Every so
often in life, an extraordinary
opportunity presents itself.
This is one of those times…
Tap Your
Wildest Dreams…
Find Your True Calling…
and Take a Giant
Leap
Toward a Whole New Life…
Six
months from now, you
could be doing work you really love...
and enjoying the freedom, flexibility,
and quality of life you deserve.
Find out from experts
Barbara Sher,
Barbara Winter, and
Valerie Young
exactly how you can make it happen…
starting today.
Dear Reader,
Do you ever dream about this mythical
"other life" where somehow all the bills get paid... and so
you get to be a photographer... or write children's books...
or run a spiritual-renewal retreat... or open a pet spa...
or cook gourmet meals as a personal chef... or work as a
collectibles consultant... whatever it is you'd
rather be doing than going to your job every day?
Well, you're hardly alone. But what do
you do? How do you get out from under? How could you ever
afford to?
Six months ago, those were the kinds of
questions Georgeanne was asking herself. She had this dream
of creating an artists' community, but no idea about how to
do it or make a living at it… and a growing sense of despair
at the prospect.
But then she attended a life-changing
workshop in Boulder, Colorado called Making Dreams Happen.
Just eight weeks later she wrote to say:
"Just want to thank you for
Boulder. I had
been working on my own for 3 years and hit a major slump. I
had no clients, no money and no support. No one in my life
was self-employed or taking risks and I was beginning to
feel like a failure.
"Anyway, I just had to let you know the positive things that
have manifested in my life since the conference. I dreamed
of starting a community of self-employed artists... 3 weeks
ago a 4-story brownstone in my neighborhood went on the
market, so I made an offer with the seller financing 100% of
the loan (what a long shot.
"Turns out she wants to sell to someone with roots in the
community, who is self-employed and a go getter. I plan to
rent the upper levels as student apartments, which should
take care of the mortgage, and make 4 studios in the
basement for myself and 3 other artist/self bossers. What
do you know – instant community! Thanks again for helping me
get my mojo back. Keep doing what you do." – Georgeanne
A
Life-Changing Program
Georgeanne
isn't the only one who turned came away from this workshop
with a plan of action for making her dreams happen. When
Sharon arrived in Colorado, she wasn't sure what she wanted
to do or be… she only knew she needed a change. At mid-life,
she and her husband were getting a divorce and selling their
business – a time of great flux and uncertainty.
Yet today, just four months later,
she's already begun to reinvent herself. Over the course of
the workshop, Sharon arrived at the idea of taking a
six-month sabbatical… to travel, maybe do some volunteer
work. Now she's planning to kick it off with a three-month
journey through Australia, New Zealand, and the South
Pacific. She'll be on a plane in January.
Two participants at the Making Dreams
Happen Workshop told her she should write a book… she wasn't
sure she had one in her, but she realized she'd always been
interested in reading and writing about travel. So she's
signed herself up for an intensive travel writing course to
be taken between now and her departure. She plans to write
about her adventures on the road and sent me an email
saying:
"This is the
beginning of my book… who knows where it will end. It's true
when you take action, things will fall into place. I let go
of what I had been looking at as a loss… and now my new life
is falling into place minute-by-minute. Every time that I
stop to think about what is happening with me, I get goose
bumps. Dreams do happen." –
Sharon
Combining Interests, Talents,
and Dreams…
to Create a Whole New Life
When she came to Making Dreams Happen,
Kellie Jo didn't have any idea what she wanted to do either…
but by the time she completed the program, she had direction
and momentum. She came up with a useful list of what she
really enjoys doing and a revealing list of what, deep
inside, she always dreamed of accomplishing. Even more
important, she outlined a plan of action that would put to
use the whole gamut of her interests, talents, and dreams.
In working through the exercises and
talking with other participants, Kellie Jo came to realize
she could combine her people skills with her interest in
problem-solving. She likes working with kids and
adolescents, too. She'd always dreamed of writing a book.
Seemingly disparate facts, perhaps… but they've all come
into play since Making Dreams Happen as she's begun to put
her dreams into motion.
