#DREAMtweet Book01: Enlightened Inspiration from a Rock and Roll Guru

#DREAMtweet Enlightened Inspiration from a Rock and Roll Guru

By Joe Heuer Foreword by Jorma Kaukonen

Copyright © 2010 by Joe Heuer All rights reserved. No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author(s) assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. First Printing: February 2010 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-61699-020-6 (1-61699-020-1) Place of Publication: Silicon Valley, California USA Paperback Library of Congress Number: 2010920816 eBook ISBN: 978-1-61699-021-3 (1-61699-021-X) Trademarks All terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capitalized. Happy About® and its imprint, THINKaha™, cannot attest to the accuracy of this information. Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. Warning and Disclaimer Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible, but no warranty of fitness is implied. The information provided is on an “as is” basis. The authors and the publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to loss or damages arising from the information contained in this book.

Advance Praise “Everyone has a dream. This marvelous book will help you find, clarify, and live your dream. Real, practical, and remarkably inspiring!” Kevin Eikenberry, @KevinEikenberry, Best-selling Author of ‘Remarkable Leadership’ and Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group

“Joe Heuer lives his dream by making his love of rock and roll his career. How cool is that? What about you? Are you living your dream?” David Meerman Scott, @dmscott,Best-selling Author of ‘The New Rules of Marketing & PR,’ a BusinessWeek best-seller now available in twenty-four languages.

“The Rock and Roll Guru lives his dream by shining a love light to illuminate our dreams. ‘DREAMtweet’ is that love light!” Lee Abraham, @Al_Terego, Co-editor of ‘Relix, the Book: The Grateful Dead Experience.’

“Our dad is the perfect person to write ‘DREAMtweet,’ since he’s living his own dream as the Rock and Roll Guru!” Alex and Rachel Heuer

Dedication To my beautiful wife, Lisa, and our fantabulous twin daughters, Alex and Rachel. You inspire me even more than rock & roll, and I love you with all my heart!

Acknowledgments Thank you to my family for your love and constant encouragement of my sometimes-wacky ideas. Thank you to all the groovy rockers who inspire me and have made my career as the Rock and Roll Guru possible. Thank you to my brother Bill for force-feeding me rock & roll from a very young age. Thank you to my good friend Rajesh Setty, @ upbeatnow, for encouraging me to write this book. Thanks to all our wonderful clients and customers who support my joyful endeavors. Thanks to the rockin’ cats @WolfgangsVault for providing a groovy soundtrack while I wrote this book. Thanks to you for reading this book. I am immensely grateful that you have chosen to spend a few moments of your precious time here with me.

Why Did I Write This Book? I am incredibly blessed to be living my rock & roll dream, and my mission involves helping other people to live their dreams and have more fun. I absolutely love living the dream, and I want to share my love with the world.

Joe Heuer, @RockandRollGuru

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Contents Foreword by Jorma Kaukonen

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Section I Dream On Rockers!

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Section II You Gotta Believe in Something, So Believe in Your Dream!

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Section III Love is Always the Answer

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Section IV Everybody Needs Passion and Inspiration!

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Section V It’s Just Your Imagination and Creativity

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Section VI Boys AND Girls Wanna Have Fun!

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Section VII Living as a Dream Weaver

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Foreword by Jorma Kaukonen Focus on the things you love, listen with an open heart, and the music will speak for itself. Jorma Kaukonen, @JormaKaukonen, founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee

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Section I Dream On Rockers!

Your dream is your birthright, and it begins with creating a vivid vision of that dream. These tweets will help you gain clarity on your dream, while creating a foundation for pursuing it.

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1 You can only live your dream if you have a crystal-clear vision of that dream.

2 Once you have a clear vision, you must release the attachment to how you think it’s supposed to manifest and trust the universal forces.

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3 Be specific in creating your dream. Clarity provides tremendous power.

4 Clarity regarding your dream allows you to create vivid mental pictures and the corresponding positive emotions.

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To live your dream, you must first decide if you want to be a rock star or if you’re content to go through life as an opening act.

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6 Dream big and bold if you wanna have the fantabulous life you deserve.

7 A dream is your heart’s deepest desire. Dream as if you absolutely know it will come true, and feel the feeling of it coming to fruition.

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8 There is no room for timidity if you intend to live your dream.

9 Discovering your bliss and following it equals the life of your wildest dreams.

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10 When you are blissful, you are in a state of rapturous delight. Isn’t that a major component of every dream?

11 Find people who are living their dream and study them.

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The Blues Brothers said, “We’re on a mission from God.” If it doesn’t feel that way, it isn’t your dream.

