Do It

Let's Get Off Our Buts

A Guide to Living Your Dreams

by Peter McWilliams

Contents

• Part One: Why We're Not Living Our Dreams
• This Was Going to Be a Truly Great Opening Chapter, But...
• But
• Yes-But
• Reasons or Results
• We Live the Life We Choose
• The Comfort Zone
• Fear
• Guilt
• Unworthiness
• Hurt Feelings and Anger
• Discouragement
• Intermission
• Childhood: The Psychological Basis of the Comfort Zone
• Hi, Genes
• The Fight or Flight Response: The Physiological Basis of the Comfort Zone
• Death: The Ultimate Discomfort
• The Bad News about the Comfort Zone
• The Worst News about the Comfort Zone
• The Even Worse News about the Comfort Zone
• The Very Worst News about the Comfort Zone

• Part Two: Built for Success
• The Good News about the Comfort Zone
• Fear Is the Energy to Do Your Best in a New Situation
• Guilt Is the Energy for Personal Change
• Hurt Feelings Are a Reminder of How Much We Care; Anger Is the Energy for Change
• Death--The Ultimate Deadline
• Discouragement Reveals Our Courage
• The Imagination Is for Rehearsing Our Dreams and Reliving Our Joys

• Part Three: Discovering And Choosing Our Dreams
• On Purpose
• What Is Your Purpose?
• Intention vs. Method
• Needs vs. Wants
• Selfish vs. Selfing
• You Can Have Anything You Want, but You Can't Have Everything You Want
• The Biggest Lie in Choosing
• Life's Four Basic Areas of Activity
• Marriage and Family
• Career and Professional
• Social and Political
• Religious and Spiritual
• Let's Not Forget Fun and Recreation
• Relationships
• What Have You Accomplished?
• What Do You Have
• Choice and Consequences
• The Myth of Money, Fame, and Power
• The Myth of the 40-Hour Work Week
• What Do You Want?
• Completion
• Committing to Your Dream--and Keeping That Commitment
• Keep Your Goals Away from the Trolls

• Part Four: Becoming Passionate About Your Dream
• Visualization
• Affirmations
• A Place to Practice Success
• Find a Hero
• Positive Focusing vs. Positive Thinking
• The Energy of Achievement
• Liberating Achievement Energy
• Redirecting Energies

• Part Five: Doing It
• The Biggest Lie in Action
• We're Not Perfect--We're Human
• Be Prepared to Be Scared
• Response Ability
• Write Things Down
• Taking Risks
• Don't Say No till You Know What You're Saying No to
• Let Go of Distractions
• Follow Your Dream
• Depression
• In Training for Success
• If It's Written in Stone, Bring Your Hammer and Chisel
• Shortcuts to Success
• Freedom Is Found in Discipline, Not Rebellion
• What Have You Learned?
• Nurture Yourself
• Persistence
• Enthusiasm and Joy

• Part Six: Living Your Dreams
• Choose New Goals
• Wealth Is What You Can Live Without
• Give Others What You Know
• The Tools for Achieving Material Goals Can Be Used for Achieving Non-Material Goals
• Humor and Fun
• The End

Copyright © 1991-1996 Peter McWilliams & Prelude Press