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Follow Your Dreams

Guest post by: Terri Levine

Article Overview: Follow your dream - an age old wisdom which has become cliche and probably ignored for that reason. The truth is we are on this planet to live our best life and we can only do that by following our "dreams".

Follow Your Dreams

Life is filled with changes and challenges, many of which you can't control. How you respond to these changes and challenges is in your control. Your attitude can determine a situation or

you can allow the situation to control your attitude.

Gaining the knowledge that you need to improve your lot in life and thus your attitude is a personal choice. If you were not fortunate enough to have a formal education, you can make the choice to pursue a path of lifelong learning to gain the knowledge you need to accomplish success. You have a choice to gain the motivation to pursue what you want. A positive attitude guides you in the right direction.

Clearly defining your goals and developing a plan to accomplish them will provide you the direction you need to travel. You also have the choice to develop the persistence required to achieve your goals. When you know what you want and why you want it, take personal responsibility for accomplishing it with passionate persistence.

The world is full of high achievers who came from poverty-stricken backgrounds, with no encouragement, and faced ridicule and scorn. These are our "self-made" successes. Our self-made millionaires.

Do you envy them their success? What is stopping you from getting out of your own rut and making something of your life? Is somebody tying your arms behind your back, physically preventing you from being who you really want to be? Don't confuse childhood conditioning with current reality. And unless you are dead or behind bars - you have the same opportunities for success as the rest of us.

That's the beauty of life... it doesn't matter where we came from, or how ugly or impoverished our backgrounds, we can be anything we want if we make that decision. Yes, it does require some work on our part - why should any of us have something handed to us on a plate undeservedly?

Many thought Einstein would not amount to anything - he was described as "mediocre". Walt Disney endured much ridicule and suffered more than one bankruptcy, but he never gave up his dream or the pursuit of it. Richard Branson, king of the Virgin empire, was a high school drop out at 16... not content to follow just one dream, he followed many - the man is now a multi millionaire!

You don't have to aim to be the next Richard Branson, but maybe you dream of having your own business of some kind, no matter how small... the good news is that you can. We know of a man who made his first million by inventing a simple little gadget used by hobby fishermen. Hardly earth-shattering... not something everybody on the planet will use or know about... but it's made a difference to the lives of millions of hobby fishermen around the world... a flimsy little plastic gadget, invented by yet another highschool dropout! If he can do it - if Disney could do it - if Richard Branson could do it - you can do it!

Follow your dreams - it's why you are on this earth in the first place. Your dreams don't have to be "grand" and they don't have to measure up to anybody's standards but your own.

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