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January 27, 2010

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Opportunity Knocks

Dreams Can Come True: The 7 Key Lessons to Turning Dreams into Reality

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 Profiting from Your Passions Workshop/Retreat

Learning Opportunities

  • Profiting from Your Passions Tele-Brainstorming Call with Your Host, Valerie Young

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The View From the Other Side

Resources for A Change

    

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Opportunity Knocks: Creative Ways to Make a Living Without A Job

Dreams Can Come True: The 7 Key Lessons to Turning Dreams into Reality

Valerie Young

By Valerie Young

Early on in his career, college football coaching legend Lou Holtz made a list of 107 things he wanted to accomplish in his life. Among them were to go white water rafting, see the pyramids, meet the Pope, have dinner at the White House with a sitting president and be on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. It took Holtz and his wife over 25 years but together they’ve accomplished 102 of those original goals.

My own dream list includes attending a national political convention (okay I’m weird), witnessing the opening ceremony at the Olympics, studying with a master antique book restorer, learning to water paint, taking a year-long sabbatical, and routinely taking the months of July and August off.

But the big dream that had been on the front burner for well over three years was finding a house with a view. I work at home. So where I live is really important to me. I have this thing about wanting to live in the country. Not in the woods though. I need space. Rolling hills, fields, maybe some cows in the background (I love cows!). Think pastoral, bucolic, peaceful, private.

As this dream evolved, I learned and re-learned some important lessons about dream making I'd like to pass along to you.

Lesson #1: Listen to Your Inner Voices

My obsession with a view began when I began spending time on a small peaceful lake in central New Hampshire. There’s nothing much to do there but sit out on the deck and gaze on the reflection of the mountains reflected in the lake and listen for the enchantingly eerie call of the loons.

Every summer I'd cart up dozens of books. But I rarely picked them up because it would mean taking my eyes off the view. I found it utterly mesmerizing. This little voice inside kept whispering, “Pay attention Valerie, pay attention.” Like most people I ignored these inner callings.

As the voice grew louder, it became clear that while everyone enjoys a view, I crave one. I knew then and there that I need the experience of having a view not for just a few  weeks a year -- but every single day. I didn’t know then quite how I was going to pull it off but I knew I had to listen.

Lesson #2: Put Your Dreams Out There

Few people reach their dreams alone. You never know who might help you get where you want to be. It could be a casual acquaintance, your dentist, a neighbor, a coworker… But one thing is for sure, if you keep your dreams to yourself, you’ll never find out.

Throughout the last presidential election, I shared my dream of one day attending a national political convention with anyone who would listen. One such person was a seminar attendee who happened to be very high up at NBC news. Realizing an opportunity when I saw one, I pitched myself as an over-qualified but very eager intern willing to do whatever needed to be done… from making coffee, to making copies to doing van runs to the airport. He handed me his business card and told me he’d see what he could do.

Despite my champion’s best efforts, he wasn’t able to get me in. While witnessing the democratic process in action didn’t pan out, deliberately putting my dream out there got me closer than ever before. And, hey there’s always 2012!

Lesson #3: Be Selective About Who You Talk to About Your Dream

While making your dreams known is the key to finding champions, teachers, and other supporters, you also need to mindful of where NOT to look.

Take my friend Carol. She’s a great person, but she’s a bit of a cynic. When I told Carol that I wanted a house with a view, her response was, “Yeah, wouldn’t we all?” A short time later I had the pleasure of strolling along side a roaring brook. The experience reminded me of how healing the sound of moving water can be. So I decided to add a bubbling brook to my dream house wish list. When I told Carol about this latest addition she replied, “Well, you can’t always get what you want.”

Carol is right of course. You can’t always get what you want. But does the risk of not reaching a goal mean you just throw up your hands in defeat? As opera diva Beverly Sills once reminds us, “You may be disappointed if we fail, but you are doomed if we don’t try.”

Lesson #4: Believe You Can

Henry Ford once said, “If you think you can, or if you think you can’t, you’re right.” As trite as this last lesson may sound, believing your dream is attainable is fundamental to its success.

I need to be inspired as much as the next person. One place both Barbara Winter and I both go to when we need a boost of inspiration are the recording of the Making Dreams Happen workshop and retreat -- and we were actually AT the event! I re-listened to one of Barbara Sher’s presentations recently and something she said reminded me of the powerful link between passion and belief.

