The short of it:
1) Go to this site (http://bit.ly/zM4UW2) and donate $10 to help my friend achieve her dream. (You’ll find more info there on how the money is used.)
2) Reach out to one person you’ve genuinely been meaning to get in touch with, and see if they’re willing to pitch in. (You can tell them it was my idea if you don’t like asking people for money. feel free to blame it on me.)
The full version, and why you should do this:
“dreams” are things we long for. They seem to be slippery and fleeting. We have lots when we’re kids. They diffuse away as we get older.
This sure seems to be the case, because as far as I can tell, not that many people have them. Not dreams that are strong enough to drive them to take deliberate steps to achieve them.
How many people do you know that have a real dream that they want more than anything?
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I have a friend. Her dream is to run in the Boston Marathon, as a numbered runner, and complete it in under 4 hours. Moreover, she’s running for the Leukemia and Lymphoma society, and her goal is to raise over $5,000 for the cause.
She mentioned this years ago, and she’s doing it. She’s right on track.
However, dreams aren’t achieved without the support of others. Afterall, none of us really work alone. And we should want to see each other achieve our dreams, because it’s a reminder to the rest of us that we can achieve our own.
So how can we help her achieve this?
She needs a little more than $4,000 to reach her goal. For people with income, $10 is a reasonable sum of money to give, which means she just needs 400 people to donate at least $10.
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We’ve all probably met hundreds of people in life. We fall out of touch with many of them. This offers an opportunity to get back in touch with a few of them.
I’ll call this the “400 by 10 ” challenge. This needs to be done in approximately 30 days. Here’s what I propose:
- I’m going to start reaching out to people to re-connect and to see if they’re willing to donate $10. Of course, I won’t be able to reach 400 people in time. So……
- If you can, take the opportunity to reach out to 1 person you’ve genuinely been meaning to talk to, and see if they’re up for helping.
- Perhaps you might say, “Kevin Vogelsang wrote this post (http://bit.ly/zaXvE2). Reminded me I needed to catch up with you. If you’re up for it, play along and kick in $10 at this girl’s Boston Marathon fundraising page (http://bit.ly/zM4UW2). Anyway, ……” Something like that.
I have a feeling getting involved will energize you, and get you thinking about your own dreams. Let us know how we can support. (Seriously, send me an email.)
I appreciate your help. Things come full circle.
-Kevin
1.18.2012
