It's Do-Able!: Power to Unleash Your Dream

By Canaan Mashonganyika

Limiting beliefs tell you that now isnt the right time. Conditions will be more favourable in the future. When you are richer, or older and more mature, then you will be ready for change. The only thing holding you back is your beliefs. When you believe that you are stuck where you are, change becomes impossible. Now is the best time to start working on your dreams. Each day is a new opportunity to be all that you can be and do all that you can do. What you do today is crucial, because you are trading a day of your life for it. Remember, time is the most precious non-renewable resource that you have. When time has passed, its gone forever. When you waste time, you have wasted part of your life. Your seconds, minutes and hours are the measurement of your existence. The scales of life are always in balance. You always get back exactly what you give. If you work for only one hour on your goals, life gives you back only one hour of your dreams. Moving towards your destiny is a choice. There is no reason to wait. Your life must count for something good. This book provides the tools for discovering your talent and field of calling. You will be challenged to re-define your purpose in life!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Apr 22, 2013
• ISBN: 9781481790673

Canaan Mashonganyika

Canaan Mashonganyika lives in London, England and is a management consultant, speaker and author. He studied at Haggai Institute of Advanced Leadership Training, Singapore; NISIET Institute, Hyderabad, India; United Christian Church & Ministerial Association, Cleveland, USA; Thames Valley University, London and University of Wales, Lampeter, United Kingdom. He is married to Elizabeth with kids.

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Power To Unleash Your Dream

Canaan Mashonganyika

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Contents

Why This Book

Chapter 1 What’s Your Dream?

Chapter 2 The Call To Action

Chapter 3 Reach For Your Dreams

Chapter 4 Catch Up With Yourself

Chapter 5 Limiting Beliefs Are A Choice

Chapter 6 Personal Swot

Chapter 7 Discover Your Core Dream

Chapter 8 New Year Resolutions!

Chapter 9 Push Or Pull?

Chapter 10 It’s All About Believing In Yourself

Chapter 11 What’s Stopping You?

Chapter 12 Brainwash Yourself!

Chapter 13 Distractions: Obstacles Or Opportunities?

Chapter 14 The Power Within

Chapter 15 Why Prioritize Your Life?

Chapter 16 Think Big!

Chapter 17 Taking Personal Responsibility

Chapter 18 The Power Of Self-Talk!

Chapter 19 Do It Now!

Chapter 20 Empower Yourself With Affirmations

Chapter 21 Guarantee Yourself Success

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to my children Charity,

Victor, Prince, Kevin and all Dreamers!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Special thanks to Elizabeth, my other half, whose encouragement, contribution and emotional support made this publication a reality.

Huge thanks to my whole family, friends and associates for their invaluable suggestions and inspiration to write this book.

Why this Book

Every so often in life, an extraordinary opportunity presents itself. This is one of those rare moments!

RIGHT Now, in this moment, you will make a choice—to read on and discover more about the power within you to achieve your most desired dreams or you can choose to close the book and put it away. In a way, that is the essence of what a person’s life is, the choices we make. Well, you have chosen to read on a little further, and that shows that you care and desire something more important in your life. Now, it does not matter what it is… abundant life, great health, a perfect family, prosperity, life fulfilment, success, achievement, greater self-esteem, the courage to successfully face any of life’s challenges or anything else… . you have the power within you to accomplish those dreams!

Are you fed up with repeating the same old patterns from the past, continually sabotaging your future? You can break out of the situation you are in now to a more fulfilling lifestyle where you achieve and experience the life that YOU deserve. You only have power in the NOW. The past is gone, it cannot ever be changed and tomorrow is always uncertain. If you want to change your life, choose to start NOW, in this moment. This is the special moment of your choice. Our lives are an outer manifestation of our inner thoughts and beliefs!

"There are two important days in a person’s life—the day you were born and the day you discover why!"

~ William Barclay

Do you ever dream about this mythical other life where somehow all the bills get paid… and so you get to be an artist… a song writer… a musician… an author… start own business… bake wedding cakes… open a youth-training centre… build a spiritual revival centre… or work as a consultant… whatever it is you’d rather be doing than going to your usual job every day? Well, you’re hardly alone. But what do you do? How do you get out from under? How could you ever afford to? How do you feel each day as you get ready for work. Does it feel something like this: Your alarm clock buzzes you awake. You reluctantly drag yourself out of bed, dreading another day at a job that’s high on stress and short on satisfaction! On the other hand, when you really love your work, you welcome the day like this: In fact, you don’t even need an alarm clock. You can’t wait to get out of bed and dive into another workday where your work feels more like fun! Do you think it’s too late for you? Maybe you believe that you’ve somehow missed your Calling and that… well… after all, you’re not getting any younger. The 19th century writer George Eliot got it right when she said:

You’re never too old to be what you might have been.

