Creating Your Future - 5 Steps to the Life of Your Dreams

by Dale Ellis

"Most people spend more time planning their next vacation than they do planning the rest of their lives," says Dave Ellis in Creating Your Future. Yet one of the most powerful paths to creating the future you want is choosing it. You achieve this by setting long-term goals based on a long-range vision. This book shows you the process, with activities that prompt you to write your goals, then follow these five Commit to creating your future. Create a vision of your future. Construct a plan to fulfill your vision. Carry out your plan. Celebrate what you've done and continue creating your future. Each step has its own chapter with many, varied exercises--mental, written, and active--to help you achieve that step. For example, the "Carry Out Your Plan" chapter describes 22 strategies that help you become the person you want to be and turn your goals into reality. This book won't be a quick skim--there's work to do as you read each chapter, in order to get the most from Ellis's process. You'll emerge much more knowledgeable about yourself and your goals, with a good start along the path to the future you want. --Joan Price

Hardcover

First published October 21, 1998

Reviews

[Caitlin Delaney · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m surprised there aren’t more reviews on this book. I picked it up at a local library, and what caught my eye is it didn’t have the bold tones of “Change your life!” screaming at me on the cover. It felt more like an invitation to read, and was enjoyable. One of the quotes at the beginning of the book resonated with me.
“One of the saddest lines in this world is, ‘oh come on now - be realistic’. The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride.” - Richard N. Bolles
This book, at the very least, gave me a good dose of inspiration. There is even a list of inspiring things to do to get your inner self motivated and moving. 4/5 stars.