SELF IMPROVEMENT

3 Things You Need To Know About Your Dreams

Dreaming is just as important as taking real steps towards your goals

Dreaming is just as important as taking real steps towards your goal. Because our dreams provide us with inspiration and motivation.

1. Without a dream, you are guaranteed to get to where you don't want to go at all!

You will find yourself in the situation in which Alice in Wonderland finds herself. If you don’t know where you want to be, it’s all the same which roads you choose. But in this case, you should not be surprised later that this place doesn't please you at all.

Everyone has a dream, but much lower the bar and are content with only the accessible, and as a result — the familiar to many “I don’t like who I live with, how I live and the future that awaits me”. The necessary cell with a large number looms on the playing field, but many do not even want to aim in its direction, and the next move predictably leads nowhere.

2. Do not reject a dream because it seems unrealistic or unattainable to you

You are quite capable of realizing your dream. Being an ambitious person with a big dream is beneficial because people with a high standard will sooner or later find a way to achieve it. Remember how you wanted to get something for your birthday, visit a special place, or just organize a company trip to the theater or restaurant. You suddenly began to think intensely about getting what you wanted — and, most likely, you got it.

Why not raise the level now and dare to dream for real? Of course, to go down this path, remarkable courage is required.

Many people dream of professional independence and building their own projects and launching them towards the world, but they may face many difficulties and obstacles that prevent the realization of these dreams.

Failure occurs every day in studies, work, family relations, etc., it is inevitable and annoying. And pessimism causes while the idea of ​​drawing lessons from failure may seem good because failure is simply an opportunity to start over, but with greater intelligence.

Despite that, they managed to achieve the success that dazzled everyone in the end, and they reached their ambitions and dreams through diligence and repeated attempts. There is no coincidence in the world of success, and if you are certain of the phrase “do not despair”, you can be one of the successful people who are referred to as stubborn.

“If you have a dream, if you believe in something, you have no right to give up this dream, no matter what inner fears you have, what no matter the critics tell you that nothing will come of it. You believe in this — and all the forces of the universe are helping you. “

Think and Grow Rich — Napoleon Hill

The information at the time of making a decision will always be incomplete. The necessary part of the playing field is closed from you by a certain object. In life, decisions are almost always made under conditions of uncertainty. What seems visible and achievable to you will be limited by the information available to you.

But as soon as you take the first real steps towards realizing your dreams, you will look at the field from a different angle and discover a lot of possibilities previously hidden from your eyes. Moreover, you will learn a lot. Life is a very long game with many moves.

Those who strive diligently and passionately for it successfully realize their dream, and this attracts good luck. You will overcome any obstacles if you realize your responsibility for your own life. This means that any miss you will perceive as just a flaw, a bad roll of the dice in a long game.

Somewhere you lacked perseverance, courage, or pumped up your creativity. By being flexible, you can learn from your own mistakes or learn from the professionals. Be prepared to work with them. Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald’s, used to say that the more he worked, the more fortunate he was.

3. Your dream needs daily care

To take care of it, you must respect your dream. You cannot throw it in a dusty closet, like a thing that is out of fashion, and forget about it, frivolously declaring: “It was just childhood fantasies”.

Our dreams do not answer the question of what we actually want. They answer other questions: why do we need everything that we do in our life? Why did we start all this? Why do we need all our sunrises and fogs, all these movements through life “cells”?

Have you ever seen the movie “The Pursuit Of Happyness”? It is one of the most beautifully realistic and exciting American films at the same time. It is a biofilm that dramatizes the true story of businessman “Chris Gardens”, and the title of the film is based on the book in which “Gardner” recounted his journey in the pursuit of happiness.

Its events revolve in a dramatic framework around (Chris) who tries in various ways to provide comfort for his small family but is exposed to financial hardship, so his wife abandons him due to poverty, and decides to learn a new profession to get enough money from it.

To take care of his young son, and after much suffering, he succeeds in reaching his goal, gets a good job in the stock exchange, and establishes his own company, later becoming one of the most famous businessmen in the US.

True success stories

Let’s take a look at those people below because they are some of the most wonderful examples of inspiration. They insisted on the pursuit of their dream regardless of any obstacle they encountered on their way. In each story, the main element is the challenge, in addition to the deep insistence of themselves to reach their ambitions, by all means.

