The Power of Dreaming

Hi everyone. Walt Disney had said that if you can dream it, you can build it. That may not be the same exact quote, but the meaning is the same. But it is also true that if you want to make your dreams come true, you have to wake up. Dreaming helps you visualize what you want to achieve. There is a lot of evidence that visualization works. But just dreaming is not enough. There has to be a passion behind it. I will be the first to tell you that I have no problem dreaming, but I do have a tough time putting it into action. But in some cases I am very good at doing that. In the instances that it has worked, I have noticed that I had made a list of things that I needed to do and put some approximate timelines around it. I have done some research on this. What I have found is that we need to think of 5-6 things we want to achieve over the next 3-5 years. Then start backwards and divide the tasks into yearly, monthly, weekly and daily goals. Every so often we need to review where we are as compared to our plan. If we are where we should be, fine, but if not we need to make some changes to get back on track. It is like flying. I am a private pilot and one of the thingsĀ  we are taught is you have to plot your course. But then you have to take into account wind speed and direction. The GPS in the airplane plots a magenta line and we are told to follow that line. Minor course deviations are ok, but if you see your self drifting you need to make corrections so that we get back on track. Along the way, you have to look for landmarks to make sure that you are indeed on track. Same thing applies to our dreams. Put some milestones and then see if you reach them in the specified time. If not, make changes. So keep dreaming and achieving.