Beverly Goodman Park from Northampton, Massachusetts is a classic role model. She was almost 60 when, suddenly, her marriage ended. At an age when most people would be contemplating retirement. Beverly decided to pursue a long-held dream of becoming an attorney. A lot of people told her she was too old. Undaunted, Beverly went to law school while working full-time and passed the bar exam. At age 61, she landed a job at a law firm, explaining: "I thought this age stuff was baloney." Just because you’re all grown up, doesn’t mean you can’t pursue your dream and fulfil your mission in life! Too many people have put their lives on hold. What a tragedy! They are waiting for someone or something to happen. They know and feel on the inside that they are capable of achieving more in life. The truth is, there is more to You than simply being an average ordinary human being. Don’t deprive yourself and the world around you, of the blessings trapped within you. Many are waiting for a perfect place and a perfect time before they can start living. If you don’t start now, then nothing will ever happen. There is no perfect place and no perfect weather. You cannot afford to leave your destiny on voice-mail. Life is too short and too precious to be put on hold!

Always be a first rate version of yourself rather than a second rate version of somebody else ~Judy Garland

It’s not surprising then that the word Vocation comes from the Latin word vocare which means to call. And when you respond to your REAL calling you feel renewed, fulfilled, and a deep sense of purpose. Do you believe you were put on this earth to sit in commuter traffic, to suffer through the endless job performance evaluation exercises and the familiar business re-organizations that lead to redundancies? To have to answer to a boss who is well… you know… . such and such. Were you really created to spend your life having the weekend blues and the Monday morning hangovers? Or You Believe, As Many Do, That You Were Put Here to Follow a Calling That Is Uniquely Yours? If the idea of discovering your true purpose in life appeals to you, the way many see it… then you have options. You can either keep plodding along week after week hoping that inspiration will somehow, someday suddenly strike and—in a flash—your calling will be revealed. Or, you can make a promise to yourself right here… right now… to take the first bold step to unlock your dreams and move your life forward!

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. ~Abraham Lincoln

This book is designed to challenge you to pursue your dreams. To discover yourself. To re-define your purpose in life. To set ablaze your passion. To provoke you so you can re-invent yourself. To dare you to accelerate your momentum in life. To challenge you to lay hands on your potential and march towards your destiny. To inspire you to Make a Difference! You cannot afford to be a passenger in your own life. It is a great tragedy for any human being to be born into this world and not know their purpose in life. It is a waste of human destiny. You must pursue with passion your calling in life. This a clarion call for you to be on the cutting edge!

Maybe you know what you want to do, but you just can’t quite get started… or maybe you really haven’t figured out what it is you want to be when you grow up! Either way, this book will catapult you onto the fast-lane towards your dream. It will dare you to Tap Your Wildest Dreams… Find Your True Calling… and Take a Giant Leap of Faith Toward Your Destiny. Six months from now, you could be living your Dream. Doing something you really love… and enjoying the freedom, flexibility, and the quality of life you deserve!

This is For People Who Still Don’t Know What They Want To Be When They ‘Grow Up!!’ Put simply, Find Your Calling" and discover the Mission you were really Born to Do!

All the best! Read on… .

ONE

WHAT’S YOUR DREAM?

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover." ~Mark Twain

Most of life’s problems never happen anywhere except in the mind. Many people die a thousand deaths before their final day of reckoning comes. There is no limit to how miserable life can become when you believe your inner fears. That is why it is imperative to change your thinking and take a new approach to life. Doing something worthwhile with your life and realize your full potential. Change first happens in the mind, and then in life. It’s impossible to make a positive change without first changing the way you think. When you change the way you think, it’s only a matter of time before you begin to see the manifestation! Most people spend their entire lives doing things they hate doing. Many are stuck in jobs and positions that seem to be going nowhere. But focusing on all that stress and mess, all you feel is more stress and more mess. It’s time to focus on the more important questions of life. How many lives do you have? If you are not living your dream now, when are you going to start? How many years are you guaranteed to have perfect health? How many years are you going to be alive? These are the questions that really matter. It is easy to be pre-occupied with the stress and the chaos and forget about the facts of life. You only get one life. There is virtually no reason why you should not be living your dream! Most people spend their entire lives on a fantasy island called ‘Someday I’ll’. (Denis Waitley)

Despite your age, race or background in life, you can still make your dreams come true. Whether you are nine or ninety, sixteen or sixty, the dream factory is still open and ready for business. No matter how many false starts you made in the past, you can still make your dreams come true. No matter how many opportunities you missed in the past, your dreams can still come true. No matter how many times you failed in the past, your dreams can still come true. No matter who or how many people have betrayed you in the past, your dreams can still come true. Don’t let past failures hold you back. Instead, make them your launching pad to your future. Each failure simply eliminates a strategy that didn’t work and has made you wiser. Focus on your dreams and ignore your failures. It is better to have a thousand false starts than nothing at all. Your past does not determine your future!

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short. (Abraham Maslow)

Dreams do still come true. Making them happen is within the capability of every ordinary human being. You don’t need much but your belief. To a large extend, your future is in your hands. You can make it into anything you want. If you knew what was going to happen ahead of time, life would simply be nothing but a re-run and boring. Foreknowledge would blow away all the excitement, the thrill of victory and magnify the agony of defeat! Imagine if you knew ahead of time about the car accident, the entire trip all along the journey would be a gruelling countdown to the impending disaster. Instead of enjoying the cruise, you would be focused on your future pain!

