Each time I run into this Edgar Allan Poe quote, Steve Jobs comes to mine. It goes, “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”

The day that Steve died was not an entirely sad one for me. For a long time I had known that he was suffering, and I was glad that he no longer had to endure that pain. I also felt that he went out the way he wanted to, guns slinging, and brilliant to the very end.

You look back at what this one guy had accomplished in his lifetime and you go WOW! Steve’s goals and mine are not aligned, but if you want a blue print of what intense dream chasing looks like, look into how this man lived his life.

For those of you out there, who like me are on the heels of our dreams, I leave you now with some words from Barry E. Holzbach.

“Clearly defined goals allow you to travel toward another horizon that represents the end of one experience and the transition to a new and better existence. The profound differences between successful people and others are the goals they choose to pursue.

Each decision affects WHAT YOU BECOME. We form our decisions and our decisions form us.

Once you make a decision, you start down a path to a new destination. At the moment the decision is made, your decision to pursue a goal alters what you are becoming. Just one spin of the lock’s dial—a single choice—can alter your life, your destiny, your legacy.”