2 - Second step - Get Moving
Now, let’s talk about taking action to build what you want.
Do you have a dream?
Do you have something that you would like to make real?
If you don’t have any dream, then you need to find one. Like a car with no gas, you aren’t going anywhere.
A. Your Dream
A lot of people don’t have any. They have been hurt so many times (about their dreams) that they just don’t want to dream any more.
“Young Elephant are trained with a small rope that is strong enough to hold them at that age. When they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away from the same rope. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”
A lot of people have been trained to stop dreaming.
Maybe you did get some of these “Wrong” pieces of advice before…
“Stop dreaming! Be realistic, you’ll never get that!” Wrong!
“Someday, you’ll follow your dream, but right now you need to buckle down and be responsible.” Wrong!
“Only a lucky few can have their dream come true. What makes you think you’re among them?” Wrong!
We all did get one of those stopping us from dreaming. Your negative quote is as bad as any other. The saddest thing is that most people don’t realise the wrong in it. They just think it’s a good advice. And they feel good when they’re giving it to others. If it works for them, it should work for you too.
“You have to dream before your dreams can come true.”
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
If you really want to stop the bull shit, then you have to dream. Start with something that you feel is within your reach for now. It’s easy to start with something we can conceive first.
Later, you can dare to dream something much difficult (in your own conception). This is where you’ll break free from the bull shit. The more you’ll dare to dream, the more you’ll dream.
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
- Walt Disney
The dream is the fuel. You need a dream so great for you that it will lift you up thinking about it.
Don’t dream someone else’s dream.
“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.”
- Robert Kiyosaki
If your dream is to help others, you’re still doing it for you first. You’re doing it because it’s something that make you feel good. You get something from it.
Helping others is always good. All the good you do for others will come back to you in some other way.
It’s up to you to choose if you want to share your dream or not. Sharing a dream could bring some negative pressure on you. Be careful with who you choose to share it with.
Sharing your dream can also become another type of motivation. It’s up to you. But most people will give up when they face negativity.
“Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire - you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.”
- Denis Waitley
Don’t tell people your dream. Show them! Yes, some will think that you got lucky, but you’ll know the truth and it’s the only things that matters.
“If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to help build theirs.”
- Tony Gaskins
Do you feel like you could do much better at your job?
Do you think that you haven’t reach your full potential?
Maybe you should start to think about making it on your own. Maybe you should start to look around for option that would let you make it better.
When you help someone else building their dream. You can’t impose your dream to replace theirs. So, if your dreams are much larger than theirs, you end up frustrated. You know it could become so much more.
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
- Harriet Tubman
Dare to dream and work to build them. No one can do it for you. You are the only one who can really grasp what is the essence of your dream. You are the only one who feels that way about it.
Working for someone else could go along with building the dream you have at the time. Don’t end up giving up on the ones you have to build theirs.
B. Your Goal
When you have a dream, then you need to set it in time. You need to choose when you want to reach that dream.
“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”
- Napoleon Hill
To transform a dream into a goal, you need to set it in time. Then you need to take action on that goal.
“A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.”
- Bo Bennett
The tragedy in life is not to miss your goal; it’s to have none to reach.
There’s a lot of technique to set goals. The one I like the most is this simple one.
Dream
Write
Do
You dream, you write it down with a date and then you take action to reach it.
It’s ok if you don’t reach a goal for a set date. As long as you took action to reach it and that you set another date to continue toward it. It’s when you give up that it’s not ok.
“You never fail until you stop trying.”
- - Albert Einstein
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If you don’t do anything, you are sure to fail. No lazy person will ever achieve anything.
“Failure is success in progress.”
- Albert Einstein
Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.
“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.”
- John Dewey
C. Your Action
Taking action, even the wrong one, is better than doing nothing. Success is not a destination, it’s a trip. You never get anywhere in life if you don’t get moving.
Dreams don’t work unless you do.
Inspiration is pure energy. You have the choice to take it or let it go away.
If you take action on your inspiration, you are way ahead of all those who didn’t.
“If you want to achieve what you dream of achieving, whatever it may be, you're going to have to earn it.”
- Miles D. White
Inspiration always comes to many people at the same time. In the end, it’s all about who will take action first and do the best job with the inspiration.
If you don’t take action, your action is to do nothing.
Even if you think you don’t have any responsibility in your unsuccessful life, you do. As long as you are aware, you are responsible.
The best way to always succeed is to never do anything. You’ll be successful in failing all the time.
“You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.”
- Diana Ross
“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through.”
- - Zig Ziglar
Stop dreaming of the lazy success!
It’s a lie!
There’s no lazy success!
There’s no lucky success!
You have to act now if you want anything in your future.
You’ll make mistakes, everyone’s do.
You’ll miss some shot, everyone’s do.
Those who don’t make mistakes or miss some shots never get to any level of success. They just don’t get anything, because they don’t do anything.
If you want your place among the best, you have to take action and miss some shots.
When you miss a shot or make a mistake, smile you’re on your way to be among the best.