Dreamcrafting
The Art of Dreaming Big, The Science of Making It Happen
1st Edition
Published on 9. February 2003
166 pages
978-1-60509-293-5 (ISBN)
Description
Many people set out to achieve a big dream, such as starting a business or writing a book, but when they don't succeed right away, the dream fades. The authors identify and teach the five ",macroskills",--aspiration, motivation, projection, inclusion, and application--people need to make any dream a reality.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Five Macroskills
- Failure Factors
- Skills of a Higher Order
- Theory and Practice
- Dreamers and Achievers
- MACROSKILL ONE: AspirationIgniting a Sense of Mission
- 1: Life in Alignment
- A Driving Force
- Real-Life Missions, Real-Life Heroes
- Aspirational Fields
- Life Imitating Business
- GALLERY OF DREAMCRAFTERS
- 2: Defining Your Dream
- The Compelling Mission Statement
- The Genie's Wish List
- Step One: Creating the Wish List
- Step Two: Grouping Where Appropriate
- Step Three: Rating Your Wishes
- Step Four: Picking Your Top Three Wishes
- Clarity of Purpose
- A poorly defined mission is wired to fail from the outset.
- Envisioning Success
- GALLERY OF DREAMCRAFTERS
- MACROSKILL TWO: MotivationIntensifying and Maintaining Resolve
- 3: An End to Self-Sabotage
- Optimists versus Pessimists: Who's Right?
- Hopes and Disappointments
- An Experiment in Self-Sabotage
- How Outcomes Mirror Expectations
- GALLERY OF DREAMCRAFTERS
- 4: The "No-Willpower" Myth
- Programmed for Self-Defeat
- Breaking the Failure Pattern
- Life Lessons Learned on Roller Coasters
- Anticipating the Naysayers
- Dare to Declare
- GALLERY OF DREAMCRAFTERS
- 5: Time-Release Motivators
- Success in Stages
- Road Map for a Dream
- Rites of Passage
- Quiet Time
- The Reward Trap
- GALLERY OF DREAMCRAFTERS
- MACROSKILL THREE: ProjectionLinking Today with Tomorrow
- 6: Living with One Foot in Tomorrow
- When Time Isn't Money
- What Macros Teach Us about Saving Time
- Tortoises and Hares
- Where Lessons of the Past Meet Expectations of the Future
- Gifts to Your Future Self
- Scenic Dead-Ends
- GALLERY OF DREAMCRAFTERS
- 7: When Short-Term Needs Clash with Long-Term Goals
- Grabbers and Anticipators
- Equilibrium by Evolution, Not Revolution
- GALLERY OF DREAMCRAFTERS
- MACROSKILL FOUR: Inclusion Getting Others Involved
- 8: Turning Resistance into Support
- The Roots of Defensiveness
- Fixing Problems, Not People
- Asking, Not Telling
- Turning a Personal Mission into Communal Property
- GALLERY OF DREAMCRAFTERS
- 9: Turning Support into Participation
- What's Leadership Got to Do with It?
- A Formula for Taking the Lead
- Ambassadors at Large
- The Sublime Paradox
- Protecting the Aspirational Field
- GALLERY OF DREAMCRAFTERS
- MACROSKILL FIVE: Application Cultivating the Dreamcrafting Habit
- 10: The Power of Little Things to Make a Big Difference
- Fractals: Little Aspirations within the Big Aspiration
- The Unpredictability Factor
- Application Supreme
- GALLERY OF DREAMCRAFTERS
- Notes
- Index
- About the Authors
- Also available from the authors of Dreamcrafting
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers
