A Valentine Day Gift

Polly Politico
Character – Polly Politico dreams of one day being President

Dream – In her early 20s, she ran for mayor of her small town, She dreamed of the young, old, disenfranchised, and privileged involved in revitalizing her town

Challenge – You’re too young, You never ran for public office before, You have no degree, Who would vote for you?

Solution – Made cold calls door-to-door at all kinds of events and meetings, Invited everyone she knew to campaign for her (with flyers, bake sales, low-cost fund-raisers), Media became interested, The more people heard, the more they liked her

Advice – Lost the election, “Win or lose, keep on playing!”, Remember her name – you may vote her into office as President of the U.S!

You
Character – you

Dream – Have a dream, Have high hopes that you will make it happen

Challenge – Cast your obstacles as challenges, opportunities, minor inconvenience, or slight irritations

Solution – Remove, erase, delete, change direction, climb, go around, go under, go over, go through, transform, sell, donate, invest

Advice – On Valentines, accept the gifts (advice) from Thomas, Star, and Polly

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