Living Your Dreams Overcoming Obstacles

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Welcome to:Welcome to:Living Your DreamsLiving Your Dreams

& Overcoming& Overcoming

ObstaclesObstaclesSection # 44

Jen Alexander


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"Obstacles cannot crush

me; every obstacleyields to stern resolve." - Leonardo Da Vinci

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Defning Your Dreams…• What is a dream?• What is YOUR dream?

-Money?-Security?-Fame?-Happiness?


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Dream = Goal• Do you belie e a Dream and a !oal

are indeed the same thin"?


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-#he dictionary de$ines a dream as% & conditionor achie ement that is lon"ed $or' an aspiration(


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• -!oal is de$ined as% #he $inal purpose or aim'the end to )hich a desi"n tends* or )hich a

person aims to reach or attain(


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#hou"h they ha e sli"htly di$$erentmeanin"s* it+s hard to ha e one )ithout

the other* and it+s hard to ha e success)ithout either,


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uccess!• Defined in the dictionary as "the

achievement of something desired,

attempted, or intended"--meetingone's goal(s).


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uccess im ly

#eans…• meetin" one s "oals--)hate er they may be(• . eryone can ha e their o)n measure o$

success(• What is your "oal?


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What is your "oal?


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$o% Do 'chieve

uccess(• ave a dream!• et a goal yo# $elieve in!

-a positive attitude is essential!


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• %egin #sing yo#r imagination to create

the changes yo# &o#ld li e to ma e inyo#r life.

• reate a vivid mental image of the life

yo# &ant.


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• %e clear a$o#t &hat yo# &ant.• oc#s on yo#r dream.• *eep yo#r foc#s on &hat yo# &ant

rather than &hat yo# do + &ant.


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/elie e in yoursel$,&c0no)led"e yoursel$ $or each step you ta0e

to)ard ma0in" your dream come true(


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Don)t *ait!• f yo# &ait, sometimes yo# miss a

great opport#nity!

• ei/e the moment, and don0t $e afraidto go for it!


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Don’t Let Others Steal Your Dreams!

• +o matter ho& far-fetched others maythin yo#r dream is, remem$er, &hatyo# dream is &hat yo# achieve !


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As You Change…

o too &ill yo#r dream!

t0s o for yo#r dream to change and gro&as yo# do, $#t yo# m#st never lose

site of it, even &hen things go &rong!


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And things WILL go wrong!


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Overcoming

Obstaclesomeone once said12 f yo# can0t hit a c#rve $all, yo#0ll never

ma e it in the $ig leag#es!3

his co#ldn0t $e more tr#e!


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%eca#se in the long r#n,

it0s not &hat happens to yo#,it0s &hat yo# do a$o#t it!

et-$ac s 4 55 happen, it0s &hat yo# choose todo a$o#t them that matters!


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Don)t +ear the Obstacles n Your ,ath!

ail#re &ill occ#r, $#t &hen yo# st#m$le,

yo# 67 get $ac #p and try again!


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1#he important thin" is this% to be able at anymoment to sacri$ice )hat )e are $or )hat

)e could become(1-- Charles DuBos, French critic


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Many Have trie "aile #

• 8. 6acy failed 9 times, $efore his store in+e& :or ca#ght on.

• ;nglish novelist John reasey got 9ection slips $efore he p#$lished


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o don t %orry aboutailure. *orry about the

chances you miss/ %henyou don t even try.


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A$raham 5incoln didn't #it.

e once &rote1

1#he sense o$ obli"ation to continue is presentin all o$ us( & duty to stri e is the duty o$

us all( 2 $eel a call to that duty(1


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After losing a enate race he said1

“The path was worn and slippery. My footslipped out from under me, knocking theother out of the way, but I recovered andsaid to myself, It s a slip and not a fall.


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1!o con$idently in the direction o$ your dreams(3i e the li$e you e ima"ined(1

--H. D. Thoreau


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Works Cited

• A hird erving of hic en o#p for the o#l• hic en o#p for the 6ind1 B• hic en o#p for the o#l 5ive! Eol. =1 5iving :o#r Dreams F

vercoming $stacles

hese $oo s and the video &ere &ritten and compiled$y Jac anfield and 6ar Eictor ansen

• 4ord meanings ta en from &&&.dictionary.com
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