"To All The Dreamers Out There..."

Motivation to achieve success - "To all the
dreamers out there"

Turn off the T.V. Turn down the volume on your
radio. Block out all noise. Be quiet and listen. Listen
for just five minutes. I don’t want you to pay
attention for my sake, but for yours. Are you not
worth five minutes of your own time?
Do you have a deep desire to achieve something
great? Do you want to live a more satisfying life? Can
you see yourself being happy and successful in every
way? Do you believe in your own potential and that
here is much more to you than meets the eye?
If so, you are a dreamer. This article is dedicated to
you. Right now you are the most important person
around. If you had been the only person to ever read
this article, I would still have written it, just for you.
You are that special.

Motivation to achieve success - what is a
dreamer?
But before we go any further, let me qualify what a
dreamer is because people often don’t appreciate
being called dreamers. In-fact, it’s almost an insult to
call someone a dreamer these days. It’s associated
with having your head in the clouds and not being
realistic. So let me explain.

A dreamer is a person who is not afraid to challenge
society’s norms and not afraid to tread their own path
rather than following the well-trodden path. A
dreamer is someone who is always willing to take a
chance and always asks why before doing something
that others are doing blindly. A dreamer is a person
who has a great futuristic picture which they work to
achieve at all costs. Dreamers are world changers.
Dreamers chart their own course and destiny.
Dreamers are always striving to be the person they
were meant to be and are not afraid to be different.
I believe every one of us is born unique in every
way, but over the years we work very hard to
become like everyone else.

Motivation to achieve success - Don't follow the
crowd

Society’s commonsense tells us that that is the way to
go. Unfortunately, commonsense is not always good-
sense. It’s just common. If you are a dreamer you
cannot afford to work on society’s assumptions and
standards. You have to be unique.
For instance, a lot of people have spent anything
from 15 to 20 years getting an education so they can
have that perfect job and earn a huge salary.
Unfortunately for most, the perfect job and the huge
earnings never materialize. They only have the long
hard years of work and loads of papers with
unpronounceable names to show for it.
Most of them have lost touch with the
very people they are working so hard to provide for -
their husband, wife and children, all because of
having to “work hard” for a living. Yet few ask
themselves if there is a better way. They blindly
follow what they’ve always been taught.

Motivation to achieve success - chart your own
course
I am here to tell you that there is another way. It’s
not for everyone. It’s not the only way. It’s not the
easier way. Actually, it is more likely to be the harder
way. But I guarantee you it is the best way. It is
simply this – follow your dreams. If you can think it,
you can have it.
Following your dreams, however, is a process and
comes at a price. What is the process and what is the
price to be paid? Be patient. All will be revealed.
Patience, by the way is part of it. Get-rich-quick and
easy success schemes don’t last.

Motivation to achieve success - What's in store?
Over the coming weeks I will talk about the
characteristics of a dreamer and some of the things
you absolutely must do if you want to live the life
you deserve to live. Some of them you may already
know and others will be new. Whatever the case, you
will pick up a number of useful ideas that may just
make the difference between living in mediocrity
and living a fulfilled life.
Brian Tracy states that “all successful men and
women are big dreamers. They imagine what their
future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they
work every day toward their distant vision, that goal
or purpose.”
If you are not a dreamer I urge you to watch this
space every week. It may shed light into the darkness
in your life. Together, we can find answers to some
of life’s questions, but YOU have to do the searching.

Motivation to achieve success - I can help"
I have struggled with and continue to struggle with
many of life’s questions myself. These struggles have
led me to some startling and amazing discoveries
about human potential, achievement, motivation,
success and living your dreams.
I have a curiosity about life and see lessons on
success and achievement in the most ordinary of
events or places. I want to share what I have learnt
with you. I can't promise you that you will achieve
your dreams after reading my articles - that is
entirely up to you and no one else. However, what I
will share with you will immensely help you in your
desire to live the life you want and deserve.
It is a marvel to think what would happen to Zambia
if the dreamers woke up and did something about
their dreams. This country would never be the same.
But there is hope and it starts with each and every
one of us making a difference in our own lives. You
have no idea what impact a single person’s dream can
have on an entire nation.

Motivation to achieve success - conclusion
I hope your dream will come to life and make a
positive contribution to the lives of the people of this
beautiful country. You can make all the difference
and, if you are a dreamer, I know you are not waiting
for someone else to do it. You do it!
Sadly but true, and in the words of Myles Munroe -
“The poorest man in the world is the man without a
dream. The most frustrated man in the world is the
man with a dream that never becomes reality.”
Have a dream