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The Most Important Step in Making Your Dreams Come True

August 24, 2009

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Everyone has a dream. Maybe yours is something athletic, like climbing a mountain. Maybe its something world changing like drilling wells in Africa. Maybe its something daring, like quitting your job and working from home. Maybe you dream of just being able to spend more time with your family. Whatever it is you are after there is one step that you have to do, or your dreams will not happen. So what is it?

Commit today to do everything in your power to make it happen. Maybe you don’t have enough money to get started. Maybe you don’t have the time to work on your dreams. The list of possible difficulties could go on forever, but if there wasn’t some element of difficulty would it be worth doing?

What you have to realize is that if your dream is not important enough for you to really commit to, than it is not going to happen. There will always be something else going on, there will always be difficulties, but you have one life that you are guaranteed, and you don’t know how long that life is. So how do you do this?

Make it a priority.
When I say priority I mean something that you will make time for, and put effort into. To make this qualification it has to be more important than your tv shows, more important than goin’ out with the guys, even more important than your daily routine. When it comes to making the time for a priority consider the following quote.

“It is not the daily increase, but the daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”
–Bruce Lee

Don’t let obstacles get you down.
This is the whole point of committing in the first place. There are going to be things that are going to come up. Accept this, it will be easier. No matter what the obstacle, persevere, if your goal is worth it to you, than don’t let anyone or anything make you let go.

Be patient with yourself.
You have spent your entire life getting to where you are now. If you are looking to make some changes than you have an entire life of habit to start whittling at. Just the fact that you have committed to make those changes no matter what is already more than most people have done. Consider the following proverb:

“Be not afraid of moving slowly; be afraid of standing still.”
–Chinese Proverb

Take it one habit at a time.
I don’t expect you to change everything at once. I don’t even recommend you do it that way. Pick a habit you will need in order to complete your dreams. Spend the next thirty days just focusing on that habit. Some examples could be, writing every day, tracking your finances, learning one new thing a day. If there is a habit you need to break to move forward than pick that habit and focus on replacing it with a positive habit. For example replace negative self-talk with daily affirmations.

Be okay with making mistakes.
I can not stress this enough. Trying to do something new can be hard. Chances are you will make some mistakes. The fact is that if you are messing up, than it means you are doing something new, and you are learning. Way to go! You may not be the world champion (yet) but you are better for trying than you would of been had you not committed to making this happen.

I don’t believe in instant change, and I distrust anyone who sells it. The fact is that even if you commit to making your dreams happen, things may not work out how you plan. We don’t know how long life is. The point is to try, the point is to not give up. Just being the kind of person who never gives up on their dreams, and gets back up every time is inspiring. I would challenge you to be that kind of person. Even if you don’t make it to your planned destination. You will still be great.

Are you up for it? Will you commit to do everything in your power to make your dreams come true? Will you be the kind of person that inspires others to become better by always becoming better yourself? What dream are you going to chase? What habit are you going to work with? I would love to hear about it.

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