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R.E.L.E.A.S.E. the DREAM thats in you and Live an EXTRAORDINARY

LIFE

In the Book of Genesis Chapter 1, verses 11-13 it says, Then

God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and

the fruit tree that yields fruit after it kind, whose seed is in itself, on

the earth: and it was so.

And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed

according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in

itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

So the evening and the morning were the third day.

God placed a dream inside of you. Your dream is a seed. That

seed holds within itself the potential for you having an incredible life

that will enrich you and everyone who crosses your path.

Your dreams are the DNA of the unique person that you are.

When it is RELEASED it will create a pathway to the life that you were

created to experience.


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Your dreams are more than fantasies hidden away in the

recesses of your mind. They are more than visions of a life that you

might believe you were never meant to experience. Your dream is the

seed that when brought forth will you give you the life that God wants

you to live. The seed inside of you must come forth for the benefit of

the world. Your dream is the seed that holds all the potential of your

greatness. But if it remains hidden inside of you that are all it will ever

be is potential. But when potential is released it becomes power,

power to change the world and every person that will benefit from it.

I am excited to have this opportunity to come alongside you and

empower you on how to RELEASE the Dream thats inside of you. The

principles that I will communicate to you are written as the acronym

R.E.L.E.A.S.E. In each letter of this acronym I will share a principle

that I believe will help you to bring out of your imagination and mind

the dream that will create for you an extraordinary life. What does the

acronym R.E.L.E.A.S.E. stand for?

R is the principle Recognition.

E is the principle Expectation.


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L is the principle Leaving.

E is the principle Execution.

A is the principle Association.

S is the principle Steps.

E is the principle Endurance.

I believe that if you incorporate these seven principles in your

life you will RELEASE your dreams. I am excited about these principles

because I have used them in my own life to bring forth my own

dreams! I know that it will happen to you. May God bless you in your

journey to LIVING YOUR DREAMS INSTEAD OF DREAMING ABOUT

LIVING!

1. PRINCIPLE OF RECOGNITION

The first step in RELEASE is to recognize the dreams that God

has in your imagination. Everything that you need to be successful is

within you. Now you must recognize what that is.

You were born with dreams. When you were a child you had a

very active imagination. There was something that you wanted to do


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when you grew up. There was someplace you wanted to go when you

grew up. Not only did you have those dreams but you shared your

dreams with others. But then something happened. You lost your

ability to dream. It may have happened when you became an adult.

You stopped believing in what you were seeing within yourselves. And

as you got older you also lost your passion and interest in life.

It is my assignment in your life as you read these words to help

you recognize what is still living inside of you. It is time for you to

recognize what you are supposed to be doing, and where you are

supposed to be. Its time to awaken the dreams inside of you.

The principle of recognition is seeing within yourself what makes

you an extraordinary person. Recognition is seeing what makes you a

unique person. It is what makes you rise above the ordinary by seeing

the extraordinary inside of yourself.

The first step in recognition is to take an inward look at yourself.

If you are not currently making your dreams come true you have to

start seeing that there is more to you than who you are right now. You

have to start seeing your dreams. You have to start speaking your


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dreams. If there is no one in your circle that you can share your

dreams with then share them with God. He will never belittle you or

criticize you. You know why? Because it was God who set those

dreams in your heart.

The second step in recognition is to see what you want to accomplish

with your dreams. At this point dont worry about the process or

concern yourself about how you will make this happen. Recognition is

all about seeing the fullness of what will happen in your life as your

dreams come forth. You are seeing the future before you arrive in the

future. Enjoy what you see. Recognize that this is the key to you living

an incredible life.

The third step in recognition is to start writing notes or write in a

journal the dreams that you are beginning to recognize. Read to

yourself what you are discovering as you look within yourself.

Recognition is so important because this is where your journey begins.

Youve taken the first step to your future. You are empowering yourself

to know what you can do and will do.