Barbara was telling the group how deep down inside we all know what we want. “When someone says they don’t know what they want,” she says, “what they really mean is they don’t think that what they want is possible.” In other words, the reason most people never even attempt to go after their dream is because they don’t think they can.

I knew getting my dream house with a view wouldn’t be easy. First I’d have to do all the painting, repairing, and landscaping required to get my current house in shape to sell. Then I’d have to put the house on the market, which, since I planned to sell it myself meant taking photos, placing ads for open houses, and learning about all the legal hoops involved in selling real estate. I’d also need to spend countless hours scouring real estate listings, going to open houses and doing drive bys. I got so desperate at one point that I wrote to homeowners to see if they’d like to sell.

By far though I knew the most daunting task would be packing. You see I come from a long line of pack rats which meant confronting the monumental task of sorting through and packing 12 years of accumulated stuff, only to begin the unpacking all over again on the other end.

Between my travel schedule and my work commitments, I knew that achieving my dream would not be easy… but I always new it was possible. As Louisa May Alcott once wrote, “We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving… And we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.”

Lesson #5: Take the Long View

Every so often I get a call for a Profit from Your Passion career consultation from someone who is having one of those “job from hell” days. The desire for immediate relief is understandable. After all when your job is toxic job you just want o-u-t, NOW!

Like these clients, you probably don’t want to hear this, but deep down you already know that making any real change takes time. At the same time you have to start somewhere. And the fact of the matter is that the next two years or five years or ten years are going to come and go as quickly as the last ones did – whether you do anything about your dream or not.

So where would you rather be when that time arrives – in the same place you are now or where you want to be? Yes, change takes time but it’s the small steps that will get you to that better future. Which leads us to our next lesson…

Lesson #6: Start Where You Are

The key to achieving any goal is to simply start. Start somewhere… anywhere. If you’re so up to your ears in debt, then start by making a plan to become debt free. If your life is so busy that you haven’t taken the time to even know what your dreams are, take some time this very week to find a quiet space and tune into your inner callings. If you need information about becoming an equine massage therapist, or bringing your product idea to market, or getting paid for your home design finesse – then get busy by finding and then learning from those who have already done it. The bottom line here – do what you can, but do something!

Lesson #7: Live in the Now

In an interview with Charlie Rose, Helen Hunt talked about how she got the career she always wanted. Although she wasn’t offering it as a tip, Hunt’s own experience of being grateful for what she had is informative. You see, for Hunt the four Emmys, the five Golden Globes, the Oscar and all of the rest were but icing on an already rich cake. Reflecting on her years as part of the Mad About You television show’s creative team, Hunt told Rose, “If none of these other things had happened and I'd had only that, I would have been a very, very lucky actress.”

It would have been easy to focus on what I didn’t like about the house I already had – it was a busy street, the houses were too close together, one of my neighbors drove me up the wall. And yet, despite aggressively pursing my dream house, I never lost sight of what I already had.

On the most basic level, I had more than millions of people around the world – a roof over my head, a bed to sleep in, heat, safety. It was also a warm, inviting, and aesthetically pleasing home. If I’d lived in that home for the rest of my life, I would have still been very lucky indeed.

The lesson here is to not focus so much on what lies ahead that you fail to appreciate past and present blessings. Taking stock of how rich your life is right now will make any future success all the sweeter.

A Room With a View

It took three years, but here I sit in my fabulous new home in the country. Perched on a hill, the house offers views on all four sides… cows in the east pasture, grand sunsets over the hills to the west, woods full of cardinals and the occasional deer out the back. And I was happy to report to Carol, a bubbling brook right outside my front door!

Valerie's View“Well that’s nice for her,” you may be thinking, “but I don’t have that kind of money.” I understand what it’s like to be strapped. When I left my high paying corporate job my income dipped nearly in half. There have been times I’ve wondered how I’d pay the bills. Over time I’ve managed to build my income up to more than my previous salary. Still, I didn’t buy a “starter mansion” and I’m not a wealthy person.

Money, or the lack of money, is not necessarily a prerequisite to realizing a dream. True, if I hadn’t had the good fortune to have had a starter home to sell I could not have afforded the house I got. But that doesn’t mean I couldn’t have found another way to get my view.

