Comments on: Your Dreams Are Not Enough – Guest Post by My Favorite Redhead

By: The Naked Redhead

The Naked Redhead — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:40:01 +0000

I’ve been thinking that I also need to add a section on the difference between “dreams” and “opportunities”…a somewhat subtle difference, I know, but I think when we learn to differentiate the two, it helps us when we fail. For example, I had applied to Live off Groupon for a year, and when I heard the news I hadn’t been accepted, I was fine. I knew that Groupon was the opportunity, but it wasn’t necessarily my dream. Hmm…more thinking to do!

Thanks for commenting!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:55 +0000

Thanks for sharing this important lesson. It is good to dream, we also must prepare for our dreams and to understand that falling is simply part of the process.

By: The Naked Redhead

The Naked Redhead — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:46:55 +0000

Thanks, Shannon! Nice to see you over here.

By: The Naked Redhead

The Naked Redhead — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:46:31 +0000

But a helmet would mess up my hair!

By: The Naked Redhead

The Naked Redhead — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:46:02 +0000

Ah yes, the feel-good vibe of the small success. And don’t they seem to come along right when you need it most? I never poo-poo the small success any more…they are sometimes the only things that keep me going!

By: Shannon O | Confessions of a Loving Wife

Shannon O | Confessions of a Loving Wife — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:32:13 +0000

I read the both the Naked Redhead and World Strongest Liberian all the time, imagine my delight to see them intersecting…

Thanks for sharing these great reminders… you have a flare for style. I love tone of your writing.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:35:23 +0000

Action was my goal word last year. I dream a lot, plan a lot, and that goal reminded me to push my dreams a little farther.
I didn’t push them on inline skates, though. That’s a bit beyond me. Glad you survived! Please wear a helmet.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:50:30 +0000

I love this — especially the part about perservering, and appreciating the small successes. I try to think on all the small successes related to my blog, and my other business endeavors, every single day, and it keeps me pumped. Getting a nice note from a restaurant chef I wrote about, or a thank you for a wine suggestion I made, or similar. And I’m convinced the feel-good vibe from these little things attracts the other, and sometimes much bigger, stuff. In any case, action is for sure an enormous part of the mix, and together with your dreams, can make magic happen!

By: Josh Hanagarne

Josh Hanagarne — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:00:45 +0000

Quality practice.