The American Dream: It is Still Alive

Author: Robert Kempster

Tough times or tough Economy or not. One thing I do know is that the American dream is still alive. I look around me and I see many people failing, and everyone blames the bad economy. However, the truth of the matter is that new wealth and new riches are being created daily. Look around you, there are still people living the dream. Get in the zone, or get someone to help you get in the zone. Remember that Napoleon Hill in his book "Think and Grow Rich" it is all about the power of visualization. The book contains a lot of material and is filled with examples of successes and failures. It gives you an overview of the ingredients required for either. It is all up to you as the individual to define yourself and what you want. I am fired up to achieve and so should you be too.


In order to create anything on this world, you must first create it in your mind, then it will be manifested through your efforts into reality. You have to realize that everything is a building block to complete the project. The Process remains the same throughout history: No one has ever created anything without first visualizing it. Ever before man was able to fly, man had taken to flight in the Mind. The story of Icarus' flight is such an example. If you Google the name Icarus, you can get the details. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale in his book "The Power Of Positive Thinking" was also referring to the gift of visualization.

The fact of the matter is this; YOU CAN, ONLY IF YOU THINK YOU CAN. Have a dream, visualize your goal, create a plan, create a time-line, begin the process, focus, perform, formulate, use a mentor, group support, stay on track, achieve your goal, and finally celebrate your success.

What Do You Want The Most & Where Are You Headed?

I found myself lately talking more to strangers, than I have been taught to do. The conversations have started in many different ways. However, I have made it a point to ask them at some point "What Do You Want The Most & Where Are You Headed?" or some variations of where they are headed and more importantly; how they PLAN to get there. The keyword truly being PLAN...... As the saying goes... "No one plans to fail, they just fail to plan"

There are many justifications or excuses we all give for failures. Harsh as it may sound, if we really stop to think and analyze it; we will all [almost all] agree that it is true. I am personally thinking about my direction in life and I am asking others the same questions because it is what is on my mind. I am writing about it today because, almost everyone I asked did not have an answer. Also, the younger ones while they did have dreams about what they want the most, they had no idea how to get there or where they are headed.

At this moment, do yourself a favor and ask yourself this question, then answer it honestly.

Q. What do I want the most, and how exactly, step by step, do I plan to get it?

If you have your answer to both sides of this question already laid out, then I am sure that your life will reflect the direction in which you are headed.

If you have no immediate answer planned out for this question, then you are also headed in the direction you are headed. If that is not what you want, then you have to take action to change the direction in which you are headed.

It is a known fact that anyone could get lucky, but lucky people are one in a million and one. SO WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF ONE MILLION???




Well, the ones with a Want/Goal are already headed in the right direction, and once they have a plan; the want starts to materialize into substance/reality.

Have a dream today and realize it 'tomorrow' with step-by-step planning.