Almost everyone has a dream, but only a few percentage of people try to chase their dreams and a fewer percentage keep on trying until the dream is actualised.
How can one turn a dream into reality? These tips below will help.
1. THINK POSITIVELY
Envision where you want to be and do away with negative thoughts. Negative thoughts will always come, and it’s up to you to give in to those thoughts or fill your mind with more positive thoughts. For a dream to be actualised, it has to start with the mind.
2. HAVE A PLAN
A dream without a plan is just a wish. Learn more about that dream, develop yourself, write every idea that you can come up with, and come up with a strategic plan to achieving those goals.
3. GET RESOURCEFUL
Many people’s dreams die at this stage; they have great dreams and great plans to achieve those dreams, but the resources become their biggest challenge. Most times it isn’t just about having the right resources but exploiting the resources available to get the dreams done. Many people have started great businesses/dreams/ideas that turned out to be successful even when they didn’t have the resources to start; all they did was exploit the resources they had access to and built on from there.
4. GET STARTED
It doesn’t have to be perfect before you start, but it’s only when you can start that you’ll get it to become perfect. A dream is a journey; start with the little steps that would turn your dreams into reality and you’d be surprised at just how far your little steps will take you. The first 3 tips will take you nowhere until you get started.
5. BELIEVE
Believe in yourself, believe in your dreams, believe in your goals and believe that you will be successful.
6. SEEK KNOWLEDGE
Every dream, every goal, every project has knowledge that ought to be sought, and gaining the right knowledge can help make your dreams a reality. Seek to know more about that passion or dream that you have; never let stagnation kill that dream.
7. ENJOY THE PAIN
Getting a dream to come true is a journey that’ll be filled with pains, challenges, adversities, hurtful moments and even moments of doubts and disappointment. Every dream that came true passed through this stage, and if you aren’t ready to fight through the pain, you’ll give up on your dreams at some point.
8. KEEP TRYING
The bedrock of every dream that turned to reality lies in this last step. Even when you fail, try again. Learn from every mistake and keep trying till you finally get it right.
Why don’t you go after that dream? You only have one life to live. Would you live it wishing you chased your dream, or would you rather go after what makes your heart beat?
Jake