For example, I could have found a lower priced fixer upper. Or, I could have rented. Even better, I probably could have lived rent free as a property caretaker.

My new dream? Hiking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon!

So what are your dreams? Which one is speaking to you loudest right now? Where can you find support for your dream? Who can you safely share your dream with... who can support your dream of loving what you do? What are you grateful for right now?

Margaret Bourke White wrote, "Action stops fear." Whether you dream of running tours in Italy or being a motivational speaker or working with horses or restoring old buildings, one truth remains. There may be many steps, but there is only one next action. What small step can you take not tomorrow, not next week, but literally this very day to take action in the service of your dream?

P.S. Would you like to experience what it's like to live and work in a setting that makes your soul sing? Join me and a very small (6-8) people here at my home in the hills of western Massachusetts. Right now, half the spots for the Profiting from Your Passions Workshop and Retreat are taken. Click here to learn more about this unique, highly personalized event. 

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"Turning Interests Into Income" expert, Valerie Young, abandoned her corporate cubicle to become the Dreamer in Residence at ChangingCourse.com offering resources to help you discover your life mission and live it. Her career change tips have been cited in Kiplinger's, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today Weekend, Woman's Day, and elsewhere and on-line at MSN, CareerBuilder, and iVillage.com. An expert on the Impostor Syndrome, Valerie has spoken on the topic of How to Feel as Bright and Capable as Everyone Seems to Think You Are to such diverse organizations as Daimler Chrysler, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Harvard, and American Women in Radio and Television.

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If the idea of loving what you do appeals to you, the way I see it… here are your options: You can keep plodding along week after week hoping that inspiration will somehow, someway suddenly strike and – in a flash – your true calling will be revealed.

Or, you can make a promise to yourself right here, right now to take the first bold step on behalf of your dreams. In other words, you make it your business to discover what it is you truly want to do.

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Normally work with people on a one-to-one basis in 90 minute laser brainstorming sessions. I call them "laser" sessions because I have a laser like focus on my client and how they can take one or more of the things they love to do and turn it into a income-generating small business.

But, over three days in February I'm will bring a very small group of people together for the first ever Profiting from Your Passions Workshop and Retreat.

One reason I am intentionally keeping the group small is so that you get to experience a personalized laser brainstorming session with me. This is where I take my 15 years of experience helping people from as far away as India and Ireland to profit from their passions and apply all that know-how directly to you and your specific gifts and interests.

You’ll come away with an attainable vision for your new life, a do-able plan for making your dreams happen, and the confidence you need to take the leap.

Whether you dream of starting your own import-export business... writing a best-selling novel... owning a dude ranch... working with kids... living in the south of France... whatever your passion... deep inside you know what you really love to do, the life you dream of having...  

And this February 26-28, 2010 at the Profiting from Your Passion workshop and retreat in Montague, Massachusetts, you'll learn how to harness that vision... and build a life around it that not only provides you a living... but feeds your spirit, too.

The Ideal Place to Start Simplifying and Slowing Down

As important as "what" will happen at this unique workshop and retreat, is "where" it will be happening.

Rather than sit in some windowless and utterly uninspiring hotel meeting room, you will explore your inner calling while you relax in my living room with a cup of tea, enjoy the view, and converse with a very small group of like-minded souls.

I'll be hosting this event at my uniquely designed "Greek-style" home here in Montague, Massachusetts. Montague is at the foothills of the Berkshires in what's known as the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts. Just 90 minutes from Boston and three hours from New York.  And about an hour north of the Hartford CT airport. There are several excellent B&Bs nearby and a moderately priced hotel all within 10 miles.


My Daily Walking Road

Though close to civilization (and some fabulous restaurants), it feels a world apart. I'm certain you'll find it one of the most memorable places you'll ever have the pleasure of enjoying.

The landscape exudes calm and quiet and can't help but remind you of an era when the world was simpler...and life was slower.

It's the ideal setting for a workshop and retreat meant to focus, in part, on just those things... simplifying, slowing down, balancing life...

Perch yourself where you have a view, and drink in the palpable sense of possibility.

Quite frankly, it would be impossible for you to gather on your own, in just a few short days, the wealth of knowledge, the excellent contacts, and the high-energy momentum for change that you’ll gain at this workshop and retreat.

As I write this half the spots for the February program are gone and six spots remain for the tentative March dates. If you're ready to finally give your dreams the attention they deserve, please don't miss this opportunity.