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Observe the direction the herd is moving and sprint in the opposite direction. The herd is not living the dream.

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14 Learn from the mistakes of others because you’ll never live long enough to make them all yourself.

15 Ask for help in achieving your dream. Remember to ask your angels and spirit guides, as well as other people.

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Living your dream will require help. In order to focus on the things you do particularly well, it is imperative to ask for help.

17 People who are living their dream never hesitate to ask for help when they need it. The Beatles made a song, an album, and a movie about it.

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Ask yourself whether you are committed to the way your life is, or the way it can become when you’re living your dream.

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19 In order to live a completely fulfilled life, pursuing a dream is an essential component.

20 What makes you jump up and down, giggling with delight? Whatever it is, that’s your dream.

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Section II You Gotta Believe in Something, So Believe in Your Dream!

Your belief in your dream may be the single most important factor in achieving it. As you read these suggestions, observe your own beliefs and consider whether they are moving you toward your dream. As Phil Lesh said, “Believe it if you need it, if you don’t just pass it on.”

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21 You absolutely, positively gotta be the number one believer in your dream. No ifs, ands, or buts!

22 Your belief will play a vital role in the manifestation of your dream.

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Your belief must be strong enough to carry you through the inevitable challenges associated with living your dream.

24 When you believe wholeheartedly in your dream, that belief will attract other people who believe in you and want to help.

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Belief is one of the main ingredients that distinguish the people who achieve their dreams from those who do not.

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Know that your dream is unfolding, in addition to believing it. Believing is an intellectual exercise; knowing transcends the intellect.

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27 Know that universal forces are conspiring to assist in the manifestation of your dream.

28 There is a direct correlation between what you expect and what you will attempt.

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29 Any time doubt creeps in, remind yourself that Jamaica has a bobsled team. What is it you can’t do?

30 Ignore the odds, the risk involved, and the reasons why it can’t be done. And avoid people who focus on those things!

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Ignore other people’s opinions of your dream, unless they are on your side as cheerleaders.

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32 Remember that the only person who can stop you from living your dream is you.

33 Remember that life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Constantly affirm that you are living your dream.

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34 Attempt the seemingly impossible in order to achieve the incredible.

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While the idea that attitude is everything is philosophically misguided, having a positive attitude is a key component to living your dream.

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Your dream will be fulfilled only when you let go of your dependence on the acceptance and approval of other people.

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37 Know that you are the only one who gets to decide whether you’ll accept the status quo or welcome the challenge of living your dream.

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38 Believing in your gifts and sharing them with the world unconditionally will expedite your dream.

39 If you really believe in your dreams, pursue Moby Dick with a jar of tartar sauce.

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Section III Love is Always the Answer

Your dream can and will be achieved when you infuse it with love. Love is the joyful expression of your heart’s deepest desires, and it will draw your dream into the present moment with staggering speed. Ponder the following thoughts as you bathe your dream in love.

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Do what you love and love what you do. Do it with all the love in your heart. That is the very definition of living the dream.

41 Focus intensely on your strengths and the activities you love, and your weaknesses will become irrelevant.

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If you live from your heart while employing your head as a consultant, the adventure escalates and miracles occur.

43 Embrace each and every moment of this magical mystery tour with the joy and certainty that your dream is unfolding perfectly.

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Imbue everything you do with the joyful light of your love and you will attract your dream as if you are a magnet.

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You can live from love or you can live from fear, but you cannot do both. Your dream will manifest only when you live from love.

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Your dream is your love made manifest. Radiate your love out into the ethers and it will come back to you multiplied.

47 Love can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary in a heartbeat. Dreams born of love are everlasting.

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Living your dream involves sharing your unique gifts in order to serve humanity in a manner that brings joy to you and the people you serve.

49 The more joy and love you share in pursuing your dream, the greater the rewards you’ll experience emotionally, spiritually, and materially.

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50 When you take action on your dreams from a place of love, you effortlessly slip into the inspired state of flow.

51 Love is the ultimate key to unlocking your dream. Every spiritual master has promised us this is true.

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Fear is your dream’s adversary. The most effective technique for casting off your fears is to bathe them in the light of love.

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Living your dream immerses you in the experience of boundless joy while allowing you to fully express your potential.

54 Each moment of pursuing your dream is to be savored and appreciated. Appreciation invites more to appreciate.

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The ultimate key to living your dream is to fall in love with what you’re doing, and infuse your work with all the love in your heart.

56 You can’t overemphasize the importance of consciously choosing happiness in your life. It’s the path to rockin’ your dream.

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The absolute simplest dream manifestation principle in the world is to be as happy as you can, for as long as you can, as often as you can.