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When you recognize what you believe you can accomplish then

you start believing in yourself and start moving toward what you see

and recognize. You will never make your dreams happen until you

recognize that it can happen. Greatness is not the result of a sporadic,

spontaneous act but it is the result of knowing who you are and doing

what you know you can do. If you can dream it you can do it.

PRINCIPLES WITHIN THE PRINCIPLE:

1. Your dreams are mental pictures that excite you about thepossibility of your life in the future.

2.When you see your dreams you have to start speaking yourdreams.

3. Find a person in your life that you can share your dreams with.

4. Keep a dream journal. Write down what you see yourselfaccomplishing because of your dreams.


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2. PRINCIPLE OF EXPECTATION

To expect something means to look forward to it happening.

Once you begin to recognize what your dreams are and what you can

do to bring your dreams forth then the next principle to follow is the

Principle of Expectation. In this principle you develop an attitude that

expects your dreams to come forth. Expect your dreams to change

things in your life. Expect things to happen for you because of your

dreams. Expect yours dreams to set you apart as the unique person

you were created by God to be. Expectation is the most important

attitude that you can have because it is the foundational attitude that

will determine how far you will go to seeing everything in you

RELEASED.

Expectation builds your confidence and confidence produces

results. A confident person is always willing to act on what he needs

to do to have success. A confident person is willing to pay the price to

win the prize.

The farmer who sows seeds expects a harvest before he plants

the first seeds. After he plants the seeds he takes care of his crop


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at the end. After you see it finished then you will have to start planning

on how to make it happen and at that point you will need expectation.

Expectation keeps you looking ahead as you move through the

process.

Your consistent performance of making your dreams come true is

largely determined by your expectation. Expectation drives you to

never give up. It is attitude of today that keeps you believing that

something is going to happen tomorrow.

Expectation opens the window of your imagination where your

dreams live and allows them to peek out into the world where they will

one day live. It keeps you looking beyond your present horizons.

Expect your dreams to come true and they will. Believe in your

dreams. Its going to be better than today. Expect it!


1. Expectation is the foundational attitude for making yourdreams come true.

2. Your expectation has to be protected.


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3. PRINCIPLE OF LEAVING

When God showed Abraham a new life in a new land Abraham

had to leave his old life, his family and the country of his birth.

When Moses heard God tell him to go back to Egypt and lead

Israel to freedom Moses had to leave the comfortable life that he had

built with his wife and family.

When Jesus Christ came to save the world He had to leave the

glories of heaven to live on earth as a man.

To RELEASE and live your dreams there are some things that you

are going to have to leave. Leaving isnt easy but it is necessary. So

what do you have to leave?

1. You have to leave a life where your dreams cant live. Yourdreams cannot live where there is no expectation. Your dreams

cannot live in circumstances that keep you focused on surviving,

existing and barely living without purpose and passion.


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You have to embrace a life that has rooms for your expectations

and belief that you can do what is in your heart. You can achieve

what you believe about yourself.

2. You have to leave mediocrity. Scott Alexander said, Mediocrityis easy. Stay away from easy. Dreaming is easy. Everyone does

it but to bring your dreams forth puts you above mediocrity. You

have the potential to have a life that is above adequate and

acceptable. Living your dreams means living a special life. A

different life. A dreamer who lives every day with the purpose of

making their dreams come true will never be mediocre.

So you have to leave mediocrity. Thats the life that you had

before you started believing that God has more life for you. Its

the life of going to work everyday and hating what you do. It is

the life of routine, of boredom. When you start living your dreams

you will never again live a normal life. You will never again live a

life thats not incredible.

3. You have to leave a toxic atmosphere. Your atmosphere isdetermined by your consistent words and actions. Very recently I


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heard a person who is living an incredible life say that when they

have a guest in their home and the person starts to speak

negatively that person is invited to leave. The owner of the house

is determined to protect the atmosphere of their home. You have

to protect the atmosphere of your dreams. You have to speak

words that will bring the RELEASE your dreams and you have to

surround yourself with positive people.