Right now attendees are coming in from as far away as California and Virginia. Several others are scrambling to make travel plans before the early bird registration ends. To give them -- and you -- a bit more time I'm going to extend the $200 savings for another 48 hours.

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* Right now half the spots are gone. If it sells out, which I expect it will, or if you know now you want to attend, but you cannot make the February dates, another session is under consideration for March 19-21, 2010. If you register for the March event by January 29th, I will honor this initial discounted price with your refundable deposit of $100.
 

Make yourself a road map and study it every day until you know the way and the destination by heart. ~ Bryce Courtenay

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Our last call served as a great example of how you can think "outside the box" about your dream. We talked with Lauren who has a passion for cookbooks.

Her big challenge at the end of the call was to choose which of the many ideas she liked most! Some of the unique ideas included a membership site for cookbook lovers, creating decoupage designs from cookbooks for restaurants, creating a board game (and some fascinating ways to spin that game into an activity game), creating "vintage" style cookbooks, creating an internet radio show and many, many more! (Changing Course Club members can listen to the recording of this call at http://ChangingCourseClub.com)

What do you need help with? Join us for a fun, interactive call guaranteed to be informative and inspiring!

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Underground® 6 Internet Marketing Event

Free Pre-Day Sessions Features Young Millionaires

Yanik Silver's mega-Internet Marketing event "Underground® 6" is the “don't miss” seminar for people who are very serious about building a successful on-line business. I missed the first three but was at Underground 4 and 5 and will definitely be at Underground 6.

The first thing you'll discover is that Yanik is a master showman. Every year he tries to top the previous years' over-the-top James Bond spy theme... and so far he’s succeeded. The theatrics are all great fun. But the reason this event has sold out for the last five years is the speakers.

Yanik seeks out highly successful online business owners who are “under the radar.” These are not people out there on the speaking circuit teaching others how to do what they do.

Instead, the people on stage at the Underground are regular people who are quietly making millions of dollars online.

For example, three years ago Amanda Raab shared how her passion for pearls came to her while in the midst of pursuing a Master’s degree Speech-Language Pathology. So in between studies, she became a self-taught pearl expert, traveled to the Far East to buy pearls and sold them entirely over the internet. In the process, Amanda built a $2 million+ business.

Yanik also brings in some topnotch keynote speakers like Zappos CEO Tony Heish. This year the keynote is none other than Gary Vaynerchuk.

Gary made a name for himself growing WineLibraryTV.com into 90,000+ viewers tuning into his daily wine rants. Since then he's become a hallmark for personal branding and using Web 2.0 to really connect to your audience in a big way. His passion and hard work led to major network TV appearances, a 7-figure book deal, a new media company and lots more.

The other reason the Underground always sells out is the networking and deal making that goes on. It’s great to go back year after year and see old friends and make new ones. There’s always some kind of dinner and dancing night and other fun festivities. I’m not what you’d call a big drinker (understatement)… but last year even I was in the bar ‘til 2:00 – a first for me!


 Valerie with other Maverick Business Adventure group members in 2009

Young Entrepreneur’s Tell All in *Free* Pre-Day Event

This year Yanik has added a pre-day dedicated exclusively to young entrepreneurs who are crushing it on the Internet. It’s free when you register before the February 3rd Early Bird Deadline.

The line-up for the Young Underground Moguls pre-day is still taking shape but here's who Yanik's already confirmed (with others being added each week)...

Neil Patel, SEO Guru and Social Media Expert, CrazyEgg.com & QuickSprout.com

Not many people can claim to be both an SEO Expert and a Social Media Expert, but Neil Patel fits the bill. Neil is also the co-founder of 2 Internet companies: Crazy Egg, and KISSmetrics. Through these 2 companies he has helped large corporations such as

AOL, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard and Viacom make more money from the web. By the age of 21 not only was Neil named a top 100 blogger by Technorati, but he was also one of the top influencers on the web according to the Wall Street Journal. He's been paid $100,000.00/month to be on retainer for companies and Yanik says you’ll see why when you hear him speak!

Derek Johnson, Founder Tatango.com

Like Bill Gates, Derek, is a college CEO drop out! His innovation was releasing an application in 2007 that allowed you to send text messages to groups of phones from the Internet, at first he offered the service for free but quickly moved to a paid model with over 10,000 members paying between $20 and $200 depending on the package they use. (And the best part is customers keep paying month after month!) He's also been featured as one of Business Weeks top young entrepreneurs of 2009.

