Following Your Passions Down A Different Path | Motivation

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Debra Poneman is the President of "Yes to Success," a company she founded because it was always her dream to make a difference in people's lives. "Yes to Success" helps people create true success and prosperity, enjoy deep and lasting happiness, and realize their biggest dreams. Almost overnight, her seminars went from having 10 participants to thousands of participants.

Debra could often be found on radio and television talks shows, and at one point she had started negotiations for her own talk show. She had it all, or so it seemed. She very quickly realized that success and fulfillment were not at all the same things.

When her first child was born, Debra saw first-hand that passions can change in an instant. She decided to leave the rat race and join the world of stay at home moms. Some people might say she threw her career out the window. Debra Poneman didn't see it that way, though.

Debra joined a popular work at home company called Melaleuca, a business that prides itself on allowing moms to fit work into their family rather than fitting family into their work. Instead of sleeping night after night in a lonely hotel, she was tucking her children into bed.

As her children got older, Debra Poneman still dreamed of doing what she had always wanted to do, writing an inspirational book. One night, her son brought her one step closer to that reality. He simply asked her to watch a televised talent show with him.

Debra loved spending as much time as possible with her kids, so while she wasn't thrilled about watching a talent show, she was thrilled to sit with her son. She quickly realized this wasn't your typical talent show. This was a show that would ultimately become one of the most popular shows on television, American Idol. She was hooked!

Marci Shimoff, a dear friend of Debra's, had fallen in love with the show as well. Marci had already written successful inspirational books, including a couple of titles in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. One night while discussing the show, they both realized what they wanted to do: write a Chicken Soup book called "Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul."

American Idol contestants know all about living the dream, picking yourself up when you fall, and never giving up. That's exactly what Debra had always done, and it was exactly what she wanted to express to others. She didn't give up on her dreams just because she became a mother.

Through her inspirational book that told the stories of several of the American Idol contestants, Debra was able to show the world how average people can live out above-average dreams. Be the best teacher, banker, singer, or garbage collector you can be, regardless of what the Simon Cowell's of the world have to say about it!

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