Dare to Dream Big!
I know you would be thinking "Oh yeah, another cliché?"
however this is not another cliché. This is real life. We have all at some
points in our lives watched fairy tales and stories of the impossible. When
most people watch such movies, they see a utopian life, and I wouldn't say that
they are wrong because obviously having dreams of someday sprouting a pair of
wings and flying around Fairytopia is not the type of dreams
BIG I mean.
By "dreaming big", I mean having a stupendously large goal or
objective that you would love to achieve in life. Say you want to become the
wealthiest man or woman who ever graced the Earth with servants at your beck
and call; that's dreaming big in my book. However, in dreaming big, there are
rules.
RULE #1 - MAKE YOUR
DREAMS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR PASSION
We all have passions:
that one thing that you do effortlessly being oblivious of the ticking of the
clock; that one thing you care about so much that doing it gives you a lot of
satisfaction and fulfilment. For example, someone whose passion is repairing
spoilt stuff like electrical wares may have a dream of becoming the most
successful engineer in his country. If he sticks to such a dream, since it is
related in one way or the other with his passion, he would eventually realize
this dream if he works hard and perseveres.
RULE #2 – CONCIEVE THE
FULFILMENT OF YOUR DREAM IN YOUR MIND’S EYE
I know that this rule
may sound a little too psychological or more of theoretical than practical.
However, it has been proven and tested. The human mind is one of the most
powerful tools bequeathed to man by God. That is why most people say stuff like
“Whatever you can conceive, believe and you will achieve it.”
The conception of the
dream takes place in the mind. If every day, you visualize the materialization
of this dream in your mind, the psychological law of attraction would begin to
occur. That which is conceived repeatedly in the mind would begin to attract
elements towards you that would help you make it a reality.
RULE #3 – SET UP A
PLAN
Whatever you have
visualized, begin to put it into blueprint. To do this, you need three things:
your current location (I do not mean geographical location), your desired
destination, and your will. Firstly, you should have an idea of where you are
at that point (self-awareness is rudimentary for this), then knowing where you
want to get to, it would be your self-will that would guide you on setting up
various routes to get to your destination.
RULE #4 – BE FLEXIBLE
WITH YOUR PLANS
As much as you may be
totally certain of where you want to get to, never overlook the possibility of
failure. For this reason, make sure to leave flexible areas in your blueprint;
however, do not make the entire plan flexible, else you would simply be working
so hard to get nowhere but moving in circles. If you have set up your
destination, make sure to have several routes of getting there rather than
limiting yourself to just one road that may have a 70-percent chance of
failing. Always have a plan B!
RULE #5 – WORK, WORK
WORK!!!
Never relax after
drawing up your plan. You would still need a lot of work to make your dream a
reality. Try as much as possible to avoid distractions from achieving your
dream. Always be open to advice from others, sometimes those pieces of advice
would be what would keep you going. Never waste a second of the day with
anything that does not bring you a step closer to achieving your drams.
However, try to maintain a healthy social life because in our world today,
introverts may not go far in business or in any other work of life because
there is a constant inter-mingling of people, most times people who have the
key to taking your dreams to the next level. You may come across a lot of
difficulty, but keep pushing on. As the saying goes “Slow, but steady wins the
race”. That does not mean you should go slowly, move at your own pace, it is
better to be slow but steady than to go fast and then crash in the end.
RULE #6 – NEVER GIVE
UP
I think this rule is self-explanatory. Never
give up on your dreams. Nobody said it was going to be a smooth ride, although
it is for some. Keep fighting for that dream of yours and with time, you shall
see it materialize.
I hope this article has been of help to you. Drop your comments below,
let me know what you think!
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