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    Are You Riding in the Back Seat of Your Own Dream?
    Are You Riding in the Back Seat of Your Own Dream?
    Are You Riding in the Back Seat of Your Own Dream?
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    Are You Riding in the Back Seat of Your Own Dream?

    By Diane Jordan-Grizzard

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    Are You Riding in the Back Seat of Your Own Dream? is a metaphor for feeling stuck and not moving forward with your dreams and aspirations. This book brings together personal interviews of women from of diverse ages, occupations and lifestyles, distilling the wisdom gleaned from their experiences to provide light for the path to your dreams.

    The insightful lessons are for anyone who still believes in dreams coming true but may have been dissuaded into believing it is too late, and for those who still have passion and just need encouragement to go ahead and live their dreams.

    Diane Jordan-Grizzard, author of Free Soil (2010), has created a powerful reminder that it is possible for your dreams to come true. If you have ever been in pursuit of a dream and lost your way, turn to any one of the stories in this book, and it will inspire you to pick up your dream, brush it off, push against fear, and get back into the driver’s seat.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHeartStudio Books
    Release dateAug 23, 2013
    ISBN9781301118809
    Are You Riding in the Back Seat of Your Own Dream?
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    Diane Jordan-Grizzard

    Diane Jordan-Grizzard: Author. Keynote Speaker. Expert in Organizational Learning, Executive Coaching, and Group Facilitating. While living in Liberia, Diane witnessed the military coup d’état, served as a midwife, and owned a business. FREE SOIL (2010) is her historical fiction account of Liberia's complex history.The integration of these experiences with her formal studies inspires the framework Diane uses to coach and facilitate learning opportunities that encourage individuals and organizations to unlock their purpose, passion, and potential.The African proverb “it is not where you are but what you do there that matters,” drives Diane’s passion to encourage individuals to dream and believe that their dreams can come true. Diane participated in the 2012 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women to research a book that will publish in 2014.

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      Are You Riding in the Back Seat of Your Own Dream? - Diane Jordan-Grizzard

      Foreword

      WARNING!! This is not a book for everyone. If you do not need affirmation that being in charge of your dreams is acceptable, then you do not need this book. If you do not need motivation to take the next daring step, then this book is not for you. If you do not need to find a tool for encouraging your daughters, sister-friends and other women to be in charge of their dreams, then this book will have no meaning for you. However, I encourage you to read the introduction to Are you riding in the back seat of your own dream and then decide if this book is not for you. I think you will find something of value in at least one of these inspirational stories.

      This is a book for women who still believe in dreams coming true but may have been dissuaded into believing it is too late. This is a book for women who want to celebrate living their dreams and know that the good news is in sharing your story. This is a book for women who still feel a fire that’s shut up in their bones and just need encouragement to go ahead and live their dreams. This is a book for those of us who are on the edge; we know in our hearts what we want to do, but be we haven’t figured out how to do it. No, this book is not for everyone, but it is for most of us. This book is not your road map, it is your inspiration.

      The reality is that so many of us have been beat down and laughed at for having dreams that we have learned to shut off that most creative and wonderful part of being ourselves. We have learned-- experience has taught us--that dreams only come true in fables. We have been taught to believe that dreams come true for the lucky, but not for most of us.

      I am proof that dreams do come true. For years, I thought and dreamed about getting my Ph.D. and then, the dissuaders stepped forth. My dissuaders told me I was too old; my career was complete, so why bother. My dissuaders even told me that I would be out of place and out of step. The funny thing was all of the dissuaders were in my brain. I discussed my decision to get my Ph.D. with my sister; I told her I worried about being seventy-three at graduation. My sister’s response was, Guess what? You’re going to be seventy-three whether you graduate or not. At the age of sixty-nine, I enrolled in a Ph.D. program. After the first semester I suffered the loss of my sister and decided I didn’t need to continue. The Associate Dean convinced me to become a part-time student and stay with the program. I am now seventy-three and have completed all of my actual class work and this summer will take my comprehensive exam. The next step will be writing my dissertation. My expected date of graduation is October 2014 (note I said expected, not hoped for or maybe). I will be seventy-four. Don’t listen to the dissuaders. Self-doubt is one of the biggest killers of dreams.

      What has been most astounding as I have lived my dream has been the number of women, both young and old, who have told me that I have encouraged them to go back to school and to live out their dream. This is my legacy: not what I did, but what I have encouraged other women to do.

      Well-meaning people say, Follow your dreams. Actually, to follow is to allow

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