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12PowerfulLifeLessonsAsmywifeandIwereplanningourlastvacation,oneofthefirstthingswedidwasgetoutamapandplanourroute.Whetheritwasonlinemapsoroldfashionedpapermaps-theyallhelpedguideustoourdestination.AsIwaslookingatthemapsspreadacrossourdiningroomtable,Ithought,“wouldn’titbegreatiftherewasamapoflife”thatcouldguideyoualongyourlife’sjourney?Apersonalmotivationmapgivingyouthoselifelessonsthatonetypicallylearnswaytoolateinlife.Doessucha“mapoflife”exist?ItwasthenthatIstumbleduponatatteredcopyofTheAlchemistbyPauloCoelhointhebottomofmycloset.PauloCoelhoinhiswildlypopularbook(65millioncopiessoldin67languages)tellsthestoryofashepherdboyandhisquesttolivehisdream.Alongtheway,theboymeetsanalchemistwhohasthepowertoinspirepersonaltransformation.ThisAlchemistgivestheboyanumberoflife’slessons-lessonsthatareasfreshandapplicabletodayastheywerehundredsofyearsago.Thelessonsbythemselvesareinteresting,butit’sonlywhentheyareapplied,thatthepowerofpersonaltransformationcanbeunleashed.SowhatcanPauloteachusaboutlifeandpursingdreamsinthefaceofobstaclesthatcaused65millionpeopletobuyhisbook?1.It’sthesimplethingsinlifethatarethemostextraordinary.Ibelievethistobetrueandhaveexperiencedthiswithmyownfamily.WhenIthinkofthetimeswherewelaughedthemostorhadthemostfun-itwaswhenweweredoingthesimplestthings.Swimminginapool,combingabeachforshells,playingaboardgame,orsharingadeliciousmeal-allsimplethingsmakingupthebesttimeswe’vehadasafamily.Question:Whatweresomeofthehappiestmemoriesfromyourpast?Whatwereyoudoing?2.Supportyourchildreninpursuitoftheirdreams.Inthebeginningofthestorytheshepherdboy(namedSantiago)tellshisfatherhewantstotravelandseetheworld.Thefatherexplainshewantshissontostayinthevillageandbecomeapriest.ButSantiagopersists-beingapriestisnothisdream.Whatdoeshisfatherdo?HegivesSantiagothesmallamountofmoneyhehadbeensavingfortheboyandwishedhimwell.Howmanyofushadparentswhohave-innot-so-subtle-ways-influencedustotakecareersthatwerenotin-linewithourdreams?Behonestnow,didyoupickyourcurrentcareerbecauseyou’repas