8/28/2025-On this day, MLK “had a dream”

On this day in 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to an estimated 250,000 people at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

While the speech called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in America, MLK’s rhetoric applied broadly and encompassed a range of freedoms.

For a competitor like you, dealing with headwinds and limitless challenges, thoughts of MLK today should include celebrating your opportunity to compete in a meritocracy.

What’s your dream?

It doesn’t have to be as monumental as King’s; it doesn’t have to try and move societal conventions and codes.

It only has to be yours. And it has to drive you.

Sellers need dreams that propel them through the undulations of The Seller’s Life, a turbulent sequence of endless pitches and struggles. (And wins, too!)

Today, work on your dream. Try to make it bigger than aspiring to buy an EV or a beach house! (Those things are fun, but they are just that…things.)

The words "I have a dream" weren’t originally a part of the script King and his aides wrote for his big moment in D.C.

This 5-minute History Channel summary of what transpired on that hot August afternoon in 1963 offers significant and interesting facts about this critical moment in time.

It’s important to honor and learn from those who fought in the past so that you can fight today.