Building a Dream
How long have you delayed building a dream?
Rodger Tate caught a glimpse of a classic boat on Lake
Geneva and fell immediately in love. This was not just any
classic but the Chris-Craft Custom Runabout, circa 1940,
which sells for $175,000 restored. Rodger said, “I
was thinking out of my league.” The only solution
was to build his own Runabout. His expertise in woodworking
had been limited to building shelves or a picnic table so
this would be a major undertaking. But he took the first
step and ordered the plans from the internet. In the past
year, he has built the frame and the hull and now is ready
to start on the mechanical part. As an auto mechanic before
he entered the business world, the second stage hopefully
will not be as much of a challenge.
Rodger’s wife Marnie is a client of mine and a champion
of dreams. Years ago she made a list of the hundred things
she wanted to do during her lifetime. She has pursued that
list with a passion and has sky dived and ridden in a F-16
Fighter Jet as well as spoken in front of hundreds of people.
So naturally she supports Rodger in his passion! She said
recently in an interview in the Fort Walton Beach Daily
News that she had never seen her husband lose sight of his
goal. “That’s what Rodger is doing now. He is
living a dream. Most people aren’t so lucky.”
Life Upgrade Tip
Do you have a passion to do something in life
that you continue to delay?
How much longer are you simply going to “wish
and hope” for your dream?
What is the first step you could take today?
How will it feel when you are busy building
your dream?
Do you encourage others to go for their dreams
?
Additional Resources
Take a look at the classic Rodger is building.
I will be speaking at the New York City ICF Conference on September 17, 2005.
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