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Happiness is your natural state. It is the path, not merely a destination. In fact, happiness is the ultimate dream. Choose it now.

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Section IV Everybody Needs Passion and Inspiration!

When your dream comes from your passion, inspiration always follows. The twin pillars of passion and inspiration will unleash the state of flow that can propel you to previously unimagined heights. As you read this section, consider whether or not you’re living from passion and inspiration.

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59 Set your intentions, take inspired action, and have fun. Then let the universe sort out the details.

60 Always act from inspiration. The idea that logic and inspiration are somehow connected is pure balderdash.

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The root word of inspiration is spirit, while motivation is based in fear. Dreams flow from inspiration, not motivation.

62 When you act from inspiration, the laws of the material world are seemingly suspended.

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63 When you take inspired actions, manifestations appear from unimagined sources.

64 Living the dream results from flow, not struggle. Flow is our natural state, while struggle takes effort.

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65 Trust your intuition at all times, even at the risk of appearing foolish.

66 When you treat every moment as the grand adventure it’s meant to be, you’re naturally living the dream.

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When you are in flow, time appears to expand as your creativity is heightened, your skills are enhanced, and your true genius gushes forth.

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68 Allowing your inspiration to flow is the absolute height of existence. It is living the dream for all to see.

69 Live your passion and the universe will act in cahoots to help you manifest your dream.

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70 Working on a dream makes life vibrant and joyful, and it energizes you in a manner that nothing else can.

71 Living your dream means singing the song that’s in your heart. Sing it today as if this will be your last day on the planet.

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When you are passionate about your dream, the universe seemingly bends to your will and delivers the dream to you.

73 When you are passionate about your dream, doors will open and, metaphorically speaking, the seas will part.

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Section V It’s Just Your Imagination and Creativity

Employing your imagination and creativity will obliterate the roadblocks and challenges inherent in living your dream. The ideas that follow are designed to serve as a wake-up call for your infinite creativity.

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74 Imagine the dream as if it is already a reality. Do this constantly.

75 Follow the rules, ignore the rules, break the rules, or create your own rules. Whatever you do, persist.

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Employ the Ultimate Creativity Formula to live your dream: C=MSU. Translation: Creativity = Make Stuff Up.

77 When your dream feels stuck in neutral, engage in some nonsense to stimulate your creativity.

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There’s nothing like a little chaos and anarchy to jolt you out of your comfort zone and ignite your creative juices.

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When you choose to embrace chaos as an integral part of living your dream, you can function at an optimal level under any circumstances.

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80 Living your dream compels you to be a creative contrarian.

81 When your dream presents a challenge, ask a child for help. They’ll likely come up with the simplest and most direct solution.

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Challenges are to be expected when pursuing your dream. Consider them an alarm clock attached to your creativity.

83 It’s extremely difficult to live the dream when you’re adhering to rules that were established by other people.

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Just for today, make your own rules about how you’re going to live your dream. If you like it, you can do it again tomorrow.

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85 Never be afraid to make up the rules as you go along.

86 Imagination is a critical component for living the life of your dreams. It’s much more important than what you perceive to be the facts.

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Imagination provides a sneak peek into your future. It’s the cerebral playground where you connect to the world of possibility.

88 Each day spend time imagining your dream in all its resplendent glory, while feeling the rush of positive emotion that accompanies it.

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89 If you want to create a road map for living your dream, write your own eulogy.

90 By feeling as if your dream has already manifested, you are inviting it into your experience.

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Section VI Boys AND Girls Wanna Have Fun!

Cyndi Lauper eloquently espoused our desire to have fun in her classic song, and living your dream is supposed to be fun. As you read these tweets, consider how you can become more playful in order to enhance the fun quotient inherent in living your dream.

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91 Be playful and have fun with your dream. Make it a game and create a set of rules that allows you to win.

92 Dreams are typically about play, not work. When you are living in a perpetual state of play, you are living the dream.

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Play hard. Have fun. Learn lots. I tell my darlin’ daughters this every day before they go to school. Adopt it as your mantra.

94 When your work and play become intertwined as a single endeavor, you are living your dream.

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Living your dream is more than simply marching to the beat of a different drummer—you gotta boogie like your life depends on it.

96 The most fun and effective way to live your dream is to make your own rules.

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97 If you always do fun things, there will always be plenty of fun things to do. Fun is a major part of every dream.

98 Focus on making your dream fun and the rest will take care of itself.

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There is a blissfully indescribable rush you get when you’re working on a dream that makes this journey totally groovy.

100 Laugh more. Laughter is fun and we tend to be significantly more productive when we’re having fun.

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Find the fun in your daily activities. Living your dream should be fun, so develop the habit of having fun in everything you do.

