Let Your Dreams Work

This episode explores how you combine optimizing connections with acting consistently and labeling limitations (both desired and undesired real). The priorities listed in this episode help you begin moving toward your dream almost as soon as you set it.
Generating your possible dream should naturally lead to a number of questions that need answers in order to achieve your dream. The priorities discussed in this episode include taking the following actions:

• List Your Questions: Make a list of questions about your dream and add to it.
• Online Research: Find answers to your questions through YouTube videos, blogs, professional associations, user groups, and other online connections. This step will also help you identify the desired limitations (scope) of your dream plus the undesired real limitations with plans to overcome them.
• Talk to People: Your online research will identify people who achieved your dream, possess expertise you lack, work in the area you need to learn. Ask them questions.
• Act on the Ideas Connection Give You: Begin doing some of the things you learned from your connections. Then, thank them and say "I appreciate the help you gave me, how can I help you?"
• Make a Soft Commitment: Put a downpayment on some training, a purchase, a trip, or other resources.
• Make a Hard Commitment: After acting on the course, trip, or others complete the purchase and pay the rest of the fee.
• Act Until You Achieve Your Dream: Keep acting consistently, synergizing with others until you complete your dream.

We still want to hear from you. So please take just 2-4 minutes to complete this survey generating possibilities of your dreams and suggestions on how we can guide you to make them come true. Follow this link:
https://lnkd.in/g_bTsZb5
Go to LetYourDreamsWork.com to:

• Download our FREE eBook to follow our model to let your dreams work
• Enroll in my online course to accelerate your dreams (Save 15% with this code ZRYMEK)
• Submit questions about what you hear on our podcasts to [email protected]
• See our other services to help you, your company, or organization dream

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Many people doubt their ability to accomplish anything, let alone their dreams. This episode outlines a tool to help you--and others--recognize what you have done. So that you and they may see what you can do. These statements of fact bring greater confidence than galloping generalities.
The episode explores the following concept and skills:

• Why most people feel uncomfortable saying nice things about themselves
• That discomfort erodes our confidence to let our dreams work
• Use home run statements in scholarship, college, and employment applications and interviews
• Structure your statements to mirror a baseball diamond: 1st base=where you did something, 2nd base=what you did, 3rd base=the results of your action, and home plate=applying the statement to them
• Identify the themes and skills in your life to recognize your accomplishments

The episode also describes 6 steps to creating your home run statement statements:

1. Jot down a brief identifier of the SPECIFIC example of the theme or skill
2. Turn the idea into a rough, ugly, unedited sentence
3. Exchange implied numbers for real numbers within the statement
4. Translate jargon (terms understood by a certain group) into terms that cannot be misunderstood
5. Ensure the sentence uses the active, rather than passive, voice
6. Upgrade the vocabulary

Reading your statements to yourself out loud increases your confidence that you can let your dreams work. Saying them to others proves you are the solution they need.
Go to LetYourDreamsWork.com to:

• Download our FREE eBook to follow our model to let your dreams work
• Enroll in my online course to accelerate your dreams ($200 discount)
• Submit questions about what you hear on our podcasts to [email protected]
• See our other services to help you, your company, or organization dream

Want Larry to speak (either in-person or virtually) to your group, business, or organization?
Contact him at [email protected]

Special Note: This episode was scheduled for May 18, 2022. I was having such a sensational summer that I didn't actually record it until June 20th. Sorry it was so late.
Summer vacation provides an excellent opportunity for students 13-18 to accelerate applying for scholarships. Yet, people of all ages may use the steps outlined in this episode to apply for 105 scholarships a year in just 90 minutes a week.
This episode outlines the key steps to let your dreams work to secure scholarships at any age:
Generate Possibilities: We share tips for using scholarship search engines, scholarship lists, high school and college financial aid resources, Google, local clubs, and LinkedIn to find scholarships.
Optimize Connections: Discover how to find and approach previous scholarship winners for tips for success, engage overworked high school and college financial counselors, and others to enhance your success.
Act Consistently: Learn how to prepare--and use--reusable materials to apply for 2-3 scholarships a week in just 90 minutes.

1. 36 scholarship statements
2. 5 letters of recommendation
3. 6 scholarship essays
4. master application

Label Limitations: Identify the scope of your scholarship efforts (desired limitations). Plan to overcome the real limitations of time, organization, and experience. Recognize and deal with the windmills (false limitations appearing real) the prevent millions of students from successfully securing free money for college.
Synergize Purposefully: List the people who will help you succeed, motivate you, and support you when obstacles arise.
Share your experiences and frustrations about scholarships and receive my free scholarship cheat sheet outlining actions you may perform in 90 minutes each week to apply for 105 scholarships in one year at https://larrrystevenson.mykajabi.com/scholarshipsurvey2 . You may also wish to purchase my book Get Free Money for College! Enjoy $100,000s in Scholarships at Any Age on Amazon.
Go to LetYourDreamsWork.com to:

• Download our FREE eBook to follow our model to let your dreams work
• Enroll in my online course to accelerate your dreams ($200 discount)
• Submit questions about what you hear on our podcasts to [email protected]
• See our other services to help you, your company, or organization dream

This week's guest, Angela, shares the dreams she has accomplished in her life. She just turned 31 years old. She began taking singing lessons at age 14 and participates in regional and national competitions. She began her career as a Bachelor degreed dental hygienist. After working in that capacity for 6 years, she returned to the university to earn a master's degree in Public Service (Public Administration). She transitioned from dental hygiene to working for a healthcare insurance organization, receiving several promotions since then.
In addition, Angela SEES More through extensive travel--typically 4-5 trips a year. She shares tips for researching travel options to decrease the cost while maintaining a standard of living. For example, she shares how she researched and scheduled a 7-day trip to Ireland for the entire trip, including flights and housing, cost only $753. She also expresses her belief that the United States offers such wonderful sites and vistas.
Finally, she shares how she and her sister partnered to first buy a townhouse together and later a house. In addition to purchasing the house, they maintained the townhouse and rent it for additional income. She has done all of this while just turning 31-years of age.
NOTE: I apologize in advance for the sound quality of this recording. We experienced technical difficulties with the microphone.
Go to LetYourDreamsWork.com to:

• Download our FREE eBook to follow our model to let your dreams work
• Enroll in my online course to accelerate your dreams ($200 discount)
• Submit questions about what you hear on our podcasts to [email protected]
• See our other services to help you, your company, or organization dream

Many business owners try to let their dreams work in isolation. Those who optimize connections to let their dreams work accelerate and assure success. This episode shares suggestions and examples how business owners may solicit ideas, solutions, and motivation from community programs, clients, employees, and authors to let their dreams work.
In this episode we suggest reading Jared and Sarah Stewarts books The City of Influence or Tribalry. We also recommend watching this video clip about how Ray Kroc optimize connections with the McDonald brothers and Earl Prince to disrupt the food service industry (Ray Kroc & Learn, Serve, Grow - Bing video).
Go to LetYourDreamsWork.com to:

• Download our FREE eBook to guide you through model to let your dreams work
• Learn more about how to let your dreams work
• Submit questions about what you hear on our podcasts
• See our other services to help you, your company, or organization dream