4 COMMON FACTORS THAT ENABLE YOU LIVE YOUR DREAMS

4 COMMON FACTORS THAT ENABLE YOU LIVE YOUR DREAMS

One thing I’ve found common to most young people is that they all have a dream. At the least, the picture of a desirable future that they can talk about with excitement. Some ofcourse are fantasy but what makes it a fantasy is the lack of these 4 common factors outlined below. To live your dream, you have to maintain desire, cost, stakeholders and play.

1. DESIRE: A lot of people only have wishes not dreams. If you have a dream, one thing that will stand out for you is the desire to reach your dreams. Do you have this hunger to live your dreams? A desire is a thought with a strong force of want. It is capable of instigating action. And it has the ability to deliver what is desired to the one that desires it. A desire is a call. It is asking, seeking and knocking.

I went to work on a certain day and I entered into my mentor’s office. I saw two books on project management. And that is one area I have been developing. I looked at the book with so much interest that I desired to have them. In fact right there in the office I started reading one of them during my break time. After I was done I dropped it. Few days later, at the close of work, I was doing a few things for my mentor, he handed me the books and said “take this books, I think you will find them beneficial.” Now you can imagine the excitement in my face. This is simply the power of desire. Just desire alone will bring to you resources that you need to reach your dreams.

2. COST: Every product that you see in the market has a price tag. So your desired dream will demand a price. What will it take to accomplish your dreams? Are there skills you can learn that will facilitate its accomplishment? Do you have to go back to school? Do you need to get married to be able to accomplish it? What will it take? This is where planning comes into play. It is a requirement. To face the future and accomplish your dreams you should be able to plan your year, months, weeks and days. Evaluate your current situation. And get answers. What is that ultimate dream, write it down. What can you do that can position you better for the dream? Write it down. What values, attitudes and behaviors are consistent with the dream? Write it down. These answers are personal data that you will use to process your life.

3. STAKEHOLDERS: These are people that have effect on your dream. They include those that will benefit from your dream; help you accomplish your dreams; has the capacity to stop you from accomplishing your dreams. 

Two factors that you can use to check your dream: Firstly, does it bring glory to God? Secondly, does it have lasting positive impact on other people? This is why I personal have issue with the so called betting sites. It pains me that a lot of youths gamble away their resources (Time, money and mental resources) on betting. It is appalling.

Your friends and association are serious stakeholders. They have a huge influence on you. That is why you must choose friends that inspire you, not those that ridicule your dreams and vision. 

4. PLAY: At this point I believe that you identified what it will require to achieve your dreams. The skills, people, education that you need to guide you (mentors and accountability partners) and you have developed a plan on how you want/hope to accomplish it. Plans don’t work themselves. People execute plans. No matter how cool, or how clear your dream and plans are, if you don’t take steps, you will not accomplish them.

To play means doing the first action point on your dream-plan; then the second, third and so on. At this time I would like to bring your mind to something called failure. Nelson Mandela said ‘I don’t fail; I only learn.’ This is the winning mindset that you need. When things don’t work out the way you planned, accept responsibility and adjust. Be flexible at the same time focus on the dream. Let nothing stop you till you achieve all that you want to accomplish. See taking action like a game and then play it to win. Just like in the game, when you are beaten, you replay again and again until you master skills, tactics and win. Adopt the same philosophy in life.

When you make taking action your play, everything become easier; that means you have succeeded in making deliberate self-improving actions become hobbies. That is one thing that successful people has mastered. And I won’t be wrong to call you one of the successful people I have met because you have successfully come to the end of this article. It’s now time to play. Take action!

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Written by: Miracle Banigo

An excerpt from  an online seminar Prepare to live your dream