Following Your Passions Through Every Bend In The Road
Debra Poneman is the President of “Yes to Success,” a company she founded because it was always her dream to make a difference in people’s lives. “Yes to Success” helps people create true success and prosperity, enjoy deep and lasting happiness, and realize their biggest dreams. Almost overnight, her seminars went from having 10 participants to thousands of participants.
Debra was becoming a regular on radio and television talks shows, and she was even in negotiations for her own television talk show. On the outside, it seemed she had it all. She was very successful, but success doesn’t necessarily equal fulfillment, as she would soon realize.
When her first child was born, Debra saw first-hand that passions can change in an instant. She decided to leave the rat race and join the world of stay at home moms. Some people might say she threw her career out the window. Debra Poneman didn’t see it that way, though.
Debra joined many other stay at home moms by joining a company called Melaleuca. It’s a business tailored to fit the needs of busy moms by allowing them to work on their own schedule. This way, Debra was able to exchange lonely nights in a hotel for cuddly nights with her children.
As her children got older, Debra Poneman still dreamed of doing what she had always wanted to do, writing an inspirational book. One night, her son brought her one step closer to that reality. He simply asked her to watch a televised talent show with him.
Debra wasn’t very keen on watching another boring televised talent show, but she loved every minute of being with her son, so of course she joined him. What she saw was the first season of the mega-hit reality show, American Idol, and like so many other fans, she was an “idol” worshipper in no time!
Marci Shimoff loved with the show as well. Marci, a successful writer of inspirational books including a couple of “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books, was one of Debra Poneman’s dearest friends. One night while discussing the outcome of an episode, like they had done so many times before, they suddenly realized the perfect title for a new book: “Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul.”
Debra never gave up on her dream of writing an inspirational book the whole time she was raising her children. American Idol was right up her alley, because it’s a show centered around people reaching for their dreams. When children came, Debra’s life took a detour. When people are booted off the American Idol show, they come back year after year to try again.
Through her inspirational book that told the stories of several of the American Idol contestants, Debra was able to show the world how average people can live out above-average dreams. Be the best teacher, banker, singer, or garbage collector you can be, regardless of what the Simon Cowell’s of the world have to say about it!
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