These stories are clear proof that success comes after a lot of frustration and challenges, but after going through all those bitter times, you will become stronger.

Thomas Edison

Edison is considered one of the greatest inventors in history, as he invented 1,300 devices, and among these inventions that changed our lives is the light bulb. When he was asked about the thousands of failures he faced when trying to create the light bulb, he said “I have not failed, I have discovered 10,000 ways that it doesn’t work”.

When Edison was a small child, his teachers and everyone told him that he was stupid and that he would not succeed in his life, but thank God, Edison did not listen to them and was not affected by their negative words.

Albert Einstein

The word “Einstein” is associated with intelligence and is synonymous with the word “genius”. However, the pioneer of the general theory of relativity, Albert Einstein, was not a genius since his childhood, as he delayed speaking until he reached the age of four, and didn’t know how to read until the age of seven. His teachers said by studying about him that he was mentally disabled and didn’t have any capabilities or talents.

As a teenager, he rebelled against the educational methods of learning in his school and that resulted in his expulsion. Ηe failed the entrance exam to the University of Zurich, so Einstein withdrew and was finally accepted after his second try. He was expelled from the University, and he was certainly bullied, but despite that, he eventually managed to get the Nobel Prize in Physics.

His theories are still being studied in the most famous universities, and he dazzles scientists daily with his theories and experiences that he was able to prove many years ago.

Failure is actually just success in progress, if you prefer not to fail, you may never succeed.

-Albert Einstein

Lionel Messi

The first football player in history to win five golden balls and is considered by many to be the greatest football player in history, at the age of 11 he was told that he had developmental dystrophy that makes him smaller than the rest of the children. His family could not provide him with good care because the costs of his treatment were $900 a month. Lionel Messi’s life changed at the age of 13 when Barcelona took care of him and offered his family to pay for the treatment due to what they saw of the skill of that little miracle. Since then, Messi has made a fantastic effort to become the best version of himself.

I worked hard day after day and year after year. It took me 17 years and 114 days to reach that success.

-Lionel Messi

A person who knows a clear answer to the question of why he lives and works, clearly sees his future.

But for the most part, people do not even take this small step, believing that they cannot dream or can afford it, and the occupation itself is hopeless, since “nothing will come true anyway.”

The first steps towards your goal

• The lesson that we learn from the above examples is that these people, first of all, got rid of the feeling that nothing could shine for them, and then they thought about how exactly they pursue their happiness. So, do the same!
• You don’t need a detailed plan that covers all the possible risks. More important is the willingness to take the first step. Lack of a clear plan does not preclude moving forward. Our heroes overcame their fear and began to act, and when they discovered the new sprouts in themselves, they also changed themselves. The first step is to forget the past and gain clarity.

If the stairs to the top are not visible in the darkness, this does not mean that they are not there.

• You need to conduct an audit and select what you need from your current self at the next stage, and what needs to be left behind. Draw in your mind part of the map of your future life and find out what you are missing. Formulate for yourself the reasons why you need it. These will become your immediate goals in life.
• Do not postpone the beginning of your movement indefinitely: “I’ll finish the project …”, or “now the vacation season is over …”, or “the children will grow up, and then …”, etc. Wake up your forgotten and brave dreams now, you deserve them. Remember, none of us were born to be mediocre. Start shining today.

Thank you for your support,

Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi, Alejandro Betancourt, Rach, Dr Elizabeth, Jodian Marie Thomas, MS, Bsc, Asc, Athena Milios, L.J. Minow, James Livingood, James Lanternman, Neal Lemery, Ijaz Ali Khan, Bill Abbate, Jairam R Prabhu, Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Steve Lance, Elvie Lins❤️, Sohail, Violet May, Harrys Stratigakis, Darlene Corbett, Jennifer Pitts, Shira Packer, Britt Blomster, Ayoub Mouhachtt, Graham Cooke, Jessey Anthony, Silvana Romero, Haley Jones, Wendi Lady, ASAD EDUCATE, Robert Shaneyfelt, Patti Murray Voncannon, Olivia Anderson, Jennifer Pitts, Vivek Naskar, Sam Olliver, Jay aware, Anthony Eichberger, Dennis De Silva, Synthia S., Lisa Gerard Braun, Colleen Millsteed, Piree Lua, Min L

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