Duncans Dream

If you’re a Twitter user you’ll definitely have heard of Duncans Dream by now?

OK not everyone will have heard of it but if you’ve made your way to this blog for the #duncansdream hashtag then we’ll have guessed you already do and if you don’t by the time you’ve read this post you’ll know all about the #duncansdream Twitter hashtag and what it currently stands for.

First of all you’ve got to know that the hastag is attached to a successful entrepreneur in the UK known as Duncan Bannatyne. He has starred on Dragons Den the BBC’s awesome show for budding entrepreneurs. Where entrepreneurs make a short pitch to the Dragons in the hope their pitch is fruitful and returns them an investment in their idea from the Dragons – usually one – of up to 200k.

Many fail and many succeed but what’s more important here is getting back onto the topic of this hashtag the one that’s been trending on Twitter quite heavily while even managing to beat off some other very strong hashtags which includes Britains Got Talent while on the night of its final. Sheer awesomeness.

So why was it created?

It all started when Duncan Bannatyne made a tweet about getting all his followers to follow each other. This was then to become Duncans Dream which became the #duncansdream hashtag which looks like it was not actually made up by himself but rather one of his followers. Seen in his tweet timeline are the following tweets which suggest this.

First tweet by Duncan

I would like to #ff all of my followers so all you need do is start following each other then we will all have 90,000 follwers. Simples

A funny reply by @iancreek

@DuncanBannatyne What an excellent idea, I’ll start following your followers now. Should be all done by Christmas!

Then the beginning of the Hashtag

Time for someone to set-up a hashtag for this @DuncanBannatyne experiment any thoughts? #duncansdream maybe? by @iancreek

The beginning of the Retweets.

RT: @SteveRichardsUK Let’s get @DuncanBannatyne and the #duncansdream trending

What happened next was nothing short of spectacular as you’ll already know. The whole of Twitter began booming with the #duncansdream hashtag and even started to become a hot trend. Becoming a hot trend was probably the most amazing part because after-all Britain’s Got Talent was on and there was probably millions of people watching and tweeting about that using related hashtags.

So as you can see the #duncansdream hastag has taken Twitter by storm and is likely to keep trending for quite some time. Especially considering it is even being called the replacement for hashtags like #followme, #teamfollowback and any other hastags that are used to encourage people to follow you.

Overall Way to Go Duncan and Way to Go all the Tweeple who twitted this to the top of the trends and especially to anyone who reads this blog and tweets it to their friends.

Unless Twitter has tweaked the trends Worldwide to remove the #duncansdream hashtag it is now only a hot trend in the UK. Though most likely it is still quite hot across the world and will continue to be as more people learn about it.

I for one would like to see it make its way back into the top trends Worldwide so everyone keep up the good work.

You’ll also need to keep a close eye on the newest trend getting hotter in the UK Twitter trends – #calvinsikeadelivery. A hashtag by Calvin Harris for his followers to guess the time of his Ikea delivery.

Stick with #duncansdream.

I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I’ll cross the stream – I have a dream.

And the video.

Dream achievement is probably the most exhilarating experience in anyone’s life and there’s nothing like a little bit of help along the way.

These books are chosen for their ability to help you achieve your dreams though they are not targeted to any specific types of dream which will come later on the blog.

You’ll notice I picked quite a few from the NLP category because I am a firm believer in its strength and couldn’t recommend anything less for setting your mind to achieve.

Brilliant NLP: What the Most Successful People Know, Do and Say

This books is the very first introduction I had to NLP. It was one day after only quitting college that I decided I needed to change something. I was walking through the mall and headed into the bookstore.

I started rummaging through the books and this one immediately caught my eye. I’d heard of NLP before too so I wasn’t really diving into something without knowing what it could do.

I was by far the most impressed with this book in how it was able to teach me things about myself I never knew and in its ability to set me on track. From the very beginning of the book right through to the end you will be learning all about you and what you really want out of life through tips and exercises.

By the end of the book you’ll see  change in how you understand yourself and the world around. I rate it A star for those two reasons and would love to hear what you think of the book if you’ve read it or after you’ve read it.

Crush It!: Why Now is the Time to Cash in on Your Passion

Anytime is the time to profit from your passion but sometimes we leave it too late and this is what this books is all about. Awakening your senses and helping you to get around to profiting from your passion rather than letting ti waste away.

There are many explanations inside about why profiting from your passion is the best way to profit and other explanations on why allowing your passion to go to waste is more damaging than some may think. It’s whole aim is to encourage you to profit from your passion asap and what better time to profit from your passion than right away.

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

The drive within us is nothing less than uber important and without it we’ll do nothing dream worthy. It’s even worse if we do have a dream but no drive. Across all books, courses & teachings in achieving dreams drive will be mentioned as a factor.

You’ll hear every successful person tell you what drove them forward to achieve their goals. So we can’t dismiss learning about our drive and what it is.

With this book it explains the things that motivate you and how the aren’t materialistic things like many will say. Instead it explains the intrinsic things that help drive us forward and with this it aims to give you a new centre of motivation.

