We constantly preach to the many people we come in contact with that having a dream is just as important as realizing the dream. When you feel out of balance you have forgotton how to dream. Recently we were working with an attorney and we asked this simple question: Are you living the life you were meant to live? want to live? or are you living the life that was chosen for you by circumstances?

Even we forget our own advice and when we feel out of balance we find it is because we forgot that we want the life we dreamed of living! It does not matter if anyone else agrees with us, if it fits into someone else's expectations, or if it makes sense. When you forget this you are out of balance.

And when this happens you absolutely must find your center again. You must attach yourself to your dream and keep focused on the life you want to live. When we work with clients (and this is everyone from law firm owners, paralegals, associates, sole proprietors, and just ordinary every day people) we are always surprised that the clarity of their vision is foggy, their dream can't be defined, and they are always in the imbalance mode. Nothing is more rewarding to see excitement return to a life well deserved.

James Allen puts it best and we would simply ask that you perhaps think of this from time to time: The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream..............Dreams are the seedlings of realities...." We challenge you to redefine your dream and email it to us as a stake in the ground that you will work on it. Write it down and put it in envelope and take it out from time to time. And what are you doing to move in that direction? Create a short baby step plan.

A practical tip: Share your dream. You might be pleasantly surprised what is returned to you by putting forth a dream.