Nothing inhibits your dreams like living in an atmosphere that

objects to your dreams. An atmosphere that says, You will never

do this.

Thats not for you.

Who do you think that you are? Youre no better than anyone

else.

4. You have to leave distractions. I have discovered that a life ofbringing forth your dreams is a life filled with distractions. There

is always something pulling at your time and calling you to other

places that has nothing to do with your dream. If you are like

most persons there is a lot that you have to do each day. But you


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have to prioritize time to spend on making your dreams come

forward. And you have to protect that time, much like you have

to protect your expectation.

You will not RELEASE your dreams if you are spending all

your time at work. Now I know that you have to work and you

have to spend time on your job or you will not have a job but

many persons are still on the job when their workday is over.

Hours after they have completed work they are still talking about

the kind of day that they had. They make no time for their

dreams. If your dream is your job thats great but many people on

this planet is not working their dreams. They are distracted by

their jobs. Leave your work at work and let your home be the

place where your dreams are being recognized and expected to

come forth. Matter of fact when you go to work tomorrow why

dont you take a dream break? Take your dream journal to work

with you and use your break to read and visualize your dreams.

You will not RELEASE your dreams if you are spending all

your free time being entertained. Stop being distracted by your


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television, your face book page and whatever you connect with

to get over the boredom in your life. Give half of that time to your

dreams. I know that you need to relax but after you relax its

time to RELEASE!

Its time to leave those things that are taking authority over your

life and impeding your dreams.

You are leaving something to gain something greater. Its time to

say goodbye to a life where dreams never come true.


1. Releasing your dreams requires you leaving something behind.

2. Mediocrity inhibits dreams.

3. Your atmosphere is determined by your consistent words andactions.


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4. PRINCIPLE OF EXECUTION

Okay weve shared how to recognize our dreams, how to

expect our dreams to come true and how to leave anything that

impedes our dreams.

Once you know what your dreams are then it is time to execute

your dreams. It is time to start acting on bringing these dreams forth.

They have remained inside of you long enough. Now they need to come

forward. The principle of Execution is doing something after you

discover what you know about your dreams.

William Arthur Ward said, Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully.

Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.

The first step in executing your dreams is to develop a plan to

make your dreams come true. If your dream is writing a book then you

need to develop a plan to write a book. If your dream is to create a

business then you need to develop a plan to create a business. You

develop a plan by writing it out. What is your dream and what do you


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have to do to make it happen? Who will be your mentor or coach? Who

can be on your team to make your dream happen?

The second step is to carry out the plan that you have developed.

What do you need to do to give your dream life?

The plan to execute should involve the following points:

1.Write down your dream or dreams.

2.Write down the activities that you must follow to make yourdreams come forward.

3. Measure your progress by the activities that you are successfullyaccomplishing.

4. Dont give up!

Executing your dreams means to act on what you believe can

happen for you and by you.

Executing your dreams is putting actions to what you have

discovered within yourself.

DREAMS+EXECUTION= AN INCREDIBLE LIFE!


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To really get you focused about executing your dreams I

want you to make a commitment to yourself in the covenant that

I have written for you. I hope that this document will help you to

take your plan off of paper and make it happen.

I _______________________ agree with myself to start executing my

dream on the mentioned date ______________________ at that the

mentioned time ___________________________________________. I enter into

this agreement fully aware of this exciting part of my life that I am

going to pursue at the above mentioned date and time. I make this

agreement with a made up mind to execute the beginning of my

dreams. I sign this contract in the presence of God who had deposited

this dream in me.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Sign your name on this line.

Continue to execute until you reach accomplishment!

PRINCIPLES WITHIN THE PRINCIPLES:

1. Execute your dreams by writing a detailed plan.


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2. Follow your plan daily.