During the program, she struck upon the
idea of being a coach. Now, a handful of weeks later, she's
well into a coaching certification program and is doing some
volunteer coaching to get some practical experience.
She's taking a course in how to write
children's books and, she reports, loving it. In the
interest of learning more about kids, she's now spending her
Saturday nights as a volunteer at the organ-transplant unit
of a local children's hospital and says, "I'm getting more
out of it than the kids are." She's set a deadline for
herself to have her first book outline ready within two
months.
Fast-Track Your Dream
The list of success stories goes on and
on. But my point, really, is this: You can make your
dreams happen. You can find a way to do work you
really love… and embrace the freedom, flexibility, and
quality of life you deserve. 
Armed with the proven advice, hard-won
wisdom, and hands-on exercises the Making Dreams Happen
program teaches, you can do it much faster than you ever
could on your own…
You may not have had the good fortune
to sit with Georgeanne, Sharon, Kellie Jo, and the others in
Colorado… but that doesn’t mean you can't still benefit.
You see, we recorded the whole event…
every last life-changing word. We call it the Making
Dreams Happen Audio Program.
It's a way for you to "sit in" at
the workshop… and learn exactly how to create for yourself a
roadmap for
success, a plan of action that outlines what you need to do,
in specific terms, to get from where you are today... to
working at what you love.
You'll Come Away With
New Conviction... New Direction...
and a Concrete Plan
I should make one thing very clear up
front: If you are looking for tips on how to write a winning
resume, climb the corporate ladder, or dress for success...
the Making Dreams Happen Audio Program is not
for you.
But if, instead, you're looking for a
more satisfying livelihood where you call your own shots...
then I encourage you to listen in. Maybe you
know what you want to do,
but you just can't quite get started... or maybe you really
haven't figured out what it is you want to be when you grow
up. Either way, this program will put you on the fast-track
to living your dream. You'll –
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Discover the 10 steps to escaping the
job world and creating the life you really want. We'll
lead you, step-by-step, down the path. By the time you've listened to all 23 CDs, you'll be going at a
sprint... 
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Learn how to set all your dream-dashing
talk aside and focus on creative new possibilities for a
life where you're in charge. You'll come away with a
sure-fire way to banish the "I wish I could… but..."
and replace it with surprisingly productive ideas you
probably didn't know you had in you...
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Find out why there has never been a
better time to be your own boss… and turn your passions
into profits...
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Discover the secret to creating multiple
income channels... and learn ways you can get started
quickly with little or no money...
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Find out how to battle the "Resistance
Monster" and turn your fears and worries into positive
action... (Don't worry, no motivational pep-talks here.
This is meaty, enlightening stuff that will teach you to
unravel resistance... and reveal how it might just be a
sign of high self-esteem.)
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Find out what Ted Koppel, Daniel Boone,
and Albert Einstein figured out years ago about what it
really means to wing it... and learn how to apply this
powerful secret to your own life and work...
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Learn how “lying”" may
actually reveal your deepest yearnings or desires…
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Find out how to tap into the resources
all around you (you won't believe where some of them
hide)... and create networks that can help you turn your
dreams into reality fast...
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They might look to you like impending
disaster... but find out what "spaghetti days" are, why
you should cherish them, and how, in fact, they play a
critical part in helping you rise to challenges and
reaffirm your dreams...
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Learn why "forcing a positive attitude"
is no way to operate... and why complaining can actually
help you achieve your dream...
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And much, much more...
Life First, Work Second
The first step in
identifying and defining your dream is thinking, as I like
to put it: Life first, work second. In other words: First
you figure out what you want your life to look like, then
you figure out work that fits that goal. It sounds simple, I
know… but it's easy to get sidetracked.
Lynn,
for example,
came to Making Dreams Happen wanting to be a comedy show
writer. What she hadn't considered was that a studio job
would likely require commuting in stand-still traffic on the
Los Angeles freeway several hours a day.
