I have my first session with my dream manager, MBB today.  Yes, I’m hiding her full name since her affiliation with me could cause her distress and condemnation in the future.  As a CDM (Certified Dream Manager), I get to help people articulate and reach their dreams, AND I get someone to help me with mine.

And yes, MBB knows what she is getting into with me.  This will actually be our sixth meeting together, we seem to enjoy each others’ company, laugh at each others’ jokes, and most importantly, share a strong desire to mix food with work… every meeting we have had so far has involved lunch.

In the spirit of sharing, below you will find my list of 100 dreams… some big, some small.  Some serious, some goofy.  Money, love, family, work, fun… it’s all there.  Enjoy!

And btw… Are you living your dreams?

April 7, 2009.  4:10 p.m.  On A Plane from Charlotte to Indy reading The Dream Manager

1.    I want to be happy, not just content
2.    I want to be passionate about the people I know and the things that I do
3.    I want to honor my parents with my accomplishments
4.    I want to be love, and be loved… fiercely
5.    I want to be financially successful, making $250k/year by the time I am 50 (3 years, 6 months)
6.    I want to be proud of my children’s hopes, dreams, and accomplishments
7.    I want to continue my career as a paid public speaker
8.    I want life to provide me endless challenges that scare and inspire me to do better
9.    I want to inspire the hopes and dreams of others
10.    I want life to be a journey that I can share with the ones I love
11.    I want to be healthy and strong
12.    I want life to offer me learning experiences that push my boundaries and help me learn
13.    I want to be financially successful as to not be a burden to my children
14.    I want to grow and develop with the person I love
15.    I want life to be hard enough to challenge me, but not hard enough to keep me down for long
16.    I want life to give me the ability to be a better person than I am today
17.    I want to be a role model for others
18.    I want life to give me the chance to take care of the people that I love and to help the ones I don’t
19.    I want life to afford me the chances to travel around the world, meet new people, and learn new things
20.    I want life to surround me with people who inspire me to be a better person, father, and husband
21.    I want to make a difference and for my friends and family to know it
22.    I want life to be simple, but not easy
23.    I want to believe that there is more to life than money and the desire for more things
24.    I want to believe in God… again
25.    I want life to allow me to do the things I want to do and the ability to do the things I must
26.    I want to feel deeply about people.  I want to laugh and cry
27.    I want my children to reach for the stars and never give up on their goals
28.    I want to write the book about my dad and have it be something I am proud of
29.    I want a better relationship with my brother
30.    I want to be able to stop worrying about money every month
31.    I want to be a Dream Manager
32.    I want to know I made a difference

April 17, 2009. 7.30 a.m. The Roost (restaurant).  Reading The Rhythm of Life

33.    I want to get over the anger of my father’s last three years of his life
34.    I want to either understand or stop trying to understand God’s motives for the pain my dad went through and the pain I continue to endure
35.    I want to find my Rhythm of Life
36.    I want to find that hour a day to reflect, pray, understand, think, and not think
37.    I want enough money in the bank so I can work because I want to, not because I have to
38.    I want life to try to defeat me, instead of trying to do it to myself
39.    I want to win, or at least to break-even
40.    I want to learn how to quit procrastinating today, not tomorrow
41.    I want life to allow me to be both selfless and selfish at the same time
42.    I want life to help me be more “even”, less highs and less lows
43.    I want to find my “niche” in work, in life, with family, and with friends
44.    I want life to allow me to make people laugh, smile, think… and feel deeply, like I do
45.    I want to laugh as much as children do, four hundred times a day, but not at the expense of others.  Fifteen times a day is not enough for the average adult
46.    I want to play more, mindless play
47.    I want life to allow me to feel like a fifteen year old, but not act like one
48.    I want to take my business more seriously, but life less so

May 7, 2009. 3:00 p.m. St.Vincent Heart Center Meeting with Jane/Vicki

49.    I dream of being focused – family, friends, work, and life
50.    I want to learn Spanish
51.    I dream of being one hundred and sixty-five pounds… and maintain
52.    I dream of having enough money in the bank to stop worrying about how much money I have in the bank
53.    I dream of being as strong in my body as I am in my mind
54.    I dream of balance
55.    I dream of forgiving myself my past, and looking ahead to the future
56.    I dream of being rich… in spirit, in mind, in body, in money, in love
57.    I want to learn how to tap dance… literally
58.    I want enough clients to keep me busy, not make me busy
59.    I dream of my children’s children
60.    I want to continue to travel the world

June 3, 2009. “Living the Dream Session” – Waiting to Begin

61.    Lose thirty pounds, get into a thirty-four inch waist pant
62.    Be more even, more level
63.    Take part in two learning opportunities every year, one personal and one professional
64.    I want to get closer to God
65.    I want to better understand my reluctance to succeed.  Why do I write this story?
66.    I want to start on the “Jelly Book”
67.    I want to have a years worth of bills in the bank
68.    I want to bring in additional $100k in income in two years
69.    I want to travel to South Africa again

June 3, 2009. “Living the Dream” Session – On the Plane Back to Indy

70.    I want to clean out and re-do my bedroom closet
71.    I would like seventy-five percent of my income to come from speaking
72.    I want to pay off my house in seven years
73.    I want to go into space and look at the earth among the stars
74.    I want to look into being certified as a Dream Manager… could I make it work?
75.    I want to only fly first class… in flights more than one hundred and fifty minutes
76.    I want to help my younger son figure out his options for college and life, once I figure out the life thing myself

August 31, 2009. Dream Manager Certification – On the Plane to Chicago

77.    I dream of a time when politics matters, but political affiliation doesn’t
78.    I want to continue to eat better and forget about my love of bread
79.    I want to see Springsteen in concert, one more time
80.    I dream of rainbows and unicorns
81.    I would like to become part of Floyd Consulting Speaker’s Bureau
82.    I dream of being considered an Subject Matter Expert in my chosen field of study

September 1, 2009. Dream Manager Certification – On the Plane Back to Indy

83.    I want to help people reach their true potential
84.    I want to take my business more seriously, it’s my future and the future of my family
85.    I dream of my “out box” being more full than my “in box”
86.    I want to laugh like a child – 400 times a day, not like an adult who only laughs 15 times a day
87.    I want to do a better job of finding what people are doing right, not what people are doing wrong
88.    I dream of getting more active in local politics
89.    I would like a second dwelling in Costa Rica, somewhere to lounge and relax
90.    I would like my remaining hair to quit moving south from my forehead to my neck and start the long progression back to my Widow’s peak (hey, we can all dream!!)

September 10, 2009. First Meeting with MBB – My Dream Manager

91.    I want to be open to what life has to offer and not dismiss opportunities out-of-hand
92.    I want to get back on stage in local community theatre
93.    I dream of a day when I can think of my parents without a heavy heart… and anger for what they were forced to go through before they died
94.    I want to take another cooking class – Sushi!
95.    I want to explore the possibility of writing my fifth book… The Engage-minute
96.    I want to help my friends and family understand that you “work to live”, not “live to work”
97.    I want to exercise more frequently and consistently
98.    I want to be less of an office pack-rat, taking more liberty by using the circular file cabinet I keep under my desk (my trash can)
99.    I want to help my family realize their dreams
100.    I NEVER WANT TO STOP DREAMING

Write me a note, let me know what you think of my list…