Dear reader,
Thank you for following my blog over the past year. It is my hope that something I have shared here has been of value to you.
May your New Year be filled with joy and happiness and above all – Dreams that come true!
Happy New Year!
Sincerely,
Steve Anderson
Your Dream Engineer
The last week of the year 2010! What have you accomplished this year? Have you taken time to reflect upon how you spent the 525,600 minutes of 2010?
This week is a great time to think about your future! About your dreams of where you want to be in one year, five years, and ten years. If you made no plans or goals for 2010, you may not have seen much change in your life! Hopefully you have started to set goals and then begun to chunk down the goal into the steps you will need to take to experience the goal.
I read this past week that opportunity (your dreams) is a matter of choice, not calendar. So just because we tend to think more about our dreams and goals during the New Year’s holiday, it should have nothing to do with you making the choice to do something about your dreams. Don’t wait until New Years to write down those dreams and begin to develop a plan to work towards them.
It is exciting to think about the New Year with its upcoming 525,600 minutes. One year from now will you be thinking I should have done something about my dreams! Or will you be closer to experiencing your dreams and possibly actively involved in what was once your dream life.
Invest your precious commodity of time to develop the possibilities of your future minutes.
Until later…
Steve Anderson
Dream Engineer
As we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ this Christmas season, I am in awe how blessed we are to have the gift of freedom of choice here in America. If you were to dwell on everything the media wants you to watch and believe, you can quickly begin to believe that we live in a country where our rights, and freedoms are being threatened!
Things have not changed much over the years, just a different crisis, and a new story. What has remained the same is our God given right to freedom of choice. I bring this up for you to ponder as we prepare to enter the New Year of 2011. We all have choices for our future and if you are not satisfied with the direction your life is taking, than you have the choice to do something about it!
Dreams of change and new life experiences are not necessarily easy, but not necessarily difficult either. During this holiday time, take some time to ponder your future and think about your dreams. If it is to live the Workamper lifestyle and see America, then set your sights on your dream and begin today to develop your dream path that will take you there one day.
We have such an awesome gift of choice. Don’t waste another day by thinking your dreams can never come true. You have the choice to either dream or remain in bondage to your life without dreams.
I choose a life of dreams and possibilities!
My Christmas wish for you is that you will embrace the possibilities of where your dreams will take you.
Merry Christmas…
Steve Anderson
Dream Engineer
It is the week of Christmas and after reading the past couple weeks of posts, I decided to change gears for this week. We have the blessing of Christmas coming up this Saturday, December 25th. It is time to think not about the things we fear, but of those things and people we are thankful for in our lives.
The Workamping lifestyle has awarded thousands of people the experience to see this great country while working to support their lifestyle. The experiences vary for each Workamper with one key element being true for each. It provides the opportunity to see parts of America that they had only dreamed of in the past. Workampers are not only seeing the geography, they are experiencing the culture of the communities they live in and developing friendships that will be a part of their lives for the remainder of their days.
As we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ this Christmas day, whether you believe in him or not, is that you experience the blessing of new friendships and relationships this holiday season, and for the New Year to come.
May the joy of Christmas fill your life this week and for the days and weeks ahead.
Merry Christmas…
Steve Anderson
Dream Engineer
This fear can be a motivator, or a reason for taking no action. I have heard many people say they fear what would happen to them if they were to be living the Workamper lifestyle and they were to become sick. It could be a scary thing, but with proper planning for such an event, it doesn’t have to be.
Many times the fear of ill health can take a perfectly healthy individual and make them sick through the psychological suggestion taking place within their mind called autosuggestion. Yes, I am saying it is all in the head to begin. But soon the body will follow suit and the illness will manifest itself in the body in some form.
This definitely should not be a fear that keeps you from your dream. Even if you are experiencing health issues right now, if they are managed, they should not be the deciding factor for living your life and experiencing your dreams.
There are multiple symptoms of this universal fear. I have already mentioned autosuggestion. Others are hypochondria, concentrating your mind upon the disease and expecting it to appear. Self-coddling, where it becomes a habit to desire sympathy from others based upon an imaginary illness. Lastly intemperance with respect to alcohol and/or drugs. These can be illegal or legal drugs.
Expect good health and set your mind to move towards good health. Even if you are currently experiencing a negative health issue, set you mind on good health and then focus each day thinking about good health. This will take you closer to your dream than living with the fear of ill health.
Until next time…
Steve Anderson
Dream Engineer
Everyone has experienced criticism sometime during their life. The overall effects can be devastating to your future personal achievement by destroying initiative and use of one’s ability to think out of the box.
Napoleon Hill expressed the following symptoms of fear:
Self-consciousness – being shy with regard to meeting strangers.
Lack of poise – poor posture, memory, voice control and nervousness in the presence of others.
Personality – lacking firmness of decision, ability to express opinions and side-stepping issues.
Lack of initiative – failure to embrace opportunities and having confidence in one’s own ideas.
Lack of ambition – mental and physical laziness.
Can you see how all of these would have impact on the development of your dream to experience the Workamping lifestyle?
