Everyone, at some point of his or her life, has dreamed of being somebody special, somebody big. Who hasn’t fantasized about being theone who hits the game-winning homer? Who hasn’t dreamed of being thehomecoming queen? And how many times have we dreamed of being rich, orsuccessful, or happy with our relationships?
Often, we dream big dreams and have great aspirations. Unfortunately, our dreams remain just that – dreams. And our aspirations easilycollect dust in our attic.
This is a sad turn of events in our life. Instead of experiencing exciting adventures in self actualization, we get caught up in thehumdrum of living from day-to-day just barely existing.
But you know what? Life could be so much better, if only we learned to aim higher.
The most common problem to setting goals is the word impossible. Most people get hung up thinking I can’t do this. It’s too hard. It’s tooimpossible. No one can do this.
However, if everyone thought that, there would be no inventions, no innovations, and no breakthroughs in human accomplishment.
Remember that scientists were baffled when they took a look at the humble bumblebee. Theoretically, they said, it was impossible for thebumblebee to fly. Unfortunately for the bumble bee no one has told itso. So fly it does.
On the other hand, some people suffer from dreaming totally outrageous dreams and not acting on them. The result? Broken dreams, andtattered aspirations.
If you limit yourself with self-doubt, and self-limiting assumptions, you will never be able to break past what you deem impossible. If youreach too far out into the sky without working towards your goal, youwill find yourself clinging on to the impossible dream.
Try this exercise. Take a piece of paper and write down some goals in your life. Under one header, list down things ‘you know you can do’.Under another header, write the things ‘you might be able to do.’ Andunder one more, list the things that that are ‘impossible for you todo.’
Now look at all the headers strive every day to accomplish the goals that are under things ‘you know you can do’. Check them when you areable to accomplish them. As you slowly are able to check all of yourgoals under that heading, try accomplishing the goals under the otherheader-the one that reads ‘you might be able to do.’
As of the items you wrote under things I could do are accomplished, you can move the goals that are under things that are ‘impossible foryou to do’ to the list of things ‘you might be able to do.’
As you iterate through this process, you will find out that the goals you thought were impossible become easier to accomplish. And theimpossible begin to seem possible after all.
You see, the technique here is not to limit your imagination. It is to aim high, and start working towards that goal little by little.However, it also is unwise to set a goal that is truly unrealistic.
Those who just dream towards a goal without working hard end up disappointed and disillusioned.
On the other hand, if you told someone a hundred years ago that it was possible for man to be on the moon, they would laugh at you. If youhad told them that you could send mail from here to the other side ofthe world in a few seconds, they would say you were out of your mind.But, through sheer desire and perseverance, these impossible dreams arenow realities.
Thomas Edison once said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Nothing could be truer. For one to accomplish his or herdreams, there has to be hard work and discipline. But take note thatthat 1% has to be a think-big dream, and not some easily accomplishedone.
Ask any gym rat and he or she will tell you that there can be no gains unless you are put out of your comfort zone. Remember the saying,“No pain, no gain”? That is as true as it can be.
So dream on, friend! Don’t get caught up with your perceived limitations. Think big and work hard to attain those dreams. As you stepup the ladder of progress, you will just about find out that theimpossible has just become a little bit more possible.
This is to your success!
Adebola Oni
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