The 11 Questions You Need to Ask to Kickstart Your Dream
Gabriel Cunningham
Founder & Executive Director at For My Bonus Child, Inc. | Podcast Host | Advocate for Homelessness Awareness & Humanization | Social Impact Leader
Do you have a dream? Want to start seeing things more clearly? Using these questions will help you achieve your goals faster.
?1. What is the most important task you have to accomplish in your lifetime?
What's most vital for you to experience, explore, or embrace in your lifetime? Until you answer this question, your life goals will be off purpose. If your intentions aren't aligned with your inner passion, you won't be able to attract the people and circumstances needed to make them a reality.
Get clued into your true joy. Which childhood activities sparked your interest? What did you do as a kid that made you feel energized? What do you currently do in your spare time?? Synchronicity begins to work in your favor to direct you toward your objective when your goals and your soul's purpose are in harmony. Assistance will flow from all directions as soon as you intuitively own your unique essence and calling.
?2. Whose dream is this? Yours or someone else's?
Are your goals your own, or are they based on what others think you should strive for? Would you like to look back in your old age and wish you had followed your passion? Will you regret having "played it safe?"
Do you think it's selfish to follow your dreams? If you don't give yourself joy first, how can you give it to others?
You have a divine right to follow your heart, and it is your social responsibility to do so. When you fulfill your destiny, you will be able to make the earthly contribution you were born to make.
3. Do you genuinely desire this dream?
?Do you bounce out of bed every morning to pursue your vision? Or is it a lukewarm fantasy that you pursue because it sounds meaningful? What if it were merely a lackluster dream you chased because it sounded impressive? Manifestation in the world can only be achieved by being authentic in your intentions.
4. Are you content with less?
Are you resigned to getting less love, health, and success this lifetime? Have you compromised and given up on your dreams??
?You won't be happy if you don't live your true passions. Would you like to arrive at the Pearly Gates regretting not marrying that intriguing person, starting that fun business, or seeing that exotic place you always wanted to see?
5. Is your dream actually just a means to some other dream?
Is your goal an end in itself, or merely a means to an end? Do you really want the new car itself, rather than the money—the means—to buy it? Is self-worth more important to you than a new car or house when it comes to impressing your family and neighbors? And, after all, isn't it happiness that you seek, rather than the picture-perfect mate, job, or body?
It's more important to focus on the experience you want to create, not the form that may or may not bring it to you.
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6. How will you feel when you realize your dream?
Personal passion fuels a vision. Dive into the thrill and exhilaration of the feeling of living your dream. Every moment you can, drink in the joy of having achieved your goal.
"Where your creative attention flows, so flows your life," the Hawaiian Kahuna say. Is your daily focus nourishing your dream? As the TV public service announcement reminds us, "It's midnight. Do you know where your children are? " Hey, in your life, it's high noon! What is the source of your creative excitement?
It's high time you brought your goals into reality. A flower in a garden is similar to the nurturing of dynamic, satisfying creations.
7. How will realizing your dream improve your life?
Be specific about the advantages you'll experience if your vision comes true. To help you remember these advantages as motivators, write them down. What exactly would happen if you were making money doing something you enjoyed? If you had the support and love of other people, how would you approach life differently? If you had more vitality and health, what would you do with it?
8. Is there anything you can do today to make your dream a reality?
Make your dream a reality. Implement support and systems around you to instantly translate your intentions into action. Whenever possible, take advantage of opportunities that are aligned with your purpose and vision.
Keep the momentum going. No matter how hectic life becomes, make a commitment to take at least one action per day. It only takes a single action—like writing down a new idea, reading one page, or making one phone call—to make a difference.
How can you give yourself pleasure in the meantime while you work towards your larger dream? Train for a local fun-run first if you dream of running a marathon. Measuring your progress will help you stay on track. Make a note of those little wins—in a journal or on social media.
9. Are you telling yourself: "I can't have my dream?"
The majority of people don't believe they can live their dreams. It is either their belief system tells them they won't be able to make a living doing what they love, or they feel they don't deserve to live the life they want. The pain of not being able to fulfill their dreams often leads people to bury their dreams so deeply that they can't remember having them.
Everyone has a dream! And everyone is destined to fulfill that purpose. Why wait?
10. Do you worry that your dreams won't come true?
The statistics show how much more likely it is for somebody to have a heart attack when a good thing happens than when a bad thing happens! Accomplishing your dream is dangerous! Having your dream come true is only going to threaten your old experience of yourself and your life-you know, the one that's boring or painful!
The fear of change is real. Don't let fear's energy hold you back. The only way to avoid feeling fear is not to live!
11. Do you really need to accomplish your dream?
?Is it really necessary to achieve your goals in order to be happy? Enter the "hootless state," in which you don't care if your dream's exact "picture" comes true. You've got a much better chance of being in the right vibrational space to attract real happiness without the ego's push, pressure, and micromanaging. Relaxing your grip on how your future "has" to unfold lets the universe be more flexible.
On a higher plane, what if our true task here is to be who we already are, with or without manifesting our specific goals? What if the essence of who we are is enough?