Self-consciousness & Lack of poise go together with reference to your ability to meet new people. You will find that one of the greatest benefits of living the Workamping lifestyle is the opportunities you will have to meet new people and develop new relationships.
The last three above, Personality, Lack of initiative and Lack of ambition will definitely determine if you ever move past the early dreaming stage of becoming a Workamper. If you recall when we discussed the four steps to freedom many blog posts back, we talked about getting through the Terror Barrier. The barrier is the deciding point where many bounce back to their comfort zones and never experience the freedom of their dreams. This will require that you have strength in these areas. The lack of initiative and lack of ambition will definitely be a deciding factor of whether you provide yourself with the opportunity to enter the lifestyle one day.
You will experience criticism from many, including your family who loves you when you share your dream to experience the Workamping lifestyle. Realize that you must not fall subject to the fear of this criticism. It is there life not yours! It is your dream, not theirs! Don’t let someone’s criticism destroy your future dreams.
Until next time…
Steve Anderson
Dream Engineer
The fear of Criticism is nearly as prevalent as the fear of poverty. It can definitely create as much devastation to your dream to live the Workamping lifestyle. There are a number of symptoms that Napoleon Hill discusses in his book. He lists the following “Self Consciousness; Lack of poise; Personality; Inferiority complex; Extravagance; Lack of initiative; and Lack of ambition.”
Of the list he provides, the Lack of initiative and Lack of ambition I believe can be two of the most destructive responses from criticism. When you receive a degree of criticism with regard to your dream to experience the Workamping lifestyle, your initiative to pursue learning about the lifestyle can be diminished and soon you find yourself reading less and eventually giving up on your dream.
The same impact upon your ambition or desire can be attributed to criticism. There is nothing worse than someone telling you that they think you are crazy to want to do something like travel and live in an RV. If the criticism comes from someone that you have valued their opinions and have sought out their approval and advice from in the past, it is all the more exacerbated.
So how do you deal with it? Take care and be mindful in sharing with your associates, friends, and yes even certain family members. It may be wise to begin slowly educating your family members about the Workamping lifestyle before announcing that you are going to experience it yourself. This will provide them with time to understand and possibly become more understanding of why it appeals to you as it does. Will this always work? No probably not, but it can’t hurt!
Next time we will discuss the next fear which is the fear of Ill Health. This is one that hits home with older individuals and resonates when considering leaving ones roots and traveling the country.
Until next time.
Steve Anderson
Dream Engineer
The Fear of Criticism as stated by Napoleon Hill – “robs man of his initiative, destroys his power of imagination, limits his individuality, takes away his self-reliance, and does him damage in a hundred other ways.”
Criticism is something we have all experienced, either as the receiver of, or the provider. We all experience too much of it during our lives and it is all about and seems to flow freely from multiple sources. Many parents plant seeds through criticism that later bloom into negative behaviors in their children. You may have experienced criticism from a source for an extended period of time and soon you started to believe the criticism about yourself.
This terrible action is freely handed at times by those closest to us – our families and loved ones. You will find that when you share with your family about your dreams such as over a holiday table that you will many times receive input your didn’t expect, in the form of criticism. It is amazing that it can come from people who love you, and this makes it all the worse.
When you begin sharing your dream to live the Workamping lifestyle you are opening yourself up to a multitude of criticisms, first of all by those who don’t understand the concept. Another reason they will criticize is brought on by their jealous nature. How could you think you could possible Experience America one job at time when they can’t see themselves having that opportunity!
This fear is almost as strong and widespread as the fear of poverty. We will further investigate some of the symptoms of the Fear of Criticism in our next post.
Until then…
Steve Anderson
Dream Engineer
In the last post we discussed the habit of Over-Caution as one of the symptoms of the Fear of Poverty. Today I would like to discuss one of my personal favorites, and one that most folks can identify with – “Procrastination.”
Putting it off until tomorrow, when it should have been done today, or last week, or even last year! Hill is quoted with regard to procrastination – “Weakness of, and often total lack of self-confidence, definiteness of purpose, self-control, initiative, enthusiasm, ambition, thrift and sound reasoning ability.”
How do you relate to this list? We all experience a level of these each and every day of our lives. I for one constantly work to combat the habit of procrastination. It takes work daily to develop a plan of action that will provide me with self-confidence and control that will move me closer to my future desired goals.
Where are you with reference to the habit of procrastination? Does it impact your life on a regular basis? If the answer is yes, know you have a choice to make a change. You can change your paradigm with regard to procrastination and all of the habits that support the fear of poverty.
You begin by associating yourself with company (friends and associates) who are in control of their fear of poverty. Find people who will not accept poverty and are reaching for abundance in their lives. This association will assist you with your paradigm shift that will place you in a better position to continue developing your dreams and have a much better opportunity of bringing them to fruition.
That is enough on the Fear of Poverty for now. Next time we will discuss the Fear of Criticism. This one is very important as many people who announce their thoughts and dreams about living the Workamping lifestyle are criticized by people who they thought would support them and their dream.
Until next time…
Steve Anderson
Dream Engineer
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