to all Businessmen: HOw To Know if your DREAMS are God's DREAM?

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Here’s a problem: Many of us are not successful because we
don’t know our deepest desires.

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I’d like to personally invite you to join two virtual
organizations — depending on what you need.

The first is for people who wish to grow in their spiritual life.
All over the world, I send them a mountain load of blessings so they
keep growing in their relationship with God through the Internet. It’s
totally FREE. Log on to www.KerygmaFamily.com now.

The second is for people who wish to grow in their financial
life. Each month, I send them select PowerTalks in Audio CDs and
my WealthStrategies Newsletter to help them grow financially. The
first two months of membership is also FREE, including a FREE
sign-up Bonus of my powerful How To Be Truly Rich Seminar in two
Audio CDs. Sign up at Truly Rich Club now!

[smurky]

I’d like to personally invite you to join two virtual
organizations — depending on what you need.

The first is for people who wish to grow in their spiritual life.
All over the world, I send them a mountain load of blessings so they
keep growing in their relationship with God through the Internet. It’s
totally FREE. Log on to www.KerygmaFamily.com now.

The second is for people who wish to grow in their financial
life. Each month, I send them select PowerTalks in Audio CDs and
my WealthStrategies Newsletter to help them grow financially. The
first two months of membership is also FREE, including a FREE
sign-up Bonus of my powerful How To Be Truly Rich Seminar in two
Audio CDs. Sign up at Truly Rich Club now!

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***CHAPTER 1***

The Dreamer Grows Up

When I was a kid, I dreamt of owning a Voltes V robot.
If you’re my age and lived somewhere in Asia, you know what
I’m talking about.

You must have seen it: a 6-inch metal figure with a tiny head,
a sword handle on its chest, and rectangular arms and legs. During
my time, if you walked in a toy store, half of the floor space would be
occupied by Voltes V robots. And every seven seconds, you’d hear a
little boy scream, “Let’s volt in!”

Oh, I prayed for it, craved for it, and salivated whenever I saw
it in the store.

It was The Christmas gift. No other toy could compare.
On Christmas Eve, I’d rip open my gifts, and if I saw that it
was a silly shirt, or a toy car, or a rubber ball, or a grand piano (just
kidding) — I’d toss it and rip open the next gift — hoping that
someone gave me The gift that mattered.
But no one did.

Because those robots sold for a steep P700 — and during my
time, that was worth a lot of mullah.
My parents just couldn’t afford it.
So for a year, I dreamt of owning the robot.
But I never did own one.

I remember just staring at them whenever a classmate would
bring it to school. Once, my friend said, “Do you want to touch it,
Bo? Just one second.” I reached for it, my finger touching the cold
metal of the six-inch robot. “Okay, that’s enough,” my classmate said,
pulling it away.

Many years have passed since then.
In the meantime, the Voltes V craze died a natural death
— and my dream to own a toy robot died with it too.

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Some of Your Dreams Are Meant to Die to Tell You That You Need to Grow Up

Some 30 years later, I walked into a toy store.
And lo and behold — in one corner shelf, I saw once again
the Voltes V robot like the dead rising from its grave. Though the
cartoon series has long been cancelled, a toy company is betting that
big kids like me may wish to own them for nostalgia’s sake.
How much does it cost today? P17,000.

Hey, I could now afford it. I could, at that very moment,
display a few of them around my room, and fulfil my long-time
dream.

But the problem was that Voltes V was no longer my dream.
The sight of Voltes V reminded me that not ALL of our
dreams have to be fulfilled.

It may simply mean that the Dreamer has grown up.
It simply means that there are Superficial Dreams and there
are Soul Dreams.

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***CHAPTER 2***

A Soul Dream Was Born

I had my spiritual conversion at age 12.
And as a 13-year-old boy, I read the life story of St. Francis of
Assisi.

That was when I felt something stir deep in my soul.
I dreamt of becoming like Jesus and Francis, loving the poor
the way they did.

So I brought home street kids and elderly poor people
wandering about in the streets, which didn’t exactly make my mother
jump up and down with glee.

When she told me it was impossible to do what I wanted to
do, I nurtured a dream in my young heart. It was not anymore for a
toy robot. I dreamt of building a huge home where I could welcome
the poorest of the poor.

By age 14, I would do outreach work in the slums, sometimes
sleeping there. I would live in a shanty, sharing a tiny room with nine
people. I breathed their air, ate their food, and laughed at their jokes.
The experience changed my life.

Unlike the robot, the dream to serve the poor never died.
Sixteen years later, we built a huge home for the poorest of
the poor.

With the help of my friends, we bought a huge land (today,
it consists of five hectares), built a number of houses on it, and called
it Anawim — a Hebrew word that means the poor of the Lord. Since
1995, we have been picking up abandoned elderly from the streets
and giving them a loving home.

What dreams do you have in your heart that has never died?

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***CHAPTER 3***

The 4 Signs of a Soul Dream

Why do some dreams die while others never do?

In my life, I’ve noticed that when dreams are connected to the
deepest part of my life — my soul — they get fulfilled.
I call these Soul Dreams.

Soul Dreams are fuelled by almost super human passion. A
touch of the Divine wakes up from within, and we’re transformed
with heroic perseverance.

Before you read these 4 Signs, I urge you to write down your
dreams on paper.

Believe that what you can write down on paper, you can write
them down on reality.

