Q: We are embarking on our Wealth Vision, using your service. Our first call is coming up next week. We are ~40 years old and really don't have any "dreams" for down the road, beyond raising our kids. I think we have been too preoccupied to dream for ourselves. What suggestions do you have for us to get us dreaming?

A: Great question. I come across this quite a bit actually. I had a student at the 3-day seminar Robert K. and I did in Sydney last fall who was 75 years old and had never done any dreaming in his life. I taught him a simple technique for dreaming. Here you go. Close your eyes. Picture that place/location where you would most want to be if time and money were not an issue. Then, think about who you are with when you are there. And what you are doing. Then, open your eyes and write this down. Most people when they do this get a very clear picture of their dream.

Don’t be shy about your dream, Mark. Dreams are meant to be big and “unrealistic” in “adult” terms. Three year olds do the best dreaming. I heard of a mother who asked her daughter what she wanted to be when she grew up. Her daughter answered, “a tiger.” Now that’s dreaming. Unfortunately school and parents have a tendency to beat the dreaming out of us. The pattern for dreaming is simple, though. Start with a wish. Then, make it real in your mind. Put it down on paper. Then, determine what goals need to be achieved in order to reach the dream.

Have fun with your dreams.

Warmest regards,

Tom