Turns out the commute
didn't pass the "life-first test" for Lynn. She realized
she'd really rather
a) work from home and b) pretty much work alone. So she went
back to the career-change blackboard and this time landed on
the
idea of being a work-from-home writer of a humorous
slice-of-life column (think Erma Bombeck for baby-boomers).
Not three weeks after
completing Making Dreams Happen, she sent me her first
column. It was not only hilarious, but dead-on.
If anybody can launch a career as a
nationally-syndicated columnist, this very funny and
determined dreamer can.
The Making Dreams Happen Audio
Program will help you do exactly what Georgeanne,
Sharon, Kellie Jo, and Lynn, did – figure out what you
really want your life to look like… and then come up with
practical ideas and a plan of action for satisfying work
that will allow you to live that life.
How to Get from Where You Are
Today…
to Doing What You Love
Follow your bliss… because the number
of creative ways you can live your dream is endless.
Sometimes it might be a matter of doing what you're already
doing... but at the same time, paying a little more
attention to fantasies you long ago laid aside…
Consider
Peg: She came to Making Dreams Happen figuring on changing
careers. But instead, she discovered that though she was
weary of some aspects of the corporate world, she was
already doing work she really loved, editing books for
children. So instead of quitting her job, she turned her
attention to leaving the office on time so she could pursue
interests she'd long neglected. She told me:
“I've loved reading about archaeology ever since
I was about 10. I majored in anthropology in college and
always dreamed of going on a dig. I'd just always imagined
that 'sometime' I'd find six months to spend on a dig in
some marvelously exotic corner of the world – and of course
that time never arrived. After the workshop, I figured,
well, going on a dig is one dream that I can make happen
now!
“I had only a week of vacation left for the year, but I
looked in the Earthwatch catalogue and to my surprise
discovered a one-week dig session was available this fall.
Even better, it was in
New Mexico – one of my favorite places in the world and a
spot I'd been yearning to go back and visit. (I went to grad
school in NM back in the 70s and returned frequently in the
90s on a work project.) So I called Earthwatch, learned
there were still a couple of openings, and signed up… I
leave Saturday morning!”
And that's not all. She's also taken a knitting class, is
on sweater number two, and has yarn for a third in her
closet. Now she's considering a stint in community theater.
"This is not at all what I thought I'd get out of Making
Dreams Happen," Peg said, "But it's certainly making life
more interesting and fun! (And I'm happier at work, too.)"
An Unprecedented Opportunity:
The Wisdom of Three Experts in One Place
Before I go into any more detail, let
me take a moment to introduce my colleagues and myself – the
people you'll hear from in this comprehensive
program:
Barbara Sher is a career
counselor, world-renowned speaker, and author. She has
appeared on national and local radio and television,
including Oprah, The Today Show, and 60
Minutes, among others.
She’s the bestselling author of five
books. Her first, Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really
Want, has sold well over a million copies. If you read
Barbara’s next book, I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew
What It Was, you know she’s a master at helping people
tune into their gifts.
Barbara's latest book is causing quite
a stir. It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now, How to
Create Your Second Life at Any Age is a highly
unconventional look at the second half of life. And her
hilarious hour-long
PBS
special by the same name has been submitted for
an Emmy nomination.
Throughout the program, Barbara shares
her proven methods and guides you, step-by-step, through
what you need to do to transform your life into something
extraordinary.
Make Your Living Without a Job
Barbara Winter is the second
principal speaker you'll hear from. She is the author of
the
bestselling book, Making a Living Without a Job: Winning
Ways for Creating Work That You Love, and a
self-employment advocate who found her own right livelihood
after overcoming her early notions that work was meant to be
drudgery.
A former high school English teacher,
Barbara has turned her considerable energies to the teaching
of adults. Her popular seminars, including "Making a Living
Without a Job" and "Establish Yourself as an Expert," are
regularly held throughout the United States, Canada, and the
United Kingdom.
This Barbara, too, lends her
considerable experience and talents to the goal of helping
you figure out how to best take the passions most dear to
you and turn them into real-world opportunities.
