Inspiration and Motivation for People with Big Dreams
The anxiety of throwing away your worries and your past to follow your dream is tremendous. But, the benefits of taking that first big step are worth it tenfold.
Once I took the big leap, I realized the amazing feelings it gave me to be doing what I’ve always wanted to do. Not very often can you find these feelings. In fact, sometimes the only way to feel them is to make a big change in your life to follow your dream and your heart.
Ready for Y2K version .08? First thing’s first: find some lucky devil to plant one on at the stroke of midnight. Then, lose 30 pounds, learn Mandarin, get a promotion, and spend every minute with your family and friends.
A little overwhelming? Unless you’re Superman, I think you might need a plan.
Every January 1st we make resolutions and every mid-February we’re stuffing our face with cake and don’t regret it until May. So, why is it so hard to just achieve our new year’s goals every year? Because we’re human. Yep, that’s right. Human.
So, to combat our fallibility, we need a few easy ways to keep on track of our goal for a happier and healthier year. Here’s the top 10 countdown to keep your new years resolution on track.
It’s no secret that people fear interviews, auditions, and most of all, public speaking. As Jerry Seinfeld put it, “The average person at a funeral would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy.”
Before interviews and auditions I always get nervous and have to psyche myself up. Usually by the time the actual event comes around, I’ve calmed down and nail it. It’s by no inherent confidence that I do this, since most of the time I can’t eat and feel the horrible twisting of my stomach just like anyone else. Pre-game determination and steps to psychologically get yourself ready will far outweigh even the most overconfident person’s preparedness.
Here are some of the most helpful things you can do to boost your confidence and overcome your fear.
Everyone has heard the normal ways of improving your memory, sure. There are some more unusual and fun ways to do it, though.
Although there are more standardized ways of learning and memorizing, I have found these to be entertaining and easy. Sometimes they can be frustrating because of their simplicity, but they make you remember things. So, enjoy these 9 ways to improve your memory:
Sometimes it’s hard to support someone’s dream without feeling left behind. Other times it can feel like their dream is not at all what you had hoped it would be.
There are ways to feel like you’re part of the dream and have a positive influence, though.
From this experience, and as a big dreamer myself, I learned a few vital ways to help someone achieve their big dream whether or not you can give them the leg up they need.
Happiness sucks.
What a strange statement for a blog about pursuing your dreams, happiness, productivity, and overall enjoyment of life. I’m not talking about the state of happiness as the goal, but rather the happiness we surround ourselves with that is “good enough.”
When we settle for a level of happiness that is far below what we expect or deserve, we lose sight of our potential and our dreams. So why does happiness suck?
Why it sucks
You’re happy, satisfied, and don’t have any battles to fight. So, you become lazy, stagnant, and don’t reach for your dreams with all of your heart.
What you can do about it
Don’t lose sight of your dream. Make sure you make goals that will move you forward while keeping your life happy. Of course you shouldn’t let go of the things that make you happy, but don’t get short sighted. Bring the happiness with you and include it in your life with your dreams.
There have been a million circus acts, but only one has stood above the rest internationally. So why not take a few hints?
I had the pleasure of taking my father to see the Cirque Du Soleil performance of Saltimbanco for his birthday last week and wanted to share some of the ingredients of success I picked up.
Using these ingredients is a sure recipe for success. Cirque Du Soleil might not have been the first circus, but it’s definitely the best. Many don’t even consider it a circus anymore because of how high class and professional it is.
Now go own the world.
I’ve found some of the most important factors to being insanely interesting and wrote an article on Jarkko Laine’s blog.
I’d suggest you read it if you’d like to be interesting even if you’re not a movie star, a genius, a billionaire, or have your own Discovery Channel show. And believe me, not everyone that is famous is worth talking to, but you can be.
Now go own the world.
You don’t have to work hard to be productive.
Instead, have fun. Productivity is just a side effect when you’re doing the right things.
Since I’m a big fan of doing things the easiest and most entertaining way, I’ve compiled a bunch of ways to waste time productively.
Have fun playing games while secretly becoming smarter.
Enjoy the pretty pictures and sounds that surround you.
Do something with all those English classes you’ve taken.
Feed your creative side.
I love to relax with a good book.
Sitting on the couch can actually be considered productive (if done correctly).
A healthy body lets you eat another cookie and not feel bad about it.
No, it’s not an oxymoron to do nothing and be productive.
Now when you decide that you don’t want to work anymore it won’t be such a waste of time. You can have fun while being productive. Yes, it’s possible.
Now go own the world.
Why aren’t you pursuing your dream?
Most people are afraid to pursue their dreams because they don’t know what the future will have in store for them. They don’t know what’s coming. Bad things could happen. How unfortunate that people with skill, talent, and natural ability get lost because of fear.
It takes drive. It takes determination. It takes will. You have to want it so bad that whatever happens in the future is worth the sacrifices.
It’s time to stop fearing the future and start living for it.
Every day won’t be perfect. Sometimes you will fail. Sometimes no one will want to listen to you. Sometimes everyone will turn the other way.
Sometimes you will succeed, though. Sometimes you will win. Sometimes everyone will rejoice and want more of you.
It is the strength to get through the tough times that makes the good times so wonderful.
That’s what makes life worth living. Not knowing how your actions or the actions of others will effect your life is why you keep trying every day. The danger of good things happening, the unknown, even the supposed certainties.
We all know we’re going to die. That’s a certainty. But we’ve all wondered “What if I didn’t die? What if there was a way?”
The danger of the future is what makes it wondrous, exciting, mysterious, enigmatic, fantastic, and worth seeing.
So what are you waiting for? Go get it. Reach for your dream. Your life can only get better from here.
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