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Take money out of the equation and pursue your dream simply because it’s fun and puts a smile on your face. Money will follow.

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Dreams are supposed to be fun, and most people seem to think parties are fun. Ergo, living your dream is supposed to be a party. Logic 101.

104 You’ll know you’re living your dream when you’re really having fun, but you know the fun is only just beginning.

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Section VII Living as a Dream Weaver

You were born to live as a dream weaver. Living your dream requires all the rock & roll mojo you can muster, incorporating your belief, love, passion, inspiration, imagination, and creativity in a manner that is fantabulously fun. Following are some ideas you can employ right now to begin living your dream.

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105 Living your dream is not complicated. In fact, it’s actually pretty simple: 1. Decide. 2. Do.

106 Living your dream is not luck or happenstance. It is a choice.

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107 Living your dream means sharing your love with the world on a massive scale.

108 Living your dream requires a willingness to look silly in the eyes of other people.

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109 Living your dream requires embracing failure as a learning experience.

110 Living your dream means ignoring or avoiding the critics, naysayers, and energy vampires.

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Living your dream means groovin’ on the journey, irrespective of the outcome. Make the journey the dream.

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Living your dream is bestowing your gifts on the world while unveiling the beacon of light that is your authentic essence.

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113 Living in a perpetual state of appreciation invites the manifestation of your dream.

114 Living your dream involves dancing with reckless abandon, even when no one else can hear the music.

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115 Living your dream includes having fun as a priority on your daily agenda.

116 Live your dream by consistently engaging in activities that make your heart sing.

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Living the dream is about pursuing your passion, which is a persistent preoccupation with an idea others often consider unrealistic.

118 To live your dream, remember this simple philosophy: when in doubt, be outrageous.

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It’s never about tomorrow or yesterday. All your power resides in the now, which is the only time you can live your dream.

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120 You aren’t happy because you’re living your dream. You’re living your dream because you’re happy.

121 Pursuing a dream is like living your life at recess.

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122 If you can’t find the path to your dream, get a machete and create your own.

123 When you direct your words, thoughts, emotions, and actions in the direction of your greatest desires, your dream emerges.

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When all your energy is concentrated in the here and now, you have the ability to steer yourself in the direction of your dream.

125 The only thing you have control over is what you do right now, and what you do now will profoundly affect the manifestation of your dream.

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Embrace each and every moment of this magical mystery tour with the joy and certainty that your dream is unfolding perfectly.

127 Living your dream entails knowing what really matters and what is simply a waste of time and energy.

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Living your dream means letting go of the superficial nonsense and keeping your attention on the things that truly matter.

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129 When you focus on your dream, you leave behind all the things over which you have no control.

130 Celebrate your dream every single day. It sends a powerfully positive message to your subconscious mind and the universe.

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One of the challenges in living your dream is learning to embrace change, while groovin’ on the chaos that often accompanies it.

132 If your deepest desire is to live your dream, then you simply cannot operate from the same template any longer. Change is pivotal.

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Allow your dream some time to blossom. It’s “row, row, row your boat gently down the stream.” It’s not force it with all your might.

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Get out of the motivational speaker mindset of forcing things to happen. Relax, enjoy, and allow your dream to unfold.

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We came here to romp in this rock & roll playground and experience all the joyful delights the world offers. That is living the dream.

136 Sometimes the need to make sense out of every situation interferes with the integrity of living your dream right now.

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Do not take no for an answer, do not settle, do not make excuses, and do not give up. Just commit to living your dream and don’t look back.

138 Your mind can hold only one thought at a time, so focus your attention on the joy of living your dream.

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Dreams encompass living close to the edge, stretching the boundaries, and propelling you beyond selfimposed limitations.

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When you are living your dream, there is no need to keep score because you already know you’re winning.

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About the Author

Joe Heuer is known worldwide as the Rock and Roll Guru (http://RockandRollGuru.com). An entertaining speaker, author and full-time rocker, he shares the nuggets of wisdom he has gleaned from rock & roll with professional audiences throughout this third rock from the sun. Joe believes that in addition to being a groovy musical genre, rock & roll is a way of life that has served as his constant companion and inspiration. He has lived numerous dreams, including a stint as the youngest collegiate head basketball coach in the country...who never played the game.

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He has written several books, some of which have actually been published. Recent titles include ‘The Rock and Roll Guide to Customer Loyalty’ and ‘The Rock and Roll Guide to Patient Loyalty.’ He also has several rock & roll books in the works. His wife calls him an idiot savant for his uncanny recall of obscure rock & roll lyrics and trivia.