5. PRINCIPLE OF ASSOCIATION

He that walks with wise men shall be wise (Proverbs 13:20 ).

As you execute your dreams you need people in your life that can

help you bring them to pass. You need people who are pursuing their

dreams or people who have succeeded as dreamers.

There will be people in your life who will try to pull down and tell

you that your dreams will never happen. To counteract negative

people you need people in your life that will pull you up and tell you

that with God all things are possible. Those are the people you want to

associate with.

You have to be selective with who you associate with. You may

not be able to choose who your family is. You may not be able to

choose the people that you work with or the people that you go to

church with but you can choose who is eligible to take space in your


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life. You can choose who has the right to speak into your life and

whose voice you hear.

The associate that you need to encourage you in your dreams are

people who recognize what you see in yourself. They are people who

live with an attitude of expectation. They are people who understand

the principle of leaving the negative influences in life to achieve the

impossible. And they know how to execute a plan that makes things

happen in their life.

Your associate will help you to create an atmosphere that will

make your dreams come true.

Your associates fall into three categories.

1. Mentors: One who as experience in the field that you aredreaming about and want to bring forth into your life.

One who will guide you in becoming and doing what you

are dreaming about.

2. Associates: People who connect with you and help yourealize your dreams. A person who spends time with you

and partners with you in bringing your dreams to fruition.


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A partner who motivates you in the pursuit of your

dreams.

3. Friends: Someone who is emotionally connected withyou and has a distinct purpose in your life. A person that

you can trust with your dreams. A person who supports

you in the pursuit of your dreams. A person who will fight

by your side to see your dream come true.

Pursuing dreams can be lonely but with the right associates you

can stay motivated. With the right kind of associates you will be

encouraged and empowered to go after your dreams.

One reason why you need to associate with the right people is

because every dreamer has weaknesses. And unfortunately because

of these weaknesses a dreamer will navigate toward people with the

same weaknesses. Two people connected by their weaknesses will

never be able to empower each other.

When you know what your weaknesses are you need someone

who is strong to complement you and challenge you to rise above

what will hinder you. There nothing wrong with having weaknesses,


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we all do but to get to the place where you are bringing forth your

dreams to live an incredible life you will need some strong associates

in your life.

Where do you find these associates? You will find them in your

family, among your friends, at your church, the place where you are

employed. But the place where I think you will have a great modicum

of success is on the Social Networks. Over the last eleven years some

of the greatest relationships that I have found have been on social

networks. Way before Face book I was finding people on Yahoo Groups

and in chat rooms. Most of the associates who have helped me to

pursue my dreams and succeed have been people that Ive connected

with on Social Networks.

In my opinion Face book is a gold mine for dreamers. Start

connecting with people who are already where you want to be. Start

looking for mentors and you may also find some friends.

You can probably fulfill your dreams alone but with associates in

your life your time to fulfill your dreams will accelerate.



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1.Who your associate is will largely determine your success.

2. An associate is someone who can help accelerate your dreams.

6. PRINCIPLE OF STEPS

Im sure that you are wondering what I am talking about when I

use the word Steps. In the principle of association I gave you a

definition of what a mentor is and what an associate is. Now I want to

share with you why it is so important to have a mentor in your life.

A mentor is someone who has already traveled the path that you

are on. They have already dreamed and brought their dreams forward.

They are living the life that their dreams said that they would live and

now they are willing to teach you how to do the same thing. With the

right mentor what would have taken you five years may only take you

five months.

Your mentor is someone who sees the potential in you and sees

the power of your dreams. He is in your life to teach you how to make

those dreams come true. He helps you in each step of RELEASING

your Dreams. He is able to help you see what your dreams are. He has

the ability to help you discover what a realistic dream is and what an


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unrealistic dream is. He is the helper in your life much like the Holy

Spirit but he is human and not divine. And dont make him divine.

