Mission Statement: To educate, inspire and encourage TN women (age 30 and older) and active or honorably discharged women Veterans of any U.S. military service (age 21+) to set and achieve personal goals toward dream accomplishment, to start a business, or to inspire toward positive self-development.
We promote the concept: Dream * Believe * Visualize * Achieve ™ .
Dream of what you want, believe you can attain it, visualize receiving it and then achieve making that dream a reality.
Vision Statement: Achieve Your Dreams and Goals aspires to teach, motivate, connect, source, and inspire our clients in personal development so that . . .
. . . every woman gains a strong belief in herself (provides the foundation for creating goals).
. . . every woman feels encouraged and empowered to work toward her dreams.
. . . every woman receives the care and support she needs to sustain hope in her future.
. . . every woman learns tools for self-sufficiency and financial preparedness.
. . . every woman experiences an environment and culture of care, warmth, and understanding.
Because when a woman has a positive self-image and believes she controls her future . . .
. . . she adopts the actions and activities to improve her mind, physical health, and spirit.
. . . she creates an environment of care, compassion, and concern for those around her.
. . . she encourages the people around her and brings hope to those who need it.
. . . she models fiscal responsibility, leadership, and other essential traits for the community.
. . . she acts as a positive role model to others.
. . . she strives to achieve her goals and dreams.
Fundamental Principles of Achieve Your Dreams and Goals:
Humanity: Created to bring education without discrimination to the women of Tennessee over the age of thirty and active or honorably discharged women (any age) of all U.S. military branch’s) and to prevent and alleviate the loss of hope or a failure to thrive while dispelling regrets of what goals haven’t been accomplished personally. Its purpose is to enhance life and health and to ensure respect for the Self as she ages. It promotes an environment of mutual understanding, support, friendship, and encouragement for others amongst her community.
Impartiality: It makes no discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions.
Client profile:
This program will be a good fit for a woman who has dreamed of:
Writing and self-publishing a book
Starting a personal brand business (such as an artist, musician, speaker, coach, etc.)
Becoming a business owner in the traditional sense (such as opening a salon, thrift shop, etc.)
Creating a play, film, or TV show
Creating music for performance or licensing
Or has a dream she has been unable to fulfill (such as money-management, weight loss, organization, etc.)
Client program will be a tailored approach to include client:
- Having one on one coaching to define and refine vision and goal, meeting monthly in person or virtually
- Creating an action plan
- Completing steps on action plan
- Attending financial workshops or training on budget and accounting principles
- Conducting research and creating a business plan
- Having work critiqued by appropriate panel
- Refining work based on critique
- Creating a pitch/proposal/synopsis
- Creating a sales and marketing plan
- Completing applicable training as needed
- Creating and building a social media platform for product if applicable
- Creating and maintaining a personal brand website if applicable
- Learning / doing fundraising as applicable
- Attending networking functions
- And lastly – Submit/ perform/ achieve goal/ dream
Cost:
- Clients will have a cost share for coaching and workshops and/or seminars.
- Clients will pay part or all of outside networking or additional workshops or training (organization will pay part or all of program directed training – if funds are available).
- Clients will pay for their website and hosting plan (if applicable to their dream).
- Costs will be on a sliding scale when appropriate and when funds are available.
Age and residency requirements. The Achieve Your Dreams and Goals program is for women age 30 or older who are Tennessee residents, and in-person (if local) or virtually for women U.S. Veterans or active duty from any of the U.S. military services.
Achieve Your Dream and Goals is a TN non-profit organization created to enhance the lives of women and their family and community. While the programs have a nominal cost, we are dependent upon financial donation to achieve its mission. We are recognized as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. Donors can deduct contributions they make to Achieve Your Dreams and Goals under IRS Section 170.
