Everyone has dreams. Everyone has interests and passions they would like to dedicate more time to pursuing. Few people would say, “I like myself, my job and my relationships just as they are. I wouldn’t change a thing.”
The problem most people have in achieving their dreams is that they lack the knowledge, skills, perseverance, or confidence to move forward in setting new goals and meeting them. I say “most” people because some dreams may be unreachable due to a lack of talent or resources- such as a dream to perform on Broadway, play in the NBA, or own a castle in Scotland. However, many dreams that seem unreachable may simply require uncharacteristic determination to realize.
A life coach, mentor, accountability partner, or friend can offer encouragement, support, and resources when you have a goal or dream that you want to accomplish. In fact, your chances of success are greatly increased when you have a support system: people who believe in you and want to contribute to your goals.
“Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy,” says Nicholas Sparks. If you want to get out of your box and off the life treadmill, you have to be willing to make sacrifices. You may need to get up early to go to the gym or cut out television so you can study for a degree. You may have to take a hard look at ways you have been sabotaging your own success. You may have to invest your own resources into people and programs that will build you and your skills.
If you are already working toward a goal, keep up your motivation by remembering what truly matters to you and why you want to achieve it. The following poem is always an encouragement:
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint in the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It might be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit. (Author unknown)
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