We all dream about having a better life. Our dreams may be to have more money, better health, more time with family, or having physical possessions. However, if you do not stop dreaming, you will never achieve these goals. While dreaming is a great first step, get up, take control, stop dreaming and start doing. Go! Start today!
Stop Dreaming
You have an idea of what you want to achieve, you have been thinking about it for days, months and maybe even years. But you have not taken the step to move forward to achieving that goal. Why?
Typically, when we have our dreams, something else happens. Once the dream ends, and we have a thought about achieving it, it is only normal for us to begin envisioning all the possible road blocks. For example, you may want to be wealthy, but all you see are the debt, and expenses that you may currently have. It is also possible that you will reflect on your salary. This in effect result in you doing nothing and taking no action. You make no move at all and continue dreaming.
Well, if you take no action, you will only have the dream. You must take action, small steps toward achieving your goals.
Fear Of Failure
While some people do literally fear failure, as in, I do not want to try a new task because I literally do not want others to see me fail, because I care so much about what others think. Many of us have a fear of failing that cannot be express so easily. It is a paralyzing feeling of not wanting to venture out side of our comfort zone.
To achieve goals, it is important to stop caring about how others view you. Move toward achieving your version of success. Second, if you stay within your comfort zone, you will say where you are in life. If you are happy with where you are currently, then stay in your comfort zone, but while you stay where you are, others around you will constantly be changing. Others around you will be moving toward their goals.
On the other hand, if you are not happy with where you are in life, hence, you are having a dream in the first place, you must move outside of your comfort zone. You must take a chance and bet on yourself. Adapt a growth mind set and get growing.
Start Doing – Stop Dreaming
On any journey, it all begins with a first step. Then another step, and then another. Rarely do you hear a story of someone achieving their goals within a day, it takes time, it takes planing, it takes learning, it takes setbacks, it takes doing and doing. But it all begins with taking a first step.
Take that first step today. Do it now. While Rome was not built in a day, it was built by laying that first stone. Jeff Bezos did not become the Jeff Bezos that we know today by sitting back and dreaming, it took having a dream and taking action to make the dream a reality. It also took having failures about believing in yourself and pushing forward.
Taking A First Step
Whatever your dream, begin by taking a simple step today. That simple step could be taking the first step in designing a plan, which could encompass an immediate goal, a medium range goal and a long term goal of achieving your dream. Keep in mind, your dream and plans need not be static.
Your dream and the plans to achieve it will most likely be adjusted and modified on the journey. Things change, your priorities change, and so will your dream. But to achieve anything in life, you must take a first step and there is no better time for starting on such a journey than right now. Stay motivated!
Conclusion
We all dream about having a better life. Our dreams may be to have more money, better health, more time with family, or having physical possessions. However, if you do not stop dreaming, you will never achieve these goals. While dreaming is a great first step, get up, take control, stop dreaming and start doing. Go! Start today.
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