When most people talk about their dreams, they see it as this fantasy driven world that only the most gifted among us are able to achieve. They talk about living with a big house, a nice expensive car, being multimillionaires and having the ability to buy whatever they want, whenever they want....but that's for celebrities right?...'That's the life lived by those rich people'...Well yes! Of course! But how did they get to that point?
They just Believed and took Action!
People like Oprah, J K Rowling, Beyonce, Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg, they all Believed they could make it and most importantly they MADE it happen!
Most of us want something to happen but we're not quite willing to put in all of that effort for it to happen. Or we're waiting for is somebody to come along and encourage us, to motivate us and say you can make that happen! or 'You'd be perfect for that!' or we are simply waiting for somebody to guide us along the way and show us some sort of pathway to success.
We want someone who has preferably done it themselves or been successful themselves, we need reassurance that it can happen (in case we waste all that time working hard for something that is impossible). 'Even if you haven't done it yourself, please just tell me that I can! Tell me I can make it!
We have lives to live, families to feed, money to save, lifestyles to keep up with...we can't afford to step outside of our comfort zone for something that we dream of doing, just in case it all goes wrong!! Right?!
Do you think that Bill Gates or Oprah thought like that when they were making their millions?...Do you think that they let those thoughts of 'this isn't going to work' and 'I'll never make it that big1 override the thoughts of 'I will make this happen!'?...No, they pushed them to one side and decided:
"No, I will make this happen because this is what I am passionate about and this is my dream!"
Some of you may have dreamt of being a singer when you were a kid (I know I did), or a professional football player, basketball player, actress/actor, doctor, nurse, teacher, TV presenter, journalist, author, film producer, or maybe you just wanted to be a receptionist so you could wear smart glasses, cool headset and smart business clothes.
When we were kids, we could be anything we wanted to be, if we wanted to be superman, we would put a blanket over our backs and climb trees or sofas, jump off them and pretend we were flying. When we wanted to be a model, we would stick on our mother's high heel shoes (twice the size of our feet) and walk the length of the living room shaking our bum. If we wanted to become a singer we would pick up a hairbrush and JUST SING!...we made it happen. We had no doubt in our mind that that was what we were going to be when we grew old.
The problem was, you grew up being told how hard it is to get there, you'll never be that famous, 'You can't be Superman, there's no such thing!', 'you can't climb that tree, it's too high and IF you fall, you COULD hurt yourself!'
People hate taking risks, (BIG risks I mean)... just IN CASE.
But, what if...
What if you did make it? What if one day you jumped off the garden wall and started flying, what if you climbed that tree and made it right to the top and back down without a single scratch...or maybe a couple of scratches. Maybe you don't fly the first or second or third or fourth time, but the fifth time you flew!
Ok, so I know it's pretty impossible for humans to actually fly... but you see my point.
We're so worried about falling or not making it that we avoid taking the risk at all just in case it doesn't go to plan.
We worry about looking silly in front of others.
We don't go for that promotion because 'if I don't get it people might laugh and think 'She never stood a chance anyway and now look, she didn't get it!'
Really....what does it matter what others are saying about us?....And are they even saying those things, or is it another one of those scenarios that we imagine in our head to give ourselves an excuse to not go for it?
What if we had the minds of when we were children, we have this dream but when we were kids, what would we have done with it?
Do you think we would give up trying before we even started or do you think when we fell from the tree, that we would brush off the grass and try again, and again, and again.
We have these big dreams as adults but now we have so much fear and doubt that takes over. Like a little voice in our heads telling us that we shouldn't take risks, that it's too hard to achieve, 'that goal is unreachable, you'll never get THAT far!'
This little voice has been put in our brains by society, culture and negative people. This little voice wasn't there when we were kids, and even when it started, we would just ignore it.
We need to stop listening to this little voice, ignore it and concentrate on your dream...big or small! Stop giving up before you even try. Stop being 'realistic' (more practical and acceptable word for risk averse and just plain CAUTIOUS).
It isn't getting you anywhere!
BELIEVE you can make it happen, Make it happen (ACTION) and then you'll get your dream! I guarantee you!
Belief + Action = Dreams
Dream big guys! :)
