I delivered the pdf file for my upcoming book, Inner Architect: How to Build the Life You Were Designed to Live, to the printer this past Thursday. On Friday afternoon something incredible hit me. I am in the process of bringing life to my dream! Holy cow. Why did it take me so long to see clearly what is right in front of me? What was I thinking to expect that one single event would bring my dream to life? It really is all about baby steps.

Three years ago this month, I walked away from a successful 20-year career in the corporate world to follow a dream. It hasn’t been an easy journey, that’s for sure, and I’ve got a ways to go. But I can see now that I am on my way.

Your way to your dream can be found in these steps:

1. Recognize that you have the choice to create a different life.
2. Believe that it is possible to successfully build your dream.
3. Define the obstacles that are holding you back.
4. Replace your obstacles with ideas that support you.
5. Give credibility to the desires of your heart and learn to trust it.
6. Outline your training and development needs.
7. Crystallize your vision.
8. Identify your major goals.
9. Define the steps necessary to achieve your goals.
10. Stay committed to doing the necessary work.
11. Support your external work with thoughts that help to build it.
12. See yourself now in the beginning stages of your new life.