My son, Jordan, has a dream of opening up his own music production studio. He said he can visualize how it looks with specific detail. My daughter, Ashtyn, has a dream of opening up her own restaurant. She knows where she wants her restaurant and the type of cuisine she will serve. My wife and I support their dreams and will do whatever we can to help them achieve them. We wouldn’t dream of robbing them of their dreams.
Do you have dreams? I mean big audacious dreams! Have you achieved any of your dreams or are you close to achieving them? If you are realizing your dreams, it is probably because you have them written down. Moreover, you probably have people in your life that support your dreams.
Maybe you have given up on your dreams. Maybe there are people in your life who have said your dreams are so big you will never achieve them. There are people out there that I call dream robbers. Because they don’t have dreams of their own, they want to rob you of yours. They steal your passion for your dreams; they rob you of the joy your dreams give you through their consistent negative thinking. As a result, you are left hopeless and empty.
The drive you had is all gone and the ones who stole your dreams have the satisfaction of knowing you are going to leave them. You see there are people out there who are afraid to dream and as a result they do not want you to dream. Why? Because you will leave them behind.
I spoke at an organization for high school students and I asked them if they had dreams. One of them said he dreamed of being a disc jockey for a radio station. He said he had done research and visited a station and really wanted to pursue a career in the radio industry. However, he was putting his dream off because his parents said there is not a lot of money in it. The student was totally wiped out, all he wanted was to be a DJ. How sad!
If you allow people to rob you of your dreams, it will torment you for the rest of your life. You will look back and regret that you allowed another person to steal your dreams.
If you want to be a dream achiever I have a few security keys that will allow you to safeguard your dreams and goals:
- Write your dreams down.
- Your dreams should have a beneficial purpose.
- Distill them down to smart goals with the appropriate actions for achieving them.
- Visualize your goals. If you can see it, you can achieve it.
- Focus on achieving your dreams with a laser-like focus. This focus will drive your actions.
- Only share your dreams with those who will support you and build you up.
Don’t be afraid to dream. Dreams give you purpose and fuel for living. Don’t let anyone break down the door to your dreams and rob you. Stand firm in your desire to achieve your dreams.
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