About the author
In November of 2009 von Baron was working a full-time job during the day while teaching a dozen drum students and playing gigs at night and on weekends. This was all in addition to supporting and nurturing a family. During that month, von began writing goals and became absolutely clear that he wanted to leave his job so he could focus only on teaching, composing and performing music.
By February of 2010, only four short months later, von had transformed von Baron Music into a profitable business that earned him twice the money he was making working in his full-time job. Family, friends, co-workers, and fellow musicians began to ask von the secret to his recent success. As he began to write down his process, von embarked on a new journey that would transform von Baron Music and von, himself, in the most positive ways. By May 1, 2010, von Baron left his job of ten years and set out to further expand von Baron Music. He had a singular purpose to use music and instruction to share his simple six-step Dream Setting process and bring about positive world transformation. This purpose reflected the message of tolerance and peace he was already conveying through his original music he refers to as New Age Music on steroids.
von realized that the power of goal setting is neutral and can be used with great success for selfish pursuit or for the good of all. In creating Dream Setting, von wanted to counter the current over-attention we have toward selfish pursuit that is driving our planet and all of its inhabitants toward extinction. Dream Setting makes our world a better place while also greatly improving the quality of our individual lives because the most fundamental principle in Dream Setting is that we all have and must use our gifts. A gift is something we’re good at that makes both our self and others happy. As we use our gifts to pursue dreams of what we’d like to do with our lives, we support each other to create the peaceful and prosperous world we desire.
von has taught the process of Dream Setting to middle school and high school teens, college students and adults from all walks of life. In every case, the same powerful six-step approach has brought great happiness and success to those who have diligently applied the process.