Don’t be realistic
Yesterday I came across a blog that recommended you do only two things at a time or you risk becoming burnt out on all of your endeavors. Well, I have 6 things I do almost everyday and I’m perfectly fine. These are all new habits mind you. Its meditation, writing, piano, bass guitar, illustration, and exercise.
I have always thoughts that being realistic is as boring as hell. I personally believe its just another form of resistance. And it’s going to be there every day to greet me. The remedy to this is to show up to your daily tasks and get them done.
Who do you think will go further the dreamer or the person being realistic? Given enough time the dreamer will always get further ahead. Realistic is something we get taught by authority figures as we grow up. We were all born dreamers. And it’s important to keep it that way.
Expand
One of the goals in life is to expand. We are designed to explore. We are meant to evolve. Our beliefs, values, viewpoints. All of them are meant to grow and become more refined as we grow older. That won’t happen without pressure. You can put pressure on yourself by dreaming big. And going after your dreams
Expansion requires you to develop will, persistence, and grit. You will become different from the 9-5 office worker who sits at his desk all day – taking orders and being a good boy. A worker drone.
As Zig Ziglar said – something along the lines of life is hard but if you put pressure on yourself life becomes easy. Don’t you want to live an extraordinary life? Do you want to just go along like a leaf in the wind all the way to your death? I know this sounds extreme but I believe we are here to use our faculties. Our minds, emotions, and bodies can be wonderful instruments designed to create. To have an impact on our surroundings.
Don’t limit yourself
By being realistic you will reach your goals and then what? You will most likely have something you’re not that proud of. You won’t have stretched that much. You won’t have created anything extraordinary.
Even if you don’t make it to your dreams you will have pursued something that excited you. Something which filled you up with energy, drive, and inspiration.
By dreaming big you will ignite passion. What if I make it? What else could I do that seems impossible right now? What if I continue down this road 5 or 10 years?
These types of thoughts rarely come to realistic achievers. They do however come to the dreamer. By chasing one dream you will get a ton of other dreams too. Thoughts are like magnets that attract more of their own kind. Dreaming big is like a muscle that needs to be trained.
You will get more done
The dreamer given time – will always get more done than the realistic achiever. Big dreams are nothing else than having long term goals. Set that ridiculous amount of money as your goal. Set it to a date that will make you work harder. Chase learning that skill you so much desire. Try to do it in an unrealistic time frame.
I know from personal experience chasing big dreams that my days are so much more productive and focused than what I would have achieved going after something realistic.
The big dreams have a way of igniting your days with productivity and focus. Big dreams fill you up with fuel for the journey.
A secret I want to share with you is this – even if you don’t make it. You have done the right thing. Getting the dream is not the endgame. The final destination of your dream is to have a look at yourself and see how far you’ve come just by setting ridiculous goals. It will make you change your perspective on yourself and your faculties.
Become a dreamer
So how do you become a dreamer? Believe it or not many people will feel an initial resistance to dreaming big. They might still hear voices from their childhood teacher or parents that have instilled realistic type of thoughts into your thought patterns.
They might not believe their dreams themselves. One thing you could do remedy this is to write down your long term goals and dreams. And read it every morning and every night before going to bed. This will slowly acclimate your mind to accept the dream. Its a form of “positive brainwashing”.
Another thing like everything else is to practice dreaming big. Think of things and goals that feel a bit uncomfortable. That’s when you know you are on the right path. Those feelings of discomfort will over time transform into positive and exciting emotions.
Do exactly What You Want To Do
Dreaming big allows you to tap into what you really want in life. A thought experiment would be to think of what you would want to do in life if everything else was in the right place. If every obstacle was cleared? That’s where you will find your dreams.
Want to become so rich that you could help out impoverished countries? Great go for it. Want to become a famous singer? I say give it everything you have.
Nothing not even age should limit your dreams. It’s never too late for anything. I personally believe everything is possible. It might be all the self-development books I have been reading.
Life is meant to be an adventure
Adventure in life comes from the challenge and stretching of the individual. It comes from choosing the road less traveled. It comes from chasing your big dreams and having long term goals. By chasing your dreams you will have to become something above the norm. You will have to develop uncommon character traits.
If you go about your goal setting in the right way and go for something grand. The goal itself will chisel out you to become 10% in society. In time you will become a rare person.
And another great part is that the journey itself will bring you joy. Know that even if you don’t make it to your big dreams this means you have truly dreamt big and gone about it the right way. You can take a look at yourself and set new dreams that will make even more out of you.