This is a speech at one of our toastmasters’ meetings.

Have you ever said, “I’ve always dreamed about going…doing…”. A guy can dream, can’t he?
What is the dream you’ve always had?
You can achieve your dreams if you follow the 3D formula. Decide. You must decide which dreams to follow. Decide comes from two words. De-take away. Cide – cut away. You cut away options, leaving you with one path. Decide on one dream.
2nd D is design. Designing your dream gives it its full body. Know every angle and aspects of the dream. How big is it? What color, smell, sound, weight, and how will it make you feel? Designing dream, envisioning it gives it power and makes it real. Spend that time designing it and start from beginning all the way to the end. Design in fine detail. My dream is an island vacation. It might start the day you go to the airport or seaport. When you get to the island and go to the ocean and the water laps against your feet. Feel the sand beneath toes. Breeze tousle s your hair and brings the smell of ocean. Sun kisses your shoulders.
The 3rd D is dedication. Imagine being a soldier of Tariq Bin Ziad. He leads you and 7000 of your best friends to the city of Tangiers. Board ships and sail across the Mediterranean ocean to Spain to conquest. Onshore is general Tariq. He waits until the last ship comes to shore and everyone is on the beach. He says, “burn the ships.” He tells them they will conquer or perish. That is dedication. If you have that kind of dedication, you will succeed.
He had a dream. He was 265 pounds. The weight started messing with his health. He tried to lose weight. He designed what he wanted to look like. His dream didn’t happen. Had the threat of losing limbs, organs, and even death didn’t compel him to fulfill dream. When he dedicated himself to dream, he slimmed down.
Dreams can come true. Your dreams are valid. Decide on a dream. Design in fine detail, your dream. Dedicate yourself to your dream. William Francis Murry – whatever you can do to begin your dream, do it.

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