John S. Gordon - Business and Personal Coach

"You have the greatness and the power.  I just help you turn on the switch."

Welcome to Issue 215.  If you did not receive a previous issue, you may use the archive link below to view it now.  The mission of "Marvelous Mondays" is to offer an inspirational thought, a practical exercise, some humor, or a simple tip to jump-start your week and to enhance your life, business, outlook or relationships. 

Please feel free to forward "Marvelous Mondays" to others who will enjoy it.

Greeks, including Homer, believed that some dreams are reality and that people should act on them. In our modern day, we have leaders and inventors who also believed and acted on their dreams. Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine, struggled for years to develop his invention. Then, he had a dream that he was ordered to finish it or pay with his life. That is some real motivation, isn't it? And so he did finish it. A dream is defined as an experience of ideas and images during sleep. 

ST. PATRICK'S DREAM 

With St. Patrick's holiday approaching, let's look at this popular figure who also acted on his dream. Patrick was born in England and at the age of just 16 was captured by Irish Raiders and brought to Ireland where he was enslaved for six difficult years. He finally escaped and went back to England to be with his family. Years later, he had a dream in which the people of of Ireland were calling him to return to their country as a great leader. Why would he ever want to return to Ireland which had been so cruel to him? He certainly could have disregarded his dream as silliness or craziness. However, he chose instead to reflect and, then, act on his dream as his inner guide. He did return to Ireland. There he changed his life and the lives of many. And the rest is history. 

Just as Elias Howe was called to be an inventor, are you called to be an inventor of some kind or to reinvent yourself?

This week, I invite you:

1. To observe and write down any dream that is calling or has called you to personal or professional growth.
2. If you cannot think of a dream, is there something you want to reinvent about yourself?
3. Has anyone challenged you to reinvent something about yourself? 
4. Could this change your life, your family, your business, your place of worship, your community, your favorite charitable cause, or even the word? 
    

There is plenty of information on dreams to assist you in remembering and interpreting dreams.  If you would like further information, let me know. I'd really like to listen to your dreams.  I am available and trained to assist you in identifying and supporting you in realizing your dreams.  Just pick up the phone and invest in yourself.  You're worth it! 

"His dream ordered him to finish his invention or pay

with his life.  Now that's a real deadline!  What will it take

to motivate you to start or finish your dream?"

-John Gordon 

                   **John is currently accepting a few new coaching clients.**

Click here to view an Archive.