Dreamcrafting The Art of Dreaming Big, The Science of Making It Happen

by Levesque, Paul; McNeil, Art

• ISBN13: 9781576752296
• ISBN10: 1576752291
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-16
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

Many people set out to achieve a big dream, such as starting a business or writing a book, but when they don't succeed right away, the dream fades. Often, these people have plenty of talent and expertise related to their particular dream, but those skills, which authors Paul Levesque and Art McNeil call "microskills, " are usually not enough. Dreamcrafting identifies and teaches the five "macroskills" -- aspiration, motivation, projection, inclusion, and application -- people need to make any dream a reality.

Author Biography

For over ten years Paul Levesque was an executive consultant with the Achieve Group (founded by partner Art McNeil). As lead instructor at Achieve’s Service Quality Academy, he helped guide over 350 international corporate clients through the planning and implementation of their change and improvement efforts. For four years (1997~2000) he served as executive director at Catalyst, a British management consult- ing firm.
Paul is the author of Breakaway Planning: 8 Big Questions to Guide Organizational Change (Amacom, 1998) and The WOW Factory: Creating a Customer Focus Revolution in Your Business (Irwin, 1995). Articles he has written have appeared in publications such as Quality Digest and the business journal Biz.
Art McNeil founded the Achieve Group, a consulting company whose namesake Achieve Global has gone on to become one of the largest training companies in the world. He also served as chairman of Times Mirror Training’s international board of directors.
Art wrote the international best-seller The “I” of the Hurricane: Creating Corporate Energy (Stoddart Publishing, 1987), which has been translated into several languages, and co-authored TheVIP Strategy: Leadership Skills for Exceptional Performance (Key Porter Books, 1989). With partner Paul Levesque, he is the coauthor of a weekly syndicated newspaper column entitled Dreamcrafting.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: The Five Macroskills	1	(12)
Macroskill One: Aspiration--Igniting a Sense of Mission	13	(36)
Life in Alignment	15	(14)
Defining Your Dream	29	(20)
Macroskill Two: Motivation--Intensifying and Maintaining Resolve	49	(64)
An End to Self-Sabotage	51	(22)
The ``No-Willpower'' Myth	73	(22)
Time-Release Motivators	95	(18)
Macroskill Three: Projection--Linking Today with Tomorrow	113	(36)
Living with One Foot in Tomorrow	115	(22)
When Short-Term Needs Clash with Long-Term Goals	137	(12)
Macroskill Four: Inclusion--Getting Others Involved	149	(42)
Turning Resistance into Support	151	(18)
Turning Support into Participation	169	(22)
Macroskill Five: Application--Cultivating the Dreamcrafting Habit	191	(17)
The Power of Little Things to Make a Big Difference	193	(15)
Notes	208	(5)
Index	213	(4)
About the Authors	217