5 Free Tools for Quickly Hosting Online Brainstorming Sessions

5 Free Tools for Quickly Hosting Online Brainstorming Sessions

This is a great article, will be trying each out and seeing if we can get what Barbara Sher calls an Idea Party going in the next week or so using one of these!

Victoria, TX Dream Team Forming Now

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The FIRST EVER Victoria, Texas Dream Team is forming now.  We are looking for 4-5 people located in the general area to join.

As this is the first local group, and I intend to be a member as well as the facilitator, the usual low cost of this DREAM TEAM is waived!  There will be no monthly charge for this team, or for my expertise leading it.

Do you want to live the life of your dreams?  Maybe you have a clearly defined idea, but are unsure about how to get past the obstacles you see in your way (the most popular obstacle - and often the easiest to solve - is money).  Maybe you don't even know what your dream life is, you just feel unsettled, restless, like there's something more to life than what you're living.  Your dream can be personal or professional.  We're happy to help you find friends or a traveling companion, or help you take your business to the next level.  As long as you can brainstorm ways to help others find and get their dream lives, we can help you, too.  

Cost:  $0

Commitment:  1 day per week for three months minimum

Needed:   The desire to reach your dreams, and a willingness to brainstorm with other members of the group to reach their dreams, too.

How to join:  email me at kimberlyearley 'at' yahoo 'dot' com.  Be sure to tell me your area of town (or town, if you're in the surrounding area).  If you know what your dream/obstacle is, let me know.  If not, no problem!  Let me know what days/times you are available to meet (assuming that our meeting place is in Victoria).

I look forward to discovering our dream lives together!

Books I Love

These are my all-time favorite books (for now).  :)

Barbara Sher's Teamworks! on the left, Barbara Sher's I Could Do Anything If I Just Knew What It Was, Barbara Winter's Making a Living Without a Job, and Barbara Sher's Wishcraft.  Any of these books (except possibly Teamworks! which is now out of print) can be purchased from Amazon.com by clicking on the book in the carousel below, if you're interested in reading them for yourself.

They are the inspiration for my Dream Teams, and we rely heavily on Teamworks!, Wishcraft, and Making a Living Without a Job with our teams.  It was these books, along with a few others, that solidified my desire to create the Dream Teams, along with my coaching practice.

If you have ever seen my LinkedIn profile, you will see that my professional/business experience has really run the gamut.  While I enjoyed certain aspects of nearly every job I've ever had, I knew that each one wasn't a particularly good fit for me.  I enjoy working with start-ups from the idea forward, and I enjoy checking on their progress, offering help here and there when they need it.  But the day-to-day functioning of a business is not for me (other than my own).  But for me, the most fun is the idea phase... which led to my creating Dream Teams.  Seeing someone light up when they realize what it is they want to do is the second best part of my "job".  The first place moment is when I see their dream come true... when the doors to the coffee shop opens, or they leave for their trip across America (or overseas).

What's your dream?

Dream Teams

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I have been studying Barbara Sher's materials (along with several other authors) for well over a year now.  I've always had a passion with trying to discover how to balance work and family.  My husband and I have both worked, for many years, outside the home.  We also had an opportunity to run a home-based brick and mortar business (electrical contracting) for a few years.  We found that running our business took even more time away from our family, even with being essentially home-based.  I went back to the drawing boards in 2007, shortly after we closed that business, attempting to find the secret to work-life balance, to be able to give my children more of my time and undivided attention while still providing a good life for them, financially.

It wasn't until about eighteen months ago that I came across Valerie Young, Barbara Sher, then Barbara Winters, and many other authors and bloggers that were living their dreams.  I've read, studied, and then read and studied some more.  I've looked into Mastermind groups (which have a similar theory, but focus almost exclusively on business and professional goals), and I have combined many of their ideas along with my own to create the best way to make your dream life happen... whether that dream life includes backpacking across America, owning your own small farm, or changing careers.  "But wait!" you'll tell me.  "I've got kids to support, (parents to take care of, or a home that needs tending).  I can't just run away from my responsibilities."  No, and I wouldn't encourage you to run away.  Unless that's what you want to do.  But I'll show you how to take care of your responsibilities, yet still make your dreams happen.  When your dreams seem out of reach, I'm here to tell you that they're not!

I have created my own version of what have been called Success Teams or Mastermind Groups, or they can go by many other names.  I agree wholeheartedly when Barbara Sher says that "Isolation is a dream killer."  Having a team does wonders to help you achieve small steps toward your dreams.  Helping others achieve small steps towards their dreams will help you just as much!

If you're interested in joining a Dream Team currently being put together in Victoria TX or the surrounding areas, or if you and some of your friends/acquaintances just need some help getting started, contact me!  I can help!