Life First, Work Second!

The first step in identifying and defining your dream, calls for a new paradigm shift: Life first, work second. Many of us have jobs, but no life. Work was created for man, and not man for work. So, you must first you figure out what you want your life to become, then you figure out work that fits that dream. It sounds simple, but it’s easy to get sidetracked. That’s how to get from where you are today to doing what you love. The number of creative ways you can live your dream is endless. Sometimes it might be a matter of doing what you’re already doing… but at the same time, paying a little more attention to fantasies you long ago laid aside. You must give your Dreams the Attention they Deserve. If you want more control of your time and life, then you must really focus on your dreams. When you discover your Calling, your life takes a new dimension. If you are going to live, you might as well live your dream. Don’t tip-toe through life trying to just get by. You can make your life into something memorable, something great. Since you only have one life, you might as well make it a great one. There is little to lose but much to gain. What kind of legacy are you going to leave? The path to success is littered with casualties of the famous, the rich and the powerful. Remember, fame, money and power have nothing to do with true success. These are simply deceitful and stumbling blocks which have tripped many on their way to greatness.

‘Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained’

~Marie Curie, Chemist and Physicist

You see, anyone can get a 9am-to-5pm (for some it’s more like 8am-till-late) J-O-B (Just Over Broke)! Basically, a job is something that pays the bills. But all too often fails to feed the spirit. And when your spirit is starved for meaningful satisfying work, your happiness suffers. And that’s not all. Did you know that people who love what they do for a living actually live longer? That’s right. Research conducted by Duke University found that out of 788 factors considered, the top predictor of a long life in the U.S.—even more than good health habits or good genes—was found to be work satisfaction! Success in any endeavour demands single-mindedness of purpose. Belief and courage are the cornerstones. When faced with temptations, you remain unmovable. When confronted with challenges, you are unstoppable. Great men and women lived and believed that their dreams were possible. They worked each day to make them happen. They knew who they were. They knew where they were going. They knew they had a destiny. They had a positive attitude. They were Unstoppable!

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it. (Napoleon Hill)

Dreams, we all have them! Things we would love to do! Places we would love to go. People we want to meet. Cars we want to drive. Homes we want to live in. Careers we want to pursue. Businesses we want to start. Things we really want to experience in life! Unfortunately, for many people these dreams stay precisely just as dreams, unfulfilled! Sometimes, it is because life circumstances make it impossible for people to achieve their dreams. However, more often than not, many people simply do not know how to organise themselves to turn their dreams into reality! Only to then, ‘wake up’ and find that life has passed them by! Don’t fold your arms, standing on the side-lines, watching your life pass by! It is never too late to realize your dream. In life you travel in the direction of your dreams. Wherever your dreams take you, that’s where you will end up. The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is that if you are not living your dream, you are wasting your life. Every human being was designed to live their dream and fulfil their purpose in life!

It is better to be prepared and not have an opportunity, than to be not prepared and have an opportunity

(Les Brown)

Dreams are those pictures in your mind which when you think about them, they inspire you with passion and arouse in you strong positive emotions. They take your breath away and carry you beyond the present challenges. Remember, those images are different for different people. That is why, if somebody does not understand your dream, do not pay much attention. Just continue moving forward toward your dream. A dream is the most valuable possession you can have in life. It challenges you and fires you up on the inside. Your dream keeps you going even when the going gets tough. Dreams make people to work 20 hours and sleep only 4 hours a day, and not feel tired. Dreams make people work wonders. While others say ‘this is impossible’, but if you have a dream, you say, nothing is impossible! If the thing you are dreaming about does not exist in the world at all, it will be created for you! If you can dream it, you can achieve it!

The man who has a dream is different from others. His eyes sparkle. His mind is focused. He is enthusiastic. He sees the way where there seems to be no way. He knows what to do. He is busy working on making his dreams come true. If the word ‘dream’ arouses in you a clear and vivid image, then you know you have a dream. If it arouses nothing or some dull images, then you need to work on your dream. Don’t discuss your dream with other people, they will laugh at you. They will not believe you can reach it. Some will try to stop you. Your enemies will use your dream against you, to make you feel discouraged. Move toward your dream one step at a time. When you have a dream, you are ready to take action to achieve your dream. You feel a great desire towards your dream. You feel the need for your dream. You believe your dream will come true. It is not just a hope, wishful thinking or fantasy. Your dream obscures all other small and negative thoughts. It becomes an obsession. It overrides all other unimportant and trivial issues in your life.

If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse. (Walt Disney Company)

Human beings were not designed to live in cages. Watching birds up in the air in free flight is a great delight for many. Birds demonstrate unfettered freedom that inspires human beings to spread their wings and fly too. The problem is that we spend too much time trapped in our comfort zones which become our golden cages, when we should be out soaring in total freedom. Birds can be excused. They didn’t choose to live in cages. They were captured, trained, and tamed to tolerate their existence in confinement. You on the contrary, don’t have any excuse. You were born into the world with the freedom of choice. If you end up living in a cage, it’s because of the choices you made.

Living Life on Purpose

When you wonder what life