The atmosphere in Johannesburg is electric.  Pedestrians are blowing Vuvuzela’s as they walk to work; cars are hooting; South Africans are kitted out in their Green and Gold; Flags are flying from cars, offices, houses – it is INCREDIBLE!

This amazing atmosphere and the energy that we can all feel running through our veins – pride, patriotism, excitement, a sense of achievement – has been created because a BIG dream has come true.

In my workshops I teach people to create Wildly Improbable Goals (WIG’s) – these are big, exciting and scary goals that take one to the boundaries of possibility and impossibility and in doing so ignite DESIRE.  Desire is the fuel for making dreams and goals come true.

South Africa created a WIG about hosting this World Cup – our first bid wasn’t successful, but despite that failure we were not deterred.   We got up, dusted ourselves off and like any successful person we tried again.    When Sepp Blatter opened the envelope in 2004, the whole of South Africa began to unite around a common vision that up until that point had been held by a few.   Yes, there were naysayers, sceptics and some negative press (there still is).  Any big dream will meet with resistance; otherwise it isn’t a BIG DREAM.

What you can feel in the air in this country TODAY is the aliveness, the energy, the sense of purpose, meaning and pride that following a WILDLY IMPROBABLE GOAL brings to life.

On the eve of South Africa’s big dream coming true, embrace this atmosphere and ask yourself -

What big dreams can you create for your own life, that will bring this type of aliveness and energy to every waking moment?

Ke Nako – it is TIME for you to DREAM BIG!

The Fairy Godmother, Donna McCallum, is excited about receiving her new wings.  Including the partriotic South Africa 2010 wings, just in time for FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
If you ever wanted to know how a Fairy Godmother gets wings…

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp2dRraxpLk)

Everyone has the potential, and the right, to live the life of his or her dreams. Donna McCallum aka the Fairy Godmother, helps and inspires individuals and organizations to identify their objectives, dreams and goals and the disciplines needed to achieve them.

Her fun, light and magical talk The Power of Dreams and Goals – making 2010 your best year yet will have you enthralled as she takes you a delightful journey of self-discovery and examination and gives you practical tools to turn goals into reality and get the results you want.

With interesting stories, teaching and participative exercises and a sprinkle of fairy dust, this hour will ignite and energize you and get you clear on your dreams and goals.

Date: Saturday 22 May

Time: 12h00 – 15h00

Venue: Cantare, MonteCasino, Fourways

Price: R 150 including a light lunch and a gift

To Book

Contact Janine at Cantare on 011-511-0505 or email info@cantare.co.za by 19th May to secure your space

A little video of the day in the life of a Fairy Godmother…

Astrid Fleming is a DARING dreamer.  She came to a Dream Mapping and Goal Setting workshop in 2007 and this year she has just launched her first novel called “White Nights” which is a dream come true for her!

Here’s an email she sent through to me…

Most gorgeous Donna,

Thank you sooooooooooo much for your divine support! You are such a darling. You’re absolutely right, this is a HUGE dream!  It’s amazing how one gets derailed by life, corporates and everything in between and then the universe gives you a massive shove (I suspect much like your epiphany on the bus, though mine happened on a yoga mat!) and you end up in exactly the right place!

And then the universe supports you! Exclusive Books has been wonderful, completely supportive and very enthusiastic. They’ve come up with ideas, suggestions and are stocking more copies of the book than I could possibly dream. Thank you so much for putting the story of the novel in your newsletter! I can’t thank you enough! My obscenely marvellous goal for this year (and yes, it makes me tremble with the audacity of it!) is to get White Knights picked up by an international publisher, launched internationally, and to land a major 2 book deal… so that I can focus entirely on the next novel which is hovering in my dreams. I tremble with the excitement of it! Grin grin grin.

Sending loads of love,
A

And I was fortunate to attend her recent book launch and this is what she had to say

A little about the book of course….

White Knights tells the tale of Emma Cooper, an ambitious young investment banker who leaves her family in London and her long-time love in Africa to make her millions on Wall Street. There she finds that corporate finance is far less glamorous, and the Big Apple far more rotten, than she ever expected.

To read more about Astrid’s Journey and to buy the book (hint, hint)  CLICK HERE

Samarie Smith from Die Burger recently attended a Dream Mapping and Goal Setting Workshop and then afterwards interviewed me, the Fairy Godmother. She asked some thought provoking questions and so I thought it would be great to blog the questions and answers to provide valuable tips to pursuing your dreams.

SS: What is dreaming and why should we dream?

FGM: Dreaming is the most powerful tool for creating your life – it is the time when you let your imagination wander, you get in touch with your desires, you get in touch with your soul and then you begin to see images in your mind’s eye of how you would like those desires to be fulfilled in reality. The reason why we should spend time dreaming is because everything that exists in reality is actually created twice – first as a dream in our minds and then secoundly out in reality. Everything that is and has ever been created starts with a dream, it is really the beginning of the act of creation.

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