So many of our dreams are right in front of us. What we feel is so far away is closer than it seems.
Mostly everything we dream about doing has been accomplished by someone else. Do you want to be a billionaire? Done! Own your own business? Done! Make an invention that changes the landscape of the world? Done!
So ask yourself what’s the difference between you and the person that did it. (Insert excuses here)
Excuses like I don’t have any money, education, background, influence, or what have you were most likely present to the people that accomplished the same dream you’re pursuing. The truth of the matter is that most of the visionaries out there dreaming with their eyes open had the same circumstances you do.
The difference my friends is they didn’t use those circumstances as a crutch. They realized that with hard work and belief in themselves their dreams could come true. They also realized that any dream no matter how big is only as far away as you believe it is.
Just seventy or so years ago it was said traveling to the moon was impossible. We didn’t have the technology, it would be a suicide mission, and on and on. Then somehow we ended up landing on it. Flash-forward to today and they’re actually talking about taking tours into outer space for normal folks (well not normal folks super rich folks).
The reach exceeded the limits of most people’s imagination. What worries me is that this knowledge isn’t passed down from generation to generation. In fact the opposite occurs. Instead of telling little Sally that there are 400 or so girls that are in the WNBA, we tell her about the millions that are not. So Sally’s reach never travels as far as it could.
When I talk to people my job is to empower them. I do this by allowing them to reach. They’re not afraid to tell me their dreams because they know I’m a dreamer. Let me rephrase that I’m an “active dreamer”. I figured out the equation a little while ago. Dreams + Action + Belief – Doubt – Fear – White Noise= whatever dream you’re wishing for. I have not discovered how far my reach can go yet, and to be honest I don’t think I ever will.
