something you are striving to achieve, and something to celebrate and be grateful for. Every day.
You will go about your daily tasks — on the job, at home, in the community — with the assurance that what you do matters. In small matters and big things, you are being fulfilled in your life purpose.

The moral of this story is clear: You owe it to yourself and that dream that has kept you captive ever since childhood, to Never Give Up, but keep striving for the fulfillment of all you can be.

Here’s how you can use this step by step:

Go find that dream that you may have discarded or thrown aside. DO NOT wonder about “How” you will achieve it. You must recapture your dream in its innocence before it was corrupted by ignorant well-meaning grown-ups.
Remind yourself that this dream is truly what God created you to be. Not this timid person in your mirror doing lots of things you never thought you would have to settle for.
Picture yourself a year or two from now enjoying the rewards of answering Og Mandino’s question: “What great feat would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?” Describe in detail, especially how you feel about achieving this goal. Burn that picture into your consciousness.

If you’d like to take this to the next level, I’d like to invite you to Plan out the success of your next year of life. Begin with a written description of your dream and the path you need to take. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.

Personal Note: I continued to serve that pastor for another 15 years after that fateful meeting until the Holy Spirit told me it was time to move. Of course, I never received counsel from him ever again. What saddens me is that the associate pastors hopefully benefited from whatever suggestions I had to offer, but he never did.

Now, over 5 years after parting ways, there are members of my former congregation whom I still visit with and minister to. Today, I speak in many more places than he does. More importantly, I am living the successful enjoyment that accrues from the fulfillment of my life purpose.

I pray he experiences that fulfillment before he goes to his reward in heaven. He too needs to defy those well-meaning folks (I almost said fools) who trampled on his dreams.