Dreams do come true! Just ask Esmée Denters
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This is a good example of dreams coming true. Esmée Denters started out as an everyday girl who loved to sing. She decided to share her vocal skills with the world by placing videos of her home performances on YouTube. She knew she loved to sing so she did, only she decided to take action and allow others to hear her voice. Esmée was featured on the Oprah Winfrey show last night as apart of the “YouTube’s Greatest Hits” episode.
“Every girl sings in front of the mirror at one time or another. One of YouTube’s biggest success
stories just happened to sing in front of a webcam.
Esmée Denters was a teenager with a big voice and an even bigger dream. From her bedroom in a small town in the Netherlands, she sang for her sister’s webcam and posted it on YouTube. Otis Redding’s classic “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” got this unknown 18-year-old noticed by millions—she’s already received more than 40 million views on YouTube! “It’s been incredible for me. I’ve been posting videos and videos and strangely enough, people started watching my videos,” Esmée says.
Just six months after posting her first video, Esmée’s dream started to unfold. Music superstar Justin Timberlake tracked her down. Justin signed Esmée as the first artist on his record label, launching YouTube’s most viewed singer out of her bedroom and onto the world stage. “She actually came out and opened up for me a couple of shows on tour,” Justin says.
While on tour together, Justin and Esmée thrilled YouTube fans with a backstage surprise—a performance of Justin’s song What Goes Around Comes Around. “What more could a girl my age want?” she says. “Every dream I have since now will come true, so I think I’m going to keep on dreaming.”
This seems like a once in a life time chance, but you hear about it happening to people all the time. There are so many people out there doing big things that you never hear about, and it has nothing to do with music, acting, or getting discovered. There are ordinary people who started franchise businesses, launched new ideas, clothing lines, and various other ventures who you will never hear about. There is no reason you can’t be one of them. doozieup your life, dream big, take action, and make it happen!
“Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one’s ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.” - Andre Malraux