Tag: Big dreams

  • Don’t Let What You Want Overshadow What You Have

    Don’t Let What You Want Overshadow What You Have

    I’m a Big Dreamer – I love to daydream and imagine and create in my imagination…which sometimes leads to creation in real life too. All invention is born in the mind and all that. But there’s something we do when we imagineer our future – set goals, create wonderful visions, decide on Big Dreams…we use…

  • Finding the Buried Treasure of Your Big Dreams

    Finding the Buried Treasure of Your Big Dreams

    Did you catch this week’s Facebook LIVE over on my page Donnaonthebeach about making your dream a reality? (The replay‘s up if you didn’t) The discussion got me thinking more about Big Dreams and making them come true…and it starts with knowing what you want… What do you REALLY want? What’s your BIG dream? What’s…

  • 5 Myths About Big Dreams

    5 Myths About Big Dreams

    The world of Big Dreams is a beautiful one, full of adventure and promise and potential…and it also spawns some crazy (and massively unhelpful) beliefs, ideas, truisms and myths! These myths will make you think you have no big dreams, or your dreams aren’t big enough, or you can’t do them because you’re not a…

  • Slowing Down To Speed Up

    Slowing Down To Speed Up

    My car is very unforgiving. If you’re in too high a gear for the speed or gradient, the power goes, completely. You can have your foot flat to the floor and it will be as if 90% of the power to the engine is just not available. It tells me, very clearly that I am…

  • Podcast: Let’s Celebrate 2013!

      Listen here: Or download to your computer by right clicking here: Celebrating 2013 It’s that time of year again – it’s time to take a look at the year gone by and celebrate all that you’ve done this year – including some small baby steps. Homework: Part 1: Write down 10-20 things that you…

  • OnTheBeach: Exceed Your Own Expectations

    Early last week I was watching one of my favourite films (again) – Invictus – the story of Nelson Mandela and the South African Rugby team and the rugby world cup. It’s a wonderfully inspiring film. One of the lines caught my imagination “We must all exceed our own expectations” – and I decided to…

  • OnTheBeach: The Gulf Between Fantasy and Reality

    OnTheBeach: The Gulf Between Fantasy and Reality

    Working in the sun in a lovely warm country is one of my Big Dreams – it’s one of the reasons I’m creating my business the way I am, so that I can easily work from anywhere in the world. The trouble is, there is a bit of a gulf between the fantasy of working…

  • Podcast: Sticking With Your Big Dream

    Do you know the traditional marriage vows? In sickness and in health, in good times and in bad? That’s the kind of commitment you need to make to your Big Dream, and the kind of commitment it makes to you. If you try to walk away before it’s ready to let you go, it will…

  • OnTheBeach: When You Get Pulled Off Your Path and Dumped in a Muddy Ditch

    Have you ever had the experience of something pulling you off track? You’re merrily going along your way, pursuing your Big Dreams, whistling as you forge your own path in the wilderness of life…and then something (often quite small) happens to pull you violently off your lovely track and into the ditch at the side…

  • Video: Review and Celebrate 2012

    Watch the Video What have you achieved this year? Think of all the areas of your life – health, wealth, personal development, spiritual development, career/work, big dreams/ambitions, friends/family, fun, relationships, Don’t just look for huge achievements and big changes, look for small achievements and baby steps too! Even your failures can be seen as achievements…