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How a DOME plan saved a life
published: Wednesday | March 7, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody ssBEK="true">
Tony Williamson
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, scholar, educator, and president emeritus of <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Morehouse </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">College</SPAN>, said:
"It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">the </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">stars</SPAN>, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin."
I have now completed the series of articles explaining the highly successful planning method embodied in the acronym DOME - diagnosis, objectives, methods and evaluation. For a DOME plan to fix itself into your subconscious mind, it has to be written down on paper. If you do not write it out, you may miss the incredible power of the subconscious objectives that you constantly read and reread.
What I am going to share with you is a true story. You may find it difficult to believe, but it proves the power of the DOME at any age in life. It also demonstrates that failure is not final.
If anyone in the world was a failure, it was he. Failure dominated his life, misfortune was his twin brother. His father died when he was only five years old and he quit school at 16. He <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">married</SPAN> at 18, became a father at 19 and the couple had a wonderful baby daughter, a child he loved with
published: Wednesday | March 7, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody ssBEK="true">
Tony Williamson
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, scholar, educator, and president emeritus of <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Morehouse </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">College</SPAN>, said:
"It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">the </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">stars</SPAN>, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin."
I have now completed the series of articles explaining the highly successful planning method embodied in the acronym DOME - diagnosis, objectives, methods and evaluation. For a DOME plan to fix itself into your subconscious mind, it has to be written down on paper. If you do not write it out, you may miss the incredible power of the subconscious objectives that you constantly read and reread.
What I am going to share with you is a true story. You may find it difficult to believe, but it proves the power of the DOME at any age in life. It also demonstrates that failure is not final.
If anyone in the world was a failure, it was he. Failure dominated his life, misfortune was his twin brother. His father died when he was only five years old and he quit school at 16. He <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">married</SPAN> at 18, became a father at 19 and the couple had a wonderful baby daughter, a child he loved with