Find Your Dream

Why do you think the same things seem to happen to the same people who are doing the same thing over and over? Simple. They have no dream. Do you know your dream? Not just what you tell other people what you’d like to do, but what you truly want for your life?

TACTIC: Brainstorm your dream by quickly answering hypothetical questions and examining the pattern they reveal.

Answer the following questions honestly and quickly with the first thing that comes to your mind.

What would you do with your life if…

• You won $1 million?
• You had to return to college to get a four-year degree?
• You won $1,000 a week for life?
• You lost your present job?
• You had a disability that prevented you from walking?
• You had six months to live?

Answering hypothetical questions can give you insight into your true motivation. Is there a pattern in your answers to the questions?

These questions should force you to look behind what you might assume to be your dream. For example, you might assume that your dream is to have lots of money–but what do you want from that money? What do you want to do with your time? With whom do you want to spend your time?

TACTIC: Generate more dream ideas by looking at your priorities and past.

• What has been the work or lifestyle that you have chosen to return to again and again?
• What do you routinely say that you will do “someday”? What life change or way of life are you putting off?
• Would you be willing to live with very little money and pursue a dream? Or would you rather work in a job that means nothing to you in order to have all kinds of material comforts?
• Are you willing to live in the world, in the moment? Or do you seek to build a cocoon that meets all your needs?
• What could you imagine getting up in the morning for? What could you imagine being in your life so that when you go to bed every night, you think, “I can hardly wait for tomorrow!”?
• If your dream involves creative or performing arts, would you be willing to live frugally to follow your passion?
• If your dream is travel, would you be willing to get a job involving travel?

The answers to these questions should reveal to you more about what you want to do. What are you are willing to sacrifice? How you are willing to live in order to follow your dream?

Express your Dream

The exercises in the previous section are a great way to brainstorm what you truly want. But don’t stop there–a vaguely defined dream will probably only taunt you with vague yearnings for something you can’t describe. Be willing to express your dream.

TACTIC: Take time to contemplate your dream and then state it simply and honestly in writing. For example, I have mine on paper on my desk, and in my journal.

Go for a walk, or spend an afternoon at an art gallery, library, or other quiet place where you can contemplate.

Be willing to consider your true heart’s desire. At this moment, don’t worry about the how you are going to make it happen.

Develop an honest statement–in one sentence–of what you would really love to do. Remember, this isn’t your parent’s dream. This isn’t the dream that the world wants for you either. It will take courage to state your dream, particularly if it is different than your current lifestyle or what you think people expect of you.

For example, you might be a nuclear physicist, nearing the peak of your career, with an impressive array of publications, but what you really would like to do is teach gardening and have time for bird watching. You may find yourself living in a beautiful house with a beautiful lawn and a beautiful spouse. But you spend all your spare time maintaining them all. Yet you yearn to be a priest, live in a garret, and even starve a little. Write down your dream.

TACTIC: Tell your dream to others.

You will become more confident about your dream when you state it to other people. Your dream will seem more “real.” You trust you own voice more than anyone elses. I, myself, also love to write about my goals to others. You can find those in other articles.

When you tell others about your dream, you may generate unexpected opportunities and support for it. For example, letting others know that you would like to travel more might generate more travel opportunities in your present job. Sometimes getting what you want is just a matter of asking for it.

Support your dream

Set aside time for your dream

TACTIC: Schedule time to think about your dream, set long-term and short-term goals, and plan tasks.

A dream is like a garden–you need to nurture its growth. Designate a particular time during the week for your dream. It might be during an exercise period or walk to work.

What specific things can you do to make your dream come true? Put a date on your dream. Now you can turn it into a plan. Break the plan into steps and write them down as goals. Break down a major goal that may take you years to complete into short-term goals that you can accomplish regularly. Then generate daily tasks to accomplish parts of these short-term goals.

Are there barriers to your dream? Identify anything that gets in the way of accomplishing your dream. You can use specific tactics to smooth out barriers to your dream related to your stuff, time, or where you live.

Once you have your dream statement, you have a powerful motivator. You should find that you are very anxious to complete the tasks you make to accomplish your dream.

Unleash your dream

TACTIC: Find a way to gain some aspects of your dream today.

For example, you might want to spend more time gardening. Designate this Saturday or your next day off from work as your gardening day. Then get up early that day and act just as if you could to that full time. Perhaps gardening full time every Saturday for several weeks will give you an insight into your dream.

When your dream truly reflects your desires, you will get up in the morning like a child at Christmas–you will barely able to contain your excitement. The converse is also true: procrastination is a warning sign that you aren’t doing something close to your heart.

TACTIC: Be alert and ready for opportunities.

The exciting thing about having a dream is that it may come true. But you may be so surprised when you get a chance at your dream that you are not ready to act. Prepare yourself for sudden opportunities.

In business, sports, the arts, entertainment, and almost any profession, there are “breaks”–opportunities for work that suddenly come up. To get a “break,” let your network of people who know your dream grow. This may raise the probability you will get a break.

When you do get a break, be ready to take advantage of it. For example, if you are an actor, have some monologues memorized and be ready to perform them on the spot–you never know when you are going to get stuck in an elevator with a casting director. I, myself, work online. When everyone is vacationing is the best time for me to share my Dream. This is because the rest on the world is on the phone or tablet browsing the web. So, it is a great time to Market. I also can not drive because of my epilepsy so I take public transportation. That is place I share my dream with others.

My personal dream is not great wealth, yet to be able to live a great fun life with my family. I want to watch my children grow with them, not from the sidelines.

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