The Impossible Turned Possible: How to Turn Your Dreams into Reality

By Carolyn Hardy

In The Impossible Turned Possible, Carolyn Chism Hardy provides a roadmap to plan one’s journey to the life they deserve with a simple 5 step process.

The Impossible Turned Possible is a step-by-step guide acting as a virtual assistant to help every step of the way. The real-life experiences discussed within challenge and inspire readers to achieve their personal goals. The inspirational stories act as the ‘kick in the pants’ many need in order to get started. The real-life stories within The Impossible Turned Possible were selected as examples of goals that most Americans desire to achieve such as education, wealth, and health. The 5 step SMART goals process follows the KISS theory, which ‘keeps it simple’ to allow others to understand, internalize then execute. The Impossible Turned Possible ends with a workbook designed to help readers get started on their journey.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
• Release date: Mar 2, 2021
• ISBN: 9781631952593

Carolyn Hardy

Carolyn Chism Hardy was born in Arkansas and raised in Memphis, TN the seventh of sixteen children. She earned her BBA and MBA from University of Memphis and is a certified public accountant (CPA). Carolyn is a former Plant Manager with J. M Smucker and VP with Coors Brewing Co. She is a serial entrepreneur, founding Hardy Bottling in 2006, Chism Hardy Investments in 2011, Henderson Transloading in 2012, and other investments. In 2018, Carolyn became a published author with her first book, Look Up: The 5 Principles for Intentional Leadership. Carolyn resides in Collierville, TN with her husband Marino. They are the parents of three children and two grandchildren.

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The Impossible Turned Possible

How to Turn

Your Dreams

into Reality

Carolyn

Hardy

NEW YORK

LONDON • NASHVILLE • MELBOURNE • VANCOUVER

The Impossible Turned Possible

How to Turn Your Dreams Into Reality

© 2021 Carolyn Hardy

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2020940200

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1

Planning the Journey

Goal Setting: Set SMART Goals

Chapter 2

My Journey

The Poverty Cycle

Breaking the Cycle

Chapter 3

Journey to Financial Freedom

Setting a High Bar

Chapter 4

Journey from Poverty to Founder

Chapter 5

Journey Interrupted by Health Crisis

Conclusion

Carolyn Chism Hardy

Get Real SMART

Look Up—Five Principles of Intentional Leadersip

Setp Out—Bold Moves for Business Growth

INTRODUCTION

Why should you read The Impossible Turned Possible?

We all know people who dreamed of a different life … but they wake up forty years later still in the same place. The conversation usually goes something like this: After graduating from high school, I planned to be a teacher or nurse, but life has a way of taking you in a different direction. Therefore, my dreams will never happen. Or maybe it’s something like this: I can’t exercise because I have children. I want the next promotion in my department, but I don’t think my boss likes me. She resents me because it’s not my job to make her look good.

This mindset—this fixed mindset that says I have no control of my life is your worst enemy. It holds you back, which is making you unhappy. You picked up this little book because something in your life feels impossible, feels out of your control.

You are in the right place. The Impossible Turned Possible will transform your attitude about change and winning.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take that first step.

We all resist change. For most of us, the first step toward change is always the hardest. We find comfort in normalcy. And the bigger the change, the harder the first step is. We are frightened by not knowing the outcome of the change. We doubt ourselves, and we overthink. But once the ice is broken by the first step taken, the rest can fall into place more easily.¹

Sustainable change requires behavior change to be the first step. This change in your behavior, such as belief in yourself or ridding yourself of excuses, is crucial for achieving your long-term goals. We all have aspirations, things