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Landing in Africa

Editor’s Note: Betty Liedtke is in Uganda. While she is gone, we are publishing excerpts from her upcoming book about her first trip to Uganda, in October, 2011. Tuesday Evening, October 11, 2011 I am in Africa! It doesn’t quite feel like it yet, because I haven’t actually gotten off the plane. Our Amsterdam to Entebbe flight included another stop – in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. That’s where we are now. It’s just a short stop, under an hour, and those of us going [...]

By |July 21st, 2013|Columns, Travel, Uganda, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Landing in Africa

The end of one chapter is the beginning of the next

Note: For ten weeks, I am using the Dream Coaching® program to work on my dream of finishing and publishing a book about my trip to Uganda, and I am reporting on my progress in my weekly column. As always, my column is posted on my blog every Friday. To read the series from the beginning, start with the introductory post, dated May 3, 2013. It’s hard for me to believe that it’s already Week 10 of the Dream Coaching program. Or that I’ve gotten [...]

By |July 12th, 2013|Accountability, Coaching, Columns, Uganda, Uncategorized, Writing|Comments Off on The end of one chapter is the beginning of the next

Build a Dream Team if you want to win

Note: For ten weeks, I am using the Dream Coaching® program to work on my dream of finishing and publishing a book about my trip to Uganda, and I am reporting on my progress in my weekly column. As always, my column is posted on my blog every Friday. To read the series from the beginning, start with the introductory post, dated May 3, 2013. I realize that my roots are showing as well as my age, but I have to admit that when I [...]

By |July 5th, 2013|Accountability, Coaching, Columns, Uganda, Writing|Comments Off on Build a Dream Team if you want to win

Serious steps bring you closer to your dream

Note: For ten weeks, I am using the Dream Coaching® program to work on my dream of finishing and publishing a book about my trip to Uganda, and I am reporting on my progress in my weekly column. As always, my column is posted on my blog every Friday. To read the series from the beginning, start with the introductory post, dated May 3, 2013. I have always found Session 8 of the Dream Coaching program to be a challenge – both when I am [...]

By |June 28th, 2013|Accountability, Coaching, Columns, Uganda, Writing|Comments Off on Serious steps bring you closer to your dream

You can’t fail if you learn the lessons and keep trying

Note: For ten weeks, Betty is using the Dream Coaching® program to work on finishing and publishing a book about her trip to Uganda, and is reporting on her progress in her weekly column. To read the series from the beginning, visit www.findyourburiedtreasure.com/blog. The introductory post is dated May 3, 2013. Failure can lead to success. Not only is this something I know to be absolutely true, it’s also the message of Session 7 in the Dream Coaching program. In order for failure to lead [...]

You’d better believe it!

Note: For ten weeks, I am using the Dream Coaching® program to work on my dream of finishing and publishing a book about my trip to Uganda, and I am reporting on my progress in my weekly column. As always, my column is posted on my blog every Friday. To read the series from the beginning, start with the introductory post, dated May 3, 2013. The tipping point. The straw that broke the camel’s back. These and other similar phrases and sayings have to do [...]

By |June 14th, 2013|Accountability, Coaching, Columns, Quotes and Sayings, Uganda, Writing|Comments Off on You’d better believe it!

Without a doubt, you can achieve your dreams

Note: For ten weeks, I am using the Dream Coaching® program to work on my dream of finishing and publishing a book about my trip to Uganda, and I am reporting on my progress in my weekly column. As always, my column is posted on my blog every Friday. To read the series from the beginning, start with the introductory post, dated May 3, 2013. I’m a lousy writer. I’m boring, repetitive, self-absorbed, and idealistic. Not only that, but my book is doomed to fail [...]

By |June 7th, 2013|Coaching, Columns, Uganda, Writing|2 Comments

Dream with No Limits

Note: For ten weeks, I am using the Dream Coaching® program to work on my dream of finishing and publishing a book about my trip to Uganda, and I am reporting on my progress in my weekly column. As always, my column is posted on my blog every Friday. To read the series from the beginning, start with the introductory post, dated May 3, 2013. I went to the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres last week to see “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” one of my [...]

By |May 31st, 2013|Coaching, Columns, Uganda, Writing|Comments Off on Dream with No Limits

A sense of purpose will launch your dreams

Note: For ten weeks, I am using the Dream Coaching® program to work on my dream of finishing and publishing a book about my trip to Uganda, and I am reporting on my progress in my weekly column. As always, my column is posted on my blog every Friday. To read the series from the beginning, start with the introductory post, dated May 3, 2013. The third session of the Dream Coaching program is the one in which people’s hidden traits and talents really start [...]

By |May 24th, 2013|Accountability, Coaching, Columns, Respect, Uganda, Values, Writing|Comments Off on A sense of purpose will launch your dreams

Integrity honors your values, your word, and your dreams

Note: For ten weeks, I am using the Dream Coaching® program to work on my dream of finishing and publishing a book about my trip to Uganda, and I am reporting on my progress in my weekly column. As always, my column is posted on my blog every Friday. To read the series from the beginning, start with the introductory post, dated May 3, 2013. “Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.” I don’t know the source of that quote, but [...]

By |May 17th, 2013|Accountability, Coaching, Columns, Quotes and Sayings, Uganda, Values, Writing|Comments Off on Integrity honors your values, your word, and your dreams