Going on an African safari and hanging out inside the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, are pretty obvious “bucket list” items.
The dream-come-true nature of those experiences permeated According to Bridgett posts earlier this week:
The first described the North American Growth Council trip to South Africa for Amway’s top North American leaders, and the second recounted some details of a spin-off trip to Dubai taken by World Wide DreamBuilder leaders Brad and Julie Duncan as well as Howie and Theresa Danzik.
But having dinner on a train as it chugs along tracks in Zambia? For me, that one was off the beaten path—until I saw how Greg and Laurie Duncan, Amway Triple Diamonds and WWDB leaders, had taken such an excursion.
Elegant, luxurious and memorable only begin to describe the Royal Livingstone Express. During their four-hour trip, the Duncans enjoyed fine dining as they glided through the country and watched the sunset.
The train ride was only one chapter on a weeklong trip in Zambia and Zimbabwe during which they rode elephants, walked with lions and took a helicopter tour of Victoria Falls, which borders the two countries.
Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in the world (in height and width) and is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
Of course, Greg and Laurie didn’t stay in a Motel 6. Their accommodations were at The Victoria Falls Hotel, a 5-star, Edwardian style structure that overlooks the majestic force of nature and is known as “the grand old lady of the falls.”
It’s inspiring to watch someone lead a life well beyond the confines of kids’ soccer games and keeping pace with the laundry and prepping family dinners, and then communicate it in a way that helps other people identify and expand their own dreams.
Through photos and stories that they relate at conferences like WWDB’s Family Reunions and Free Enterprise Days, that’s what Greg and Laurie do.
Whether our current aspirations are similar to theirs or completely different isn’t the point—sometimes you have to see someone else’s dream come to fruition in order to ignite your own.