"I Can't Believe I Get Paid To Do This!" : Remarkable People Reveal 26 Proven Strategies for Making Your Dreams A Reality [Paperback]

Stacey Mayo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2004

If you are one of the millions of people who have experienced success in one or more areas of your life but have other dreams that are unfulfilled, then this book is for you. Perhaps you’ve dreamt of writing your own book, starting a new business or taking the current one to new heights, recording your own music, creating residual income while you play at the beach, having your own Bed and Breakfast, investing in real estate, traveling around the world or playing professional sports-and the list goes on and on.

We all have dreams. Discover and implement just a few of the 26 proven strategies gleaned from Mayo’s interviews with remarkable people who have overcome obstacles to make their dreams come true and you could potentially take years off your learning curve and make those dream happen faster than you ever thought possible.

In this book, Stacey Mayo a.k.a. "The Dream Queen" allows you to listen in on her private conversations with Stacy Allison, the first American woman to successfully climb Mt. Everest, Mary Youngblood who went from welfare mom to Grammy award winner, Loral Langemeier, single mom who became a multi-millionaire and teaches others to do the same, Tom Glavine, voted Most Valuable Player in the World Series despite the odds against become a professional athlete, Stephen Pierce, 10th grade dropout who hit bottom before becoming a millionaire online, John Dessauer, who escaped the rat race to save his family and became a multi-millionaire in real estate in two years, Lisa McLeod, author and humorist, who left a prestigious job at a fortune 500 company to pursue her passion to help other women and Dr Van Tharp, psychologist and stock trading coach who teaches you how to shift your self-sabotaging behaviors to live out dreams.

This book is not just about the dream. It is about the journey. The journey is every day of our life. If you are not enjoying the journey, then the actual achievement of the dream may give you a temporary high but leave you feeling empty inside.

So what will you get from reading this book?

1) Learn what it takes to make your dreams come true from people who have done it.

2) Receive coaching from the Dream Queen: Stacey Mayo is a Master Certified Coach, who will guide you in applying the key concepts in these interviews to your own life.

3) Begin to understand what we as human beings do to sabotage ourselves and start to recognize when you do those things so you can shift them.

Each interview is followed by three key success principles. There are also coaching questions with each success principle. Coaching questions are questions that cause you to look inside yourself; to get in touch with your inner wisdom.

This book will inspire you even if you only read the interviews. But to get the most value, make the time to answer the coaching questions and then take action based on what you see for yourself. It is great to be inspired by others who are living their dreams—it is even better to be living your own dreams.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"If you want to get motivated and get in action, read these inspiring stories from people who have overcome obstacles." -- Jack Canfield, co-author Chicken Soup for the Soul

"Stacey has captured the esence of what makes people successful in living out their dreams." -- Marcia Wieder, author of Making Your Dreams Come True

"Stacey's intuitive ability to ask the right questions is fanstastic. Consider yourself lucky to have Stacey as your Dream Coach." -- Rich Fettke, author of Extreme Success

About the Author

A well-known coach with a wide following, Stacey Mayo, a.k,a. "The Dream Queen," was a pioneer in the now-booming coaching industry. Stacey established the Center for Balanced Living in 1995 as a vehicle to carry out her life’s work. As director of the Center, she and a team of powerful coaches have assisted thousands of people across the nation in living out their dreams with amazing results!

Stacey understood the power of dreams when she interviewed the people who’s inspiring stories you’ll read in her new book, "I Can’t Believe I Get Paid To Do This!" With each story, Stacey, a successful entrepreneur in her own right, grew, changed, and learned even more about the secrets to success in life. These stories, and their associated principles of success changed her life, as I believe they can change yours.

Stacey was profiled on television in the CBS Evening News segment, "Confident Women". She has also appeared on the Atlanta Business Chronicle Reports. She has been featured a number of times in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, including the recent piece, "Midlife," which engages women in considering how they can stop deferring their dreams.

A leader in the coaching community and former program chair for the International Coaching Federation (ICF), Stacey has developed and led hundreds of successful training and coaching programs to rave reviews. She is a highly acclaimed public speaker. Stacey is Master Certified Coach, a member of the International Coaching Federation, a graduate of Coach University, and is certified as a career coach through Rockport Institute.

Stacey loves to help people live out their dreams and expand their success by getting out of their own way, balancing their personal and business lives, creating wealth while doing something they love and shouting from the rooftop, "I Can’t Believe I Get Paid To Do This!"

