ion of what can be, others will buy into your vision, and you will create the momentum to make it happen. This is true in business as well as in your personal life; just ask Arthur Blank, co-founder of The Home Depot and owner of The Atlanta Falcons.

Another great leader once said, “Reasonable men adapt themselves to the wor

Many of us have had dreams of something we wanted to create or pursue, but for some reason we did not. Let me encourage you to go back -- pick up those dreams and dust them off. Take a good look at them from different angles; write down the feelings you would have in your life if your dreams were a reality. Put them in a notebook or computer, and don’t let anybody rain on your dreams.

Nothing would ever have been created in this world had it not been for people who were just like you pursuing their dreams. Goethe, the famous German philosopher, said, “Whatever you dream or think you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!”

One of the greatest gifts you can give to your children, to yourself, to your employees or to your leadership team is the permission and encouragement to create and follow their dreams. Now that is a gift of true leadership; helping others to find their voice. This is the eighth habit that is the subject of Stephen Covey’s latest book, The 8th Habit, and it is a key element of coaching: Recognizing that everyone has talent.

If you help others bloom, you bring a significant gift to the world. People will follow you into battle; they will give you their all. You will further develop your leadership skills. Then, as you develop your vision of what can be, others will buy into your vision, and you will create the momentum to make it happen. This is true in business as well as in your personal life; just ask Arthur Blank, co-founder of The Home Depot and owner of The Atlanta Falcons.

Another great leader once said, “Reasonable men adapt themselves to the wor

or computer, and don’t let anybody rain on your dreams.

Nothing would ever have been created in this world had it not been for people who were just like you pursuing their dreams. Goethe, the famous German philosopher, said, “Whatever you dream or think you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!”

One of the greatest gifts you can give to your children, to yourself, to your employees or to your leadership team is the permission and encouragement to create and follow their dreams. Now that is a gift of true leadership; helping others to find their voice. This is the eighth habit that is the subject of Stephen Covey’s latest book, The 8th Habit, and it is a key element of coaching: Recognizing that everyone has talent.

If you help others bloom, you bring a significant gift to the world. People will follow you into battle; they will give you their all. You will further develop your leadership skills. Then, as you develop your vision of what can be, others will buy into your vision, and you will create the momentum to make it happen. This is true in business as well as in your personal life; just ask Arthur Blank, co-founder of The Home Depot and owner of The Atlanta Falcons.

Another great leader once said, “Reasonable men adapt themselves to the wor

it now!”

One of the greatest gifts you can give to your children, to yourself, to your employees or to your leadership team is the permission and encouragement to create and follow their dreams. Now that is a gift of true leadership; helping others to find their voice. This is the eighth habit that is the subject of Stephen Covey’s latest book, The 8th Habit, and it is a key element of coaching: Recognizing that everyone has talent.

If you help others bloom, you bring a significant gift to the world. People will follow you into battle; they will give you their all. You will further develop your leadership skills. Then, as you develop your vision of what can be, others will buy into your vision, and you will create the momentum to make it happen. This is true in business as well as in your personal life; just ask Arthur Blank, co-founder of The Home Depot and owner of The Atlanta Falcons.

Another great leader once said, “Reasonable men adapt themselves to the wor

n Covey’s latest book, The 8th Habit, and it is a key element of coaching: Recognizing that everyone has talent.

If you help others bloom, you bring a significant gift to the world. People will follow you into battle; they will give you their all. You will further develop your leadership skills. Then, as you develop your vision of what can be, others will buy into your vision, and you will create the momentum to make it happen. This is true in business as well as in your personal life; just ask Arthur Blank, co-founder of The Home Depot and owner of The Atlanta Falcons.

Another great leader once said, “Reasonable men adapt themselves to the wor

ion of what can be, others will buy into your vision, and you will create the momentum to make it happen. This is true in business as well as in your personal life; just ask Arthur Blank, co-founder of The Home Depot and owner of The Atlanta Falcons.

Another great leader once said, “Reasonable men adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable men attempt to adapt the world to them. There would be no progress in the world were if not for unreasonable men.”

What are we talking about here? The concept that if you have your passion and your heart in something, you can “build it and they will come.”

Oh, it doesn’t have to be perfect. People will sense your passion and your commitment; they will want you to succeed, and many will help you without your even asking them. Your passion, thoughts and actions will bring the physical manifestations of your dream into reality.

Let me share with you a story I believe demonstrates this concept. When I began the Executive Roundtable (a coaching organization of executive peer groups and leadership development programs), participation was small. But it grew rapidly, and then caught on like wildfire. I had the necessary credentials, plus many years of experience and training. I knew I could do it, but nothing existed in the field of executive education and leadership training that resembled my vision. That was the seed that sparked the development of the Stein Model of Executive Peer Groups.

The same holds true for actors, athletes and politicians. They couldn’t succeed without their dreams, and those dreams are full of passion, commitment and the will to succeed. If you ha