Happy New Year, Dear Readers!

What could you do with $1000 prize money? Welcome to the Bigger and Better Contest, where a big dreamer will become a big winner!

I am a writer, and what I've discovered is that writing changes your life. Hand-writing out my dreams has given me a miracle son, the perfect wedding for my daughter, a dream home, 800 terrific 8 to Great trainers, the bestest of friends, reconciliation with my seer of a sister (who titled this letter), the perfect forward for my new book 8 to Great, and the list goes on...

Therefore, I'm inviting each of you to be a writer of your New Year story - the story of how you want your Bigger and Better life to play out, written as though it's already happening. Yes, it will take you a few minutes each day for 31 days, but it will take effect for that many years. Just grab yourself a notebook - spiral bound, leather bound, an old three-ring binder - what kind doesn't matter. It simply needs to have 31 pages for you to hand write your dreams in... (No keyboarding for this contest, please.)

31 Days of Dreaming Bigger
Below are your 31 page titles. Start spending 2-3 minutes each day writing a Bigger and Better description of your life in the assigned area for the day. Dig into the details and don't hold back. Remember Mike Dooley's mantra - thoughts become things!

And here's the fun part: you don't have to believe a word you're writing - not yet! I just ask that each day you read aloud the page you wrote the previous day before you hand write your next assigned page. By the end of the month, you'll see the truth of the 8 to Great definition of a belief:

A belief is a thought you keep thinking until you feel it.

The rules of the contest are simple: Hand write out 31 paragraphs on the assigned topics over the next month or two and send me a copy when you're finished. I'm even giving you a few extra days - entries must be postmarked no later than Feb. 28th, 2010. Photocopy your hand-written pages (no originals, please) and stick them in an envelope. Send all 31 paragraphs to:

MK Mueller
Bigger and Better Contest
1647 S. 152 St.
Omaha, NE, 68144

The winner of the $1,000 Bigger and Better Contest will be announced on March 31st in that Key-Mail, but what you and I know is that EVERYONE who does this will be a winner. No age limit, so encourage others to join in the fun - your friends, children, students, parents and sweetheart!

Get the Picture on Paper
Here are your 31 paragraph/page titles. Remember, just 3-5 sentences per topic of the great things happening in this area of your life is all that's needed to spark your imagination and fuel the fun! Even though they really won't have happened yet, be sure to write in present or past tense as though they have. For example, you could begin each paragraph with, "I'm so grateful now that..."

Day 1: Your vitality and health
Day 2: Your deepening friendships
Day 3: Your finances and wealth
Day 4: Your work/career
Day 5: Your home
Day 6: Your car
Day 7: Your sense of humor
Day 8: Your deepening spirituality
Day 9: Your intelligence
Day 10: Your romance
Day 11: Your hobbies and talents
Day 12: Your vacation in the U.S.
Day 13: Your fun with neighbors or co-workers
Day 14: Your contribution to those with less
Day 15: Your speech going well after winning an award
Day 16: Your wardrobe
Day 17: Your old friends contacting you
Day 18: Your fun with food
Day 19: Your meeting someone you've always admired
Day 20: Your healing an old wound of yours
Day 21: Your amazing synchronicities
Day 22: Your pets/relationship with animals
Day 23: Your connection with children
Day 24: Your looking younger
Day 25: Your vacation outside the U.S.
Day 26: Your new toy (jeep? fishing rod? iPhone?)
Day 27: Your new friends mixing well with your old ones
Day 28: Your gift from an admirer
Day 29: Topic of Your Choice!
Day 30: Your winning a contest
Day 31: Your inspiring the world

Entries will be judged by three of us in the 8 to Great office on how creatively the daily entries take us to that feeling place where dreams become reality. One entry per envelope (and make sure you have enough postage). Also, be sure to add a cover page to the front of your 31 pages of daily dreamings that includes:
- your name
- your phone number
- your email address if you have one
- your mailing address

We look forward to reading every one. Have fun enjoying your Biggest and Best year yet!

Blissings,
MK

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- Mike Dooley, as featured in The Secret, and author of Infinite Possibilities: The Art of Living Your Dreams

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