However IMO both materialistic and intrinsic things can motivate us even if this book aims to teach you differently so keep this in mind if you do choose to read this one as coupling together both ideas from this and your own ideas of motivation can be better than trying to stick by someone else’s rules.

NLP Workbook: A practical guide to achieving the results you want

I have this book to but I’ve found that I’ve never even managed to get through every page on it because unlike the book above this one doesn’t necessarily have any structure. Instead it’s more so a book for the people who want to advance their knowledge of NLP or it is a really useful book for referencing techniques from the NLP model.

It’s every now and then I’ll pick this up, read the contents or index then head to the most relevant section to what I want to read and learn about and as a firm believer in relearning I highly recommend this book as one to have on your bookshelf.

Creativity Now: Get Inspired, Create Ideas and Make Them Happen – Now!

If we aren’t set on our ultimate dream or haven’t got the creativity to make our dreams happen then getting a little bit of help will go a long way. It is also often said that creativity is the beginning of your desires so getting the right knowledge on this topic will help put you on the right track.

In regards of what this book is about the authors description is the only description needed as it gets straight to the point on what you will learn.

Creativity Now ensures creative stimulation never runs dry. Itself creative in both content and design, it’s a book that entrepreneurs, writers, managers, marketers, and anybody else who needs a practical path to innovation can turn to and instantly find a way generate new ideas.

It’s divided into four key segments of the creative process:

DREAMING consists of 25 ideas for about how to get yourself into a creative state of mind quickly. It includes quick brain exercises, physical exercises that integrate the two lobes of the brain, and methods for engaging all your senses.

ORIGINATING reveals 25 ways to come up with ideas when you don’t have any. It includes the opposite technique (starting with the opposite of what you’re trying to invent or create), juxtaposition of words and images to create new combinations, and stepping into creative alter egos.

VARYING shows 25 ways to come up with more creative variations of something that already exists. These include making it bigger, making it smaller, and changing the target audience.

ADAPTING provides 25 ways to be inspired by the most creative things people have come up with in the last few decades, including examples from the worlds of business, the arts, and science. Each case includes prompt questions that will help the reader adapt these breakthroughs to his or her own situation.

The book is true to its own spirit by incorporating creative typography, cartoons, antique art, unusual layouts, and provocative checklists and quizzes. The style is concise and entertaining, making it a book to keep handy to refer to whenever a fresh idea is needed.

Personality: How to Unleash Your Hidden Strengths

Personality is what often gets people their job rather than qualifications and it often gets people recognised more often than their skills will. It’s one of those traits in life that can’t be ignored. When you have a personality and aren’t so sure about what to do with it it is known to lead to frustration and sometimes anger.

This book is a book about using your personality to your advantage so you use it to achieve dreams.

It teaches you about you and how to use you as the driving force behind everything you do. By the end of this book you will have learned so much about your personality that it alone will have you bursting with ideas on how you are going to go about using it to achieve.

The Confidence Plan

Have you ever thought about your confidence levels or doubted them? I know I have even though deep down I always believed myself to be more confident than most. There’s nothing like being surer than sure when it comes to confidence which having tactics to help you with it will help you become sure and in turn help you achieve.

This book is really for anyone even the most confident because it reveals tactics on confidence and explanations on why confidence matters, why it can sometimes by lacking alongside a plan to increase your confidence and use ti to your advantage.

Brilliant Life Coach: 10 Inspirational Steps to Transform Your Life

I’m a great fan of life coaching which derives from the NLP model and couldn’t leave out this topic. If you’ve ever experienced it you’ll understand what it can do for people. Here in the UK it’s not as common as it is in other parts of the world.

A great example of how uncommon it is here in comparison to America is the common shrink in America who could be likened to a life coach whereas here it’s nowhere near as common.

The purpose of a life coach is to help you come to terms with any situation and when it’s a book it will be filled with methods to learn more about yourself and methods to deal with common issues. Overall once you’ve read one of these books I bet you’ll learn things that will impress and inspire you.

We all all have dreams and aspirations even if they’re only small. It’s great to hear others peoples dreams too and can inspire or re-inspire another to chase theirs. So this post is dedicated to those who want to make a comment about what their dreams are.

For everyone that wants to post theirs head down to the comments area and post your dream..

Also if you would like to make a dedicated post about your dream or any other dream related topic. Hit me up on Twitter and I’ll organise this for you. http://www.twitter.com/mark_rafferty.

My dream is to fly over the rainbow so high.

In thise video a guy YouTube user going by the name of pinkietube talks about the #duncansdream Twitter hastag.

After setting up this blog I got a tweet from a follower whom caught the #duncansdream hastag bug. She goes by the name of Jamie Grace and can be found on Twitter on @jamiegraceh.

Please listen to this Chorus cover fully inspired by the great #duncansdream hastag and follow her on Twitter or subscribe to her YouTube Channel.

I enjoyed it too Jamie Grace and thanks for your tweet. Great voice and great guitar playing. Keep it up.