Kieran O'Neil, Founder PSU.com

At just 21 years old and is already a serial internet entrepreneur with three huge successes online so far! Kieran sold his first website online for $1.25 Million at the age of 19 and launched a new gaming social network which he raised over $1 Million in venture capital investment for and runs one of the biggest PlayStation fan sites in the world with 209,000+ registered users!

I get inspired by anyone who works hard to turn their dream into a reality and makes it. Young people especially inspire me. If you feel the same, I promise this will be an amazing day.

This additional day will soon be priced at $495.00 but you get to attend free right now if you register for the Underground before the Early-Bird deadline. (And this is on top of the other Early-Bird goodies like a special VIP networking dinner, “Spy Mission,” and lowest price going he's got going!)

I guarantee you will learn a ton at this seminar, your eyes will be opened in a ways you can’t even imagine, and you will be in the company of hundreds of amazing entrepreneurs. But, this is not a seminar for people who are looking for basic “how to” advice on how to get started with an online business.

This is a great event for people who want to see how very successful people built their online businesses and learn from them – and are then willing, able, and ready to go home and start putting what they learned into practice.

It’s also a great event for spouses/partners to attend – especially if one is skeptical about whether all this online marketing stuff is a bunch of “hype.”

Like I said, I will be there – and I’m bringing along some of my Profiting from Your Passions Coaches who will be on hand to do some on-site brainstorming with attendees. If you go let me know so we can gather a Changing Course table for lunch… or a drink.

To learn more and to find out about all of the great Early-Bird goodies that expire on February 3rd go to http://ChangingCourse.com/recommends/undergroundseminar

Valerie with Andrew Lock

Valerie Networking with an Underground 4 Speaker

Valerie with Mari Smith

Valerie with John Walker

Valerie and Yanik at
Casino Night

March 12-14, 2010
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Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. ~ Ashley Smith

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The View From the Other Side

"What is right for one
soul may not be right
for another.
It may mean having to stand on your own
and do something strange in the eyes of others.
But do not be daunted,
do whatever it is because you know within it
is right for you."

~ Eileen Caddy, author, teacher and founder of Findhorn Foundation

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Resources for A Change

An End to the "But I Don't Know How..." Excuse
My friend Diana Weynand, renowned author of several best-selling books on Final Cut Pro editing software books turned me onto Lynda.com. This very cool educational training site allows you to instantly access a whopping 42,000+ online video tutorials on a wide range of subjects from digital photography to motion graphics to web design to 3D graphics and many more. At Lynda.com they "believe in life-long learning... that education is power, knowledge creates opportunity, and that technology should be accessible to everyone. Our goal is to make everything we know available to you to help reach your creative and career goals." What would YOU like to learn today?ChangingCourse.com/recommends/lynda

Living Now Book Awards According the their site, the "purpose of the Living Now Book Awards is to celebrate the innovation and creativity of newly published books that can help us improve the quality of our lives, from cooking and entertaining to fitness and travel." The awards are open for submission to all books written in English and intended for the North American market. Winning a Living Now Book Award offers credibility and publicity to help you further your book marketing and sales (they even give you a graphic to add to the book cover stating that you're a winner). The new book awards program is accepting entries until February 14, 2010 for books with 2008-2010 copyrights or that were released between January 2008 and February 2010. Among the 30 categories are Green Living, Enlightenment/Spirituality, Health/Wellness, Gardening/Landscaping, Mature Living/Anti-Aging, and four Cookbook categories. New this year, three fiction categories: Women's Fiction, Men's Fiction and GLBT Fiction. Learn more at LivingNowAwards.com

Need Some Feedback? When you start vocalizing your new dream or business, it can be difficult to hone your "elevator pitch" -- a short description of your business that can easily be delivered in a short elevator ride, leaving the listener knowing exactly what your product or service is, what it does and who you are. That's where SproutPitch.com comes in. You can submit your video pitch and people can rate your idea as well as offer any comments. They offer a variety of categories for you to assign your pitch to including books, games, local, mobile, photo sharing, organizers, and many more. Even if you don't submit your pitch, go check out some of the fascinating ideas out there! SproutPitch.com