The Power of Thought

I often write about setting goals, of thinking about the future. Today I was reading an email from Lou Tice from The Pacific Institute

 ”Some time ago, a random sample of 1500 graduating college seniors were surveyed to find out what they would base their career choice on.

83 percent said that financial gain was the first thing they would base their career choice on and following their dream, or their passion, would come second.  7 percent said that following their dream would be first and financial gain second.  In a follow-up study on actual net worth 20 years later, what do you think they found?  Well, 101 of the 1,500 had become millionaires.  But only one of those millionaires had come from the group that put financial gain first, while one hundred of them came from the group that followed their dreams.

Of course, this study doesn’t “prove” anything. Its objective is simply to give us information about ourselves.  The point I want to make is that a path with heart, and a goal with passion driving it, is incredibly powerful.
People who do great things have, above everything else, a purpose that stirs their soul.

So follow your dream. Do what you love and what gives you joy, and do it with your whole heart….  So where do your passions and goals lay? ”

The key point is what we focus upon we become – focus on your dreams for the rest of your life….