Seek Out Your True Calling
You'll also hear from me. In case you don't know me, my name
is Valerie Young, and I'm the Dreamer in Residence at
Changing Course, where I help people like you find their
true calling... and
transform their lives.
I guess I, too, am what you'd call an "expert" at what I do.
My advice has been cited in places like The Wall Street
Journal, USA Weekend, The Guardian [London],
Redbook, Reader’s Digest and elsewhere. I give
seminars on How to Feel As Bright and Capable As
Everyone Seems to Think You Are and I recently edited an
eBook called Finding Your True Calling: The Handbook For
People Who Still Don't Know What They Want To Be When They
Grow Up. I’m also what you’d call an alternative career
counselor. I’ve helped hundreds of people from Australia to
Arkansas and Tanzania to Texas figure out how they can make
money doing what they love.
But what I'm most proud of is the fact
that nine years ago, I abandoned my corporate cubicle and my
90-mile-a-day commute to launch Changing Course. And today I
am doing work and living a life I love. My goal with the
Making Dreams Happen Audio Program is to help you do the
same.
Get In-the-Trenches Help
(and Inspiration)
Not
only will you benefit from the ideas and methods the experts
offer, but you'll also hear from three more successful
entrepreneurs – regular people just like you who have made
their own dreams happen.
Artist
and designer Bonnie Druschel
offers a heartfelt account of how, with little
self-confidence and even less business experience, she went
from struggling artist to successful entrepreneur when she
launched her own enterprise selling and licensing her art.
She'll tell you how to avoid the roadblocks she encountered
and inspire you… even if you're not an artist.
Joan
Brett, founder of the Culinary School of the Rockies,
tells you how she left behind a successful career as an
attorney to build a whole new life around cooking – her
passion. She started out small, teaching a few classes a
week in her home, and built what is today an accredited,
professional culinary academy. Find out how she did it… and
come away with some ideas of your own about how to design a
food-related career.
Coach, writer, and
public speaker Cynthia
Morris shares her unique approach to finding your
heart’s desire. This former tarot reader, on-the-spot poem
writer, illegal dishwasher in France, manuscript editor,
calligrapher, hot air balloon chef, restaurant reviewer, and
house-sitter
(to name just a few of Cynthia’s fascinating jobs) reveals
the seven things you absolutely must possess to live a
creative life.
You'll
hear, too, from Doug Woods, owner of Boulder Bike
Taxis. He had a long-standing passion for bikes – even rode
across the country – but couldn't figure out how to make a
living with his feet on the pedals. Until, that is, he
struck upon the idea for a bike-taxi service. Problem was,
he had no money. So he went out and found investors. He'll
talk about how you can get people to fund your own dream…
and reveal the one magic word that makes investors
enthusiastic immediately...
If the
idea of loving what you do... of jumping out of bed every
morning excited about what the day holds, appeals to you,
then I strongly encourage you to take seriously the
Making Dreams Happen Audio Program. Just think: Six
months from now, you could be living your dream...
Give Your Dreams the Attention
They Deserve
The bottom line is: If you
want to work doing something you love... if you want more
control over your time and your life... if you crave a
better balance of family and friends and work... then you
have to really focus on your dreams. Yet I know how hard it
can be to find the time for that when your day-to-day
commitments already have you stretched too thin.
The format of the
Making Dreams Happen Audio Program
makes it a lot easier, though. That's because you can listen
to it whenever it's convenient for you… in your car, in your
kitchen, early in the morning, or at midnight…
The program is designed to
guide you to your dream life… at your own pace. (Though I
think you'll find that once you start "sitting in" on the
sessions you won't be able to stop. The energy and
enthusiasm are contagious.)
Roll Up Your Sleeves, Get
Involved, and Create for
Yourself a Roadmap to Success
This program demands you
roll up your sleeves and get involved. You'll be asked to do
some thinking on your own, sure, but you'll also work
through various exercises designed to expand your horizons
and help focus your creative energy – whether you know what
your dream is or not.
Over the course of the
full program, we'll help you...
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Tap into your deepest
passions, hopes, and dreams. You might be surprised at
what you discover!