Listen to him but the final decision is yours. Dont become so

dependent on your mentor until you stop trusting in your own

judgment. He is in your life to help you not to carry you.

Your mentor is the expert in your life who is going to help you get

there. Where is there? There is the place where your dreams come to

life and you start living the life that your dreams have created for you.

Your mentor is qualified to be your mentor because of the Steps

that he has taken to make his dreams come true. Now he is in your life

to help you take the Steps to see your dreams come true. A mentor is

proven because of the path that he has already established. All you

have to do is walk in the same path to see your dreams come true.

These Steps are positive experiences that your mentor has had and

they are negative experiences that he has overcome. Because you

have a mentor you can avoid the negatives and you can maximize the

positives.


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I want to show you the Steps that you should learn from your

mentor by using an acronym from the word STEPS which stands for

Sacrifices, Tests, Evidence, Priorities, Secrets. These STEPS will

create the path that you should follow as you bring your dreams to

fruition.

1. Sacrifice: Learn what sacrifices your mentor had to make toachieve his dreams. Learn what he had to give up in pursuit of

his own dreams.

2. Test: What situations did your mentor experience that taught himsomething about himself?

3. Evidence: What proof does your mentor has to show you that hisclaims are legitimate? What information is he willing to share

with you of his proven success?

4. Priorities: What are your mentor daily habits that have enabledhim to succeed? What are the important things in his life that he

refuses to give up? What is the most important thing in his life

and what is the least important thing in his life?


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5. Secret: What information does he have to share with you thatothers dont know? What is the key to his dreams coming true

that is not generally known?

Your mentor should be someone who has used these Steps or

something similar to them to create a path for you to walk in.

Because the path has already been created all you have to do is

follow it to the letter and achieve your dreams! As I said earlier

what took others years should only take you months or days.

Your mentor has already pioneered the way for you to walk in to

live your dreams!


1. A mentor has already traveled the path that you are on.

2. A mentor helps you in every step to RELEASE your Dreams.

3. A mentor has proven himself to you by the STEPS that he hastaken?

4. A mentor helps you accelerate your ability to bring yourdreams to pass.


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7. PRINCIPLE OF ENDURANCE

The final principle in making your dreams come true is the

principle of endurance. Going after your dreams is not an easy pursuit

because there are many forces aligned against you. To get to the

place of success, the place where your dreams are coming true you

are going to face many problems. And how you deal with these

problems will determine will your dreams come true? Do you have

what it takes to make them come true? If you said yes then you have

endurance.

You will have to keep going as you encounter setbacks. You will

have to keep your focus as you face obstacles. You will have to push

through when everything in you says quit.

There are many voices that you have to overcome to reach your

dreams. The voice of fear will tell you that you cant do it. The voice

of procrastination will tell you to wait for a better time. The voice of

today will tell you that you have too much to do all ready. The voice of


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failure will tell you that you are setting yourself up for a fall. The voice

of jealousy will tell you, you dont have what it takes to make your

dreams come true.

Endurance is a mindset that says you are going to finish what

you have started. The truth of the matter is that you will win if you

follow these principles but you will also struggle as you rise up to

achieve the dreams that are in you. Unfortunately the great things that

we have to achieve in life do not come with struggling through a maze

of disturbances. And this is the reason why many will never see their

dreams come to pass because they didnt endure when trouble came.

Endurance is what you will need when you encounter resistance

to your dreams.

Endurance is the ability to get up and keep going when youve

taken a fall.

It is your daily determination to keep on going until your dreams

come forth.

Endurance is your power. It is the ability to hold on to your dream

and pursue it no matter what tries to stop you. Doubt and fear is the


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enemies of your dreams. Endurance enables you to overcome them

every time.

Endure. Dont give up. Keep on going!


1. Endurance is facing the problems that you will encounter as youpursue the Release of your Dreams.

2. Endurance is a mindset.

3. Endurance is that the power that enables you in bringing yourdreams to pass.

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