So don’t edit your thoughts. Just write and don’t stop.
But once you’re through, read the next four chapters where
I discuss the 4 Signs. And based on these 4 Signs, read again your
dreams and check the dreams that have at least one of the 4 Signs
that I’ll be explaining to you.

But don’t cross out the dreams that you didn’t check. It’s
possible that you just don’t see the “soul connections” yet. So keep
them.

But do celebrate your Soul Dreams that have a powerful
“Why” behind them.
Here are the 4 Signs of a Soul Dream…

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***Chapter 4***

Sign #1:
The Dream Is Connected
to Your Most Important Values

When I was 16, I dreamt of owning a 4x4 Toyota Pick-Up
with monster wheels. I saw it in the movie of Michael J. Fox’ Back to
the Future and fell in love with it. I imagined myself driving the minitruck
and feeling powerful and handsome.

My problem was that unlike the movie producers of Michael
J. Fox, my father said he could only spare P40,000 for my first car.
So years later, even when I already added my own little
savings, instead of a 4x4 monster vehicle, I ended up with a tiny,
peepsqueaky, mouse-like “owner-type” jeep assembled in some
backyard with scrawny second-hand re-treaded tires. I installed a
used air-conditioning unit, closed it up, and painted it all white. So
my friends called my jeep a rolling refrigerator.
Being “home-made,” the thing conked out on me every two
weeks.

Now fast forward some 20 years later and I now can afford to
buy a 4x4 Pick-up, the top-of-the-line version if I wanted to.
But like the Voltes V robot, it would be the last thing I will
buy today.

It’s bumpy. It’s a waste of power. It’s a waste of 4x4
technology. (The roughest thing I’ll ever drive on will be the potholes
on Manila’s roads. Hmm. On second thought…)

More importantly, it can’t fit my wife, my kids, and a crowd of
friends who usually like to hitch with us. I can’t tell them, “Just hop at
the back and stand under the heat of the sun.”

I now drive a simple basic minivan. Cheap. Friendly. Smooth.
Happy.

Because today, my life revolves around my family. Next to
God, they are my most important value. A 4x4 monster? The dream
wasn’t connected to a deep enough value. I just liked it, but I wasn’t
passionate for it.

It wasn’t a Soul Dream.

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***Chapter 5***

Sign #2:
The Dream Must Bring You
Closer to God

From a poor missionary, I wanted to become a millionaire
missionary.

It was mad. It was audacious. It was totally heretical. And no
one in my circle of friends ever tried it. But the thought of becoming
a millionaire entrepreneur and a servant of God at the same time
fascinated me no end.

Why? Two reasons.
First, instead of always begging money from people for my
own personal needs, I wanted to have enough for my needs and more
than enough to give to God’s work.

Second, I was constantly faced by the needs of the people
I was trying to help — not just their spiritual needs but also their
financial needs. I preached about prayer, faith, salvation, healing,
and heaven. But I never talked about money, even if that was what
they wanted me to do. How could I even dare teach them to grow
financially if I was totally ignorant about money? (I’m embarrassed to
say this, but at that time, the best skill I possessed concerning money
was begging for it.)

Third, I wanted to help people financially.

But I couldn’t — because I didn’t have any.

No, I didn’t love money. But I began to develop a passion for
two things about money: how to grow it and how to give it away.

I find this very difficult to explain to religious people. But
today, when I create wealth, I feel God’s Presence in a very palpable
way. Because it isn’t just for me. I create wealth to fulfil my Life
Purpose — which is to love as much as I can.

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***Chapter 6***

Sign #3: The Dream Must Be Connected to Your Life Purpose and Core Gifts

It was my dream to have multiple income streams.

At the start of my brave journey towards holy wealth, I got
into almost every business under the sun. I sold ice cream, motor oil,
herbal juices, memorial plans and even squid balls. In the past 10
years, I’ve failed in eight businesses and lost three million pesos. But

I learned lessons that I will hold precious forever. (Will you forget
what you learned from a 3-million-peso, 10-year-long seminar?)

One of the most important lessons is this: If I wanted to
succeed, my business should be either connected to — or at least not
distract me from — my Life Purpose and Core Gifts.

My core gift is to communicate. I’m a preacher and a writer.
This is what I believe God wants me to do. If I want to succeed in
business, that business has to use my Core Gifts and fulfil my Life
Purpose too.

Here’s a crucial lesson many people don’t know about: In
order to succeed in life, you should forget about developing your
weaknesses. Instead, concentrate on your strengths. Delegate your
weaknesses. Hire other people to do what you don’t do well. But you
should focus on your strength.

Imagine if Tiger Woods stopped playing golf and decided to
develop a singing career or ramp modelling or theatre. Will he still be
successful?
I repeat: Focus on your Core Gifts.
Only then will you succeed.

That was why I had to give up all of the businesses I
mentioned above. Aside from the fact that I kept on losing money
anyway! But that’s because they never used my Core Gifts.

Two of my 16 income streams today are my Corporate
Seminars and my Online Information Business. They fit me
like a glove because they use my Core Gifts to the hilt. And not
surprisingly, I earn handsomely.

I have a few other income streams not connected to my Core
Gifts: My real estate investments, an educational center, a prenatal
ultrasound clinic, to name a few. These aren’t directly connected to
my Core Gifts. But I’m not running them. I have fantastic partners in
all these ventures. All I do is cheer them.

And these businesses are great places for me to park my
income with profit.

Is your dream connected to your Life Purpose and Core
Gifts?

Or at the very least, not distract you from it?