I was doing my normal blog hopping when I landed on Darren Rowse’s speech How to Get Dreams Out of Your Head. I was mainly interested in listening to his speech because I have always loved how transparent he is. He has shared his success with the blogging world for so long and has always inspired me. The second reason I wanted to watch this speech was because he was talking about dreams – one of my favorite topics. So I propped my legs up, cuddled into the couch and listened to what he had to say.
He talked about how he has been starting businesses since he was 9 years old. It made me think about how I have always wanted to work for myself and create a successful business. I have dreamed about this for as long as I can remember. It was a nice reminder that it is OK to dream big and there is no need to be afraid of making your dreams come true.
Inspiration without implementation is empty. – Darren Rowse
I was literally just thinking about this the other day. I find myself inspired time and time again but I do not do the action part (implementing) which is required to first get the ball rolling and secondly make my dreams come true. I am a HUGE dreamer and I know that if I really take a dream and work towards creating it that it is much more likely to come into fruition. This is something that I have been working on all my life, however, I have REALLY been focusing on it lately.
Many people fear failure. When it comes to my BIG dreams I am afraid of the responsibilities that comes with success. The expectations. What success looks like to me comes with a large group of people being inspired or motivated by what I am doing. My fear is that I won’t be able to keep up with the momentum once it starts. I think this is one of the reasons I sabotage myself sometimes. I know that I am capable of success, I just want to be able to maintain it.
It is comforting on some level that you and I are not alone. There are people with huge dreams just waiting to make them come true. If we reach out to the people in our mastermind groups, we can get the motivation and support we need to make our dreams come true. If we do nothing – our dreams just sit there… and eventually die. Sometimes we can revive them, other times we are not as lucky.
Create it or kill the idea. – Darren Rowse
If you don’t start working towards your dreams – how will you ever get there? I think the problem that often occurs is that we believe that are dreams are too big. But if you break them down into manageable pieces, I believe it is much easier to start. Whatever your dreams are remember that you have to start somewhere. Give it your best shot!
Think about your dreams. Have you outgrown any of them? Have any of them changed? What is stopping you from working on them? Have you lost your desire for them? Perhaps you just no longer feel it is a match for where you are going in life. If that is the case it may be time to kill the idea and move on to the next one. You are more than welcome to modify a dream or get simply let go of it all together. Don’t keep trying to work on a dream that you have grown out. You are not obligated to fulfill the dreams that you made decades ago if they no longer inspire you.
You know that fire within you? No matter how small it is. Nurture it. Fuel it. Accept it. Be open to it. You are the answer to making your dreams come true. Start today and pick one small task that you can do today to work towards your dreams and DO IT. Don’t hesitate. You can do it!
Side note: Make sure you watch until the end of the video so you can see him wearing tights.
What do you dream of doing?
What are you doing to reach them?
