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How to Go From Dreams Vision to Reality

Written by: Glenn Ebersole

Article Overview: Do you have a dream or vision for your business or organization? Do you have a personal dream or vision? How many dreams or visions have you had in your life that you did not act upon? How many did you pursue? And what happened? If you have a dream or vision now, do you know how to turn that dream and/or vision into reality? In my multi-disciplinary multi-faceted professional services practice, I deal with dreams and visions of clients as a facilitator, guide and coach. I love my work, especially when it involves helping people achieve their dreams and vision. I want to believe that you do have dreams and vision and so I want to share some thoughts with you about how to turn them into reality.

How to Go From Dreams Vision to Reality

How to Go From Dreams & Vision to Reality
By: J. Glenn Ebersole, Jr., Chief Executive of J. G. Ebersole Associates and The Renaissance Group™

Do you have a dream or vision for your business or organization? Do you have a personal dream or vision? How many dreams or visions have you had in your life that you did not act upon? How many did you pursue? And what happened? If you have a dream or vision now, do you know how to turn that dream and/or vision into reality?

In my multi-disciplinary multi-faceted professional services practice, I deal with dreams and visions of clients as a facilitator, guide and coach. I love my work, especially when it involves helping people achieve their dreams and vision. I want to believe that you do have dreams and vision and so I want to share some thoughts with you about how to turn them into reality.

First and foremost, you need to define your dream or vision. Write it down on paper.

Second, you must develop a plan that will fulfill your dream or vision. We can refer to this plan as a Strategic Plan for business or a Personal Strategic Plan. The plan will include a vision statement, a mission statement, a set of core values or guiding principles and a list of short & long term goals that all relate back to the vision.

Third, you must create an action plan and we will call this your Strategic Action Plan for business or your Personal Strategic Action Plan. This plan will take the goals you defined in the second step and break each of those goals into doable and manageable tasks. Each of those tasks will have a timeline and due date.

Fourth, you must commit to your Strategic Action Plan and hold yourself and others accountable for what is promised to be done. And you must look for the lessons learned from your successes and failures.

Fifth, you need to celebrate your successes and communicate that success.

Sixth, you must remember the following tips to help you through all the steps above.
+ overcome any fear of failure
+ focus on your goals, not the obstacles to the goals
+ be passionate
+ communicate effectively and often
+ take positive risks
+ stay motivated
+ seek advice and recruit a coach or mentor

The truth is that YOU make the choice about taking action to turn dreams & vision into reality. Will you follow the steps outlined above or forget them and leave them behind on this page or screen? Or will you “Go For It” and decide to actually follow the steps and take the advice to turn your dream and/or vision into reality. The choice is yours! Why not contact Glenn Ebersole today at jgeprman@aol.com to let me know your choice and then we can determine if I could be of some assistance to you.

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