Stacey lives with her husband and two golden retrievers, Lover Boy and Georgia, in a suburb of Atlanta.

Product Details

• Paperback: 279 pages
• Publisher: Publisher: Gold Leaf Publishing (October 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976077604
• ISBN-13: 978-0976077602
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #546,319 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Just Dream, Read This Book To Design Your Action Plan, April 14, 2005

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Bill Lampton, Ph.D. "Speech Coach for Champions" (Gainesville, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: "I Can't Believe I Get Paid To Do This!" : Remarkable People Reveal 26 Proven Strategies for Making Your Dreams A Reality (Paperback)

Why did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ignite a worldwide movement with his "I Have a Dream" speech? The answer is simple: because we all have dreams, aspirations, inner sparks yearning to become flames.

Sometimes these dreams are private. We may not even admit them fully to ourselves. Traditionally, these are our "pipe dreams," our Walter Mitty fantasies.

At other times we describe our dreams to family and friends. Yet we don't go beyond that. We simply talk, get mired in "what if" and count time until the weekend and the monthly paycheck.

Stacey Mayo's excellent book helps readers move beyond daydreaming, helping them fashion a plan that takes them from speculation to success.

This book is very interesting. Mayo's interviews read like conversation at a mid morning coffee break.

Fortunately, after each interview she helps you take specific steps to apply the action principles that she has uncovered.

As an entrepreneur who took the big leap to fulfill his dream eight years ago, I can report that Stacey Mayo offers practical guidelines for venturesome spirits. At the end of the book, you will declare, "They all got their dream life. Following their advice, I can too."

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good read!, September 27, 2005

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Armchair Interviews (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: "I Can't Believe I Get Paid To Do This!" : Remarkable People Reveal 26 Proven Strategies for Making Your Dreams A Reality (Paperback)

Does this sound familiar? You have a dream but are afraid if you pursue it you will risk losing what you have now?

In Stacey Mayor's book, seven very successful people overcome obstacles to turn those dreams into reality, each sharing three Key Success Principles:

1. Stacey Allison, the first American woman to successfully climb Mt. Everest. She turned her passion into money and tell tells how she balances the life lessons from her climb and her abusive first marriage.

2. Mary Youngblood went from a being a welfare mom to being a Grammy Award winner with her music.

3. Loral Langemeier, single mom who became a millionaire -- and teaches others to do the same.

4. Baseball's Tom Glavine overcame multiple roadblocks and became a pro ballplayer and a World Series' MVP.

5. John Dessauer went from a corporate job and an almost-failed married to a multi-millionaire in just over two years in real estate.

6. Lisa Earle McLeod left a lucrative position at Procter & Gamble (against everyone's advice) to help other women with her talent for humor. She authored Forget Perfect and is now a professional speaker and comedian.

7. Stephen Pierce is the final person. I have had the privilege to meet him at a major Internet marketing seminar. His story is inspirational. A tenth grade dropout, Pierce hit bottom before earning his first million "on line" using the Internet to sell product and intellectual property to traders. He stressed the value of joint alliances to help him succeed.

The stories are all inspirational, each with a good lesson for us on overcoming the fear of working toward our dreams.

The coach/author interviews these life experts, followed by sound advice they learned at the school of hard knocks. You will find many favorites in the 26 strategies. Mine was: To streamline your efforts with your natural talents with your goal.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Empowering!, January 14, 2005

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Zev Saftlas "Founder and Host of EmpoweringMe... (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: "I Can't Believe I Get Paid To Do This!" : Remarkable People Reveal 26 Proven Strategies for Making Your Dreams A Reality (Paperback)

In this action packed book you will learn 26 proven strategies for success from these remarkable people who have made their dreams come true.

Let me give you 3 examples:

1. You will learn from Stacy Allison, the First American Woman to Successfully Climb Mt. Everest, how to Design Your Life Around Your Priorities

2. You will learn from Lisa Earle McLeod, Humorist and Author of Forget Perfect, how to Say "Nay" to the Judges in Your Life: Do What You Love

3. You will learn from DR. Van K. Tharp, Psychologist, Trading Coach, how to Power-Shift from Victim to Creator of Your Life and how to Change Your Mind-Change Your Life: Re-program Your Thoughts and Create What You Want

I highly recommend this book to anyone who is seriously interested in following their dream and would like proven strategies on how to make it a reality now!

Zev Saftlas Author of Motivation That Works, founder of EmpoweringMessages.com