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5 Keys to Finding Your Dream Job!

5 Keys to Finding Your Dream Job!

Imagine you’re driving down the interstate. You’re headed somewhere you’ve never been and you’re not quite sure if you’re going the right way. The Google Maps app on your phone froze a few miles back and you’re starting to wonder if you missed your exit. Then...

How to Be Mentored By the Best In the World

How to Be Mentored By the Best In the World

Adam Grant is one of my favorite new authors. (Well, at least he’s new to me.) He’s this brilliant, crazy smart professor. He’s a New York Times bestseller. He hangs out with Sheryl Sandberg, Dan Pink and Tim Ferriss.  And we’ve spent the last 30 days together. We hit...

3 Ways to Create Your Own Internship

3 Ways to Create Your Own Internship

Finding the right internship can be overwhelming.   And if you’re considering a career path that falls outside the norm… it can feel nearly impossible.   Most of us don’t want jobs that fit into the “butcher, baker, candlestick-maker” type of roles.  ...

Learning to Disconnect

Learning to Disconnect

Do you disconnect when you travel?   Lindsay, here. I’m the Event Director for the BIG Dream Gathering. One of my dreams has been to travel as much as possible, so from time to time, I’ll be writing a few blog posts to share some of my experiences and...

Beat the Comparison Trap

Beat the Comparison Trap

I’m betting that people have been tempted to compare themselves to others since the dawn of time.   In the late 1800’s, Theodore Roosevelt was quoted saying, “Comparison is the thief of joy.”   And although the comparison trap has been around as long as...

Beating Decision Fatigue

Beating Decision Fatigue

Do you find yourself mentally exhausted at the end of the day?   If you’re like most… the answer is, “Heck yes.”   That might be due to something called “Decision Fatigue.”   I’ve been getting a lot of questions on this subject… so I dug into the topic (and some...

A Dream with Sole

A Dream with Sole

Mitch had the chance to interview the founder of WILCOX Boots, Peter Nichols on today’s DREAM. THINK. DO. podcast. Peter has a story that will motivate you to go after that BIG idea as soon as you finish this episode.  After a fateful afternoon in rainy...

How to Raise BIG Dreamers

How to Raise BIG Dreamers

In honor of Father’s Day, this solocast discusses the importance of raising your kids to be weird! Mitch dives into why parents should encourage their parents to be weird, because it is the “weird ones” that change the world. These dreamers and doers...

Start Ups and BIG Dreams

Start Ups and BIG Dreams

Mitch met Mike Meyers when he participated in a BIG Dream Gathering in Chicago a few years ago.   Mike was a total rock star and stood out from the crowd.  He posted a number of big dreams… but one in particular involved a business idea that he had. He was still a...

BIG Dreams and Elevator Pitches

BIG Dreams and Elevator Pitches

There’s a good chance that at some point in your life you have been asked the age old question, “So…what do you do?” Maybe it was at a networking event or you were introduced at a party to a new friend. Maybe it was the first question in a job...

Finding money for your BIG Dream

Finding money for your BIG Dream

Do you have a BIG Dream but are unsure of how to make it happen? Is this due to a lack of funding or resources? On today’s episode of Dream.Think.Do., Mitch interviews Lise Cartwright, a self-made expert on the “side hustle.” Lise began working as a...

BIG Dreams and Best Sellers

BIG Dreams and Best Sellers

Have you ever wanted to write a book but weren’t sure how to get started? Not enough time? Didn’t know if it would make sense? Today’s episode is chalk full of tips to help you get your first book onto paper. Chandler Bolt will share some strategies...

Don’t follow your BIG Dreams…

Don’t follow your BIG Dreams…

Today on the Dream.Think.Do Podcast, Mitch does a deep dive on NOT following your dreams. Yup…you read that right… The episode focuses on experimenting with your BIG dreams, rather than viewing your audacious goals as dreams that are unattainable and out...

One of Mike’s BIG Dreams…

One of Mike’s BIG Dreams…

We love to share updates on BIG Dreams that have been posted at BIG Dream Gatherings. Mike Myers attended a BIG Dream Gathering as a part of Succeed Faster last summer. This is his update… in his own words.   “When we were at Succeed Faster this past...

From the wall to the top of Amazon!

From the wall to the top of Amazon!

I woke up this morning to see a facebook post from BIG Dream Gathering alumni Chandler Bolt. He posted that his freshly published book (with co-author James Roper) was #2 on Amazon! All of a sudden… I was reminded about a conversation I’d had with Chandler...

One of April’s BIG Dreams…

One of April’s BIG Dreams…

We LOVE to get updates from people who have posted BIG Dreams. Recently, we received an update from April in Portland. April’s update… in her own words: “A couple of years ago I realized I was still young and yet I was so heavy and unhealthy that I...

One of Mandy’s BIG Dreams…

One of Mandy’s BIG Dreams…

When Mandy came to the BIG Dream Gathering… she wasn’t exactly sure what she wanted to write down. But as she started to see other people’s dreams on the walls, she got more and more inspired. One dream came. Then another. But then she got hit by a...

One of John’s big dreams…

One of John’s big dreams…

John Cheatem came to a BIG Dream Gathering in 2010 and posted some of his dreams about music. Since he talked with us about his big dream he’s continued to take steps toward that dream everyday. He even took one of the “leaps of faith” he mentioned...

One of Megan’s BIG Dreams…

One of Megan’s BIG Dreams…

When Megan attended her first BIG Dream Gathering in Chicago… she admitted to not being sure what her big dreams might be. But she gave herself permission to dream. She started by posting about a dream involving an internship. Then she posted another dream about...

One of Sean’s BIG dreams…

One of Sean’s BIG dreams…

Sean Moore works for ACT. He’s an awesome dad, hubby and member of his small community. And… he had a dream. That dream was to form a band… and rock the house. Now that may sound a little simple… and it would be fine if it was. We want to celebrate all kinds of...

BIG dreams. Pure awesome.

BIG dreams. Pure awesome.

We held a BIG Dream Gathering in Raleigh, North Carolina. As people were busy posting dreams, a man approached me. He was professionally dressed. High and tight. Buttoned up. Blue oxford shirt, perfectly ironed khakis and wire rimmed glasses. He started to hand me his...

One of Calvin’s BIG Dreams

Videographer Calvin Johannsen has attended a number of BIG Dream Gatherings. But at one particular BDG in San Antonio… he posted a dream about climbing Mnt. Kilimanjaro. Once he got his dream sheet back… he started to make a plan. He put a budget together....