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Explore the practical
matter of turning those passions, hopes, and dreams into
a livelihood. You'll come away understanding the
dream-busting myths about self-employment you must
absolutely ignore... the secrets to thinking like an
entrepreneur... how to make a living without a job
through the power of multiple income streams... and much
more.
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Tackle the
roadblocks... what's keeping you stuck... and teach you
how to navigate around them. You'll learn how to use the
CLUE technique to generate fascinating business ideas…
and open up an incredible range of positive
possibilities and creative alternatives to having a job.
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Find out if you fall
into the "Expert Trap," the "Rugged Individualist Trap,"
the "Natural Genius Trap," or the "Perfectionist Trap"…
and what to do to free yourself…
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Find out what every
expert knows. Learn how to create visibility for
yourself... proven ways to package what you know... and
how to get the media to promote your expertise, often
without spending a dime...
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Throw an idea party...
and get a team of fun, creative people to help you
brainstorm ideas about your wildest dreams.
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Learn big and small
ways you can keep your dream on track, even when you
have no spare time to attend to it... plus four little
words that will jump start any plan...
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Explore the myths and
realities of working for yourself... and talk about the
big "M" – money. Get a primer on the nuts-and-bolts of
changing course (from marketing your business to getting
health insurance). Find out how the attitudes you
learned about money as a child could be undermining your
dreams...
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Discover the
surprising effect "switching genders" can have on your
dream…
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Figure out what kind
of support you'll need and where you can find it... plus
learn the one place you should never look for a boost...
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Find out how to run a
successful Success Team from the woman who invented
them. (Mademoiselle called Barbara Sher's Success
Teams "everything your family should have been and
probably wasn't.") "Isolation is a dream-killer," as
Barbara says… this is your ticket to connectedness...
and success...
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Learn how to live now
and enjoy the present... while, at the same time, you're
moving toward the future...
All You Need is Your CD Player
and
Your Enthusiasm
You don't need to have a
well-defined goal to find this program life-changing. In
fact, you don't even need to know exactly what your dream
is... we'll help you figure all of that out.
But what you do need is a
curiosity about the world... a mind open to ideas and
possibilities you might never have thought of before... and
an eagerness to start something new in your life.font>
We'll give you all the
tools to make it happen, including extensive materials that
will keep you focused long after you've listened to the last
CD.
When you sign on for the
Making Dreams
Happen Audio Program,
you receive not only the full audio program, but also the
Making Dreams Happen
Companion Guide CD, containing nearly 200 pages
of
helpful tools,
exercises, articles, resources,
and wisdom
you can refer to again and
again.
This collection is an
invaluable resource. It's a workbook, really, with hands-on
worksheets through which you track your dreams, the steps
you need to take, and your progress. Plus it includes all
sorts of useful tools for getting your new life off the
ground – from a Business Plan template, to a Multiple Income
Stream worksheet, to a Resource Guide on how to set up your
own Success Team.
Become a participant in the Making
Dreams Happen Audio Program, and you’ll come away with
an attainable vision for your new life, a do-able plan for
making your dreams happen, and the confidence and support
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... trav
ng an election... helping underprivileged
families...
... whatever your passion... deep
inside you know what you really love to do, the life you
dream of having.
Through the Making Dreams Happen
Audio Program, 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.
No Risk to You With Our
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stays in order to gather this know-how firsthand. Every last
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We want to make this program accessible to everybody,
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of $10 which will be charged with your first payment.)
Warmly,
Valerie Young
Dreamer in Residence
ChangingCourse.com
P.S. If the
idea of loving what you do appeals to you, then I strongly encourage you to
give your dream the attention it deserves. When
Barbara Sher,
Barbara Winter, and I got together and created Making Dreams Happen, even
we were astounded by the
high-energy momentum it generated – every bit of which comes through on this
audio program. You'll feel just like you're in the room with us and with
your fellow participants. There's no other resource like this available… a
program that lets you participate at your own pace, but also connects you to
a network of like-minded dreamers.
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