![]() ![]() ![]() You see that it was your own fault that you failed. When you don’t achieve something you blame yourself. More specifically, this attitude leads to three detrimental consequences:įirstly, you are too harsh on yourself. Therefore someone who has few bankruptcies behind him- or herself is not seen as a failure but as an experienced entrepreneur.īelieving that everyone can always achieve their dreams if they just try hard enough is totally untenable believe in the real world where a hurricane or a global economic crisis can undo everything you have worked for in a single sweep of fate. In Silicon Valley they have recognized this. A surprisingly big part of our success or failure is due to external factors. It isn’t a coincidence that happening and happiness have the same first four letters – it reflects the ancient idea that happiness is what happens to us rather than something we can control. Life doesn’t always go according to the plans. But there is – as always – another side of the story. The more you believe in it, the bigger chance you have to actually achieve your dream. There are thus a number of good reasons to believe that all dreams are achievable. Having a clear goal makes clear that you don’t get sidetracked but really work towards that dream of yours. Our time and other resources are limited and if you want to achieve something extraordinary you usually need to focus quite a large portion of them towards this one thing. Transforming your dream into a clear and communicable form activates not only the resources of yourself but also those around you.įinally, the bigger and clearer the dream is for you, the more you are willing to sacrifice for it. So when you are really engaged in a project it usually is easy to find other people who want to go with you in the same direction. Additionally, engagement is highly contagious and the kind of disease that people really want to get infected with. And they might be able to give you invaluable advice, resources or contacts thus greatly increasing your change of success. When you get enthusiastic about your dream then you most probably share it with those around you. Thirdly, the world tends to help those who believe in their dreams. This is the logic behind the saying of Henry Ford according to which: ” Whether you believe you can or believe you cannot, you are probably right.” There might be a possibility or there might not be. The pessimist will not even try – and thus never will find out whether there would have been a path of possibilities available. The one who tries knows whether something leads to success or not. When you see a weak possibility you jump at it and see where it takes you. Similarly, when you believe in your dream you have more energy and courage to work towards it. This is mainly because he or she is always on the lookout for opportunities to take steps towards its fulfillment. An optimist who believes that the dream can come true is much more prone to achieve that dream. When you have a clear idea of what you want then you are able to see how your actions in different contexts can advance that dream. In the end, it is good to believe in it – but only under certain conditions.įirst reason to believe in the power of your dreams is that the clearer goals you have the more possibilities you see. The sentence was: ’Most of the dreams we are really committed to work for are actually achievable.’ Do I really believe it to be true? Isn’t that something that all those cheap happy-happy-self-help-gurus proclaim with their false smiles? On the other hand, there is a grain of truth in it. I wrote a sentence in my last post that started to haunt me. ![]()
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