Running Down Your Dream

I was a guest yesterday on WGN’s The Money Show hosted by Bill Moller which for the month of December morphs into a show titled Running Down Your Dream co-hosted by Jeff Carroll. The show focuses on finding your passion and re-inventing yourself if you feel the need. I’ve guested for the past three years as an example of a corporate exec who re-invented himself as a humorous, inspirational, motivational, Chicago based Irish keynote speaker. (Sorry for that hyperbole, but it might help with search engines when someone is seeking a Chicago based Irish humorous, inspirational keynote speaker who is motivational and not afraid to blatantly repeat these terms in his blog!!)

Bill and Jeff have definitely hit a nerve as we were inundated with phone calls from people who feel either stuck at where they are or, have moved on to better things. Not surprisingly, the impact of the current economic climate was also a hot topic with some callers feeling lost. So if you’re one of those, here’s my two shillings worth – as we used say back in Ireland.

You have been through worse and you came out of it OK. You will this time. For those of you who respond, “I’ve never been experienced worse than this,” well other people have and they have come through it OK. So will you.

As I slide gracefully into middle-age, (dream on Conor) I appreciate more than ever that we are living in a ‘vale of tears’ and that everyone, yes EVERYONE hits a speed bump or a pot hole at some stage in life. I’m not wise enough to know when you will overcome that speed bump or pot hole, but I do know that almost everyone else has overcome their respective challenges over the years.

You will too. Believe in yourself.