5 Ways To Make Your Goals And Dreams A Reality

We all have goals and dreams, but how do we make them a reality so they become part of our existence and not just a dream. The key is in setting smart goals.

In this article, Dean Graziosi breaks down 5 ways to make goals and dreams a reality, sharing the strategies he implements in his own life. He sets goals every year with his family. Each year, they choose a theme for their goals. 2022’s theme is “Who are you when no one is watching?”.?

Consider Who You Are When No One Is Watching

Everywhere you go you hear people saying they want more. More money, more intimacy, a more healthy lifestyle, and the list goes on and on.

Here’s the real question though – are they doing what it takes to get there? Are those who are talking about wanting more doing what it takes to reach their full potential? Are they doing what it takes to build their confidence?

We all know someone who says they want to live healthy by eating right and going to the gym. Yet when nobody’s watching, they’re doing several things that derail them and not giving their all. Maybe they are in the gym five days a week, but instead of working out, they are on their phone the entire time or just hanging out.

“You say you want your business to thrive to go to another level,” said Graziosi. “You’ve done all the easy parts and now you have to dig into marketing. You have to let your friends know you're going into this business, and it's a little uncomfortable. So when no one's watching, you're working on your logo or the name of your site rather than the marketing that actually gets you out there or the phone call you need to make to close the deal. You tell your friends it's not working, but really, you're not doing the work you should be doing when no one's watching.”

You need to be consistent and do the hard work when no one is watching if you want to reach your full potential with confidence and make your goals part of your existence,?

Seek the Bigger Problems that Get Bigger Results?

“Get and handle bigger problems in 2022,” encouraged Graziosi. “Let’s tell ourselves ‘bring them on’. I want bigger problems because bigger problems equal bigger results.”

We think we want it easy. We think life would be perfect if we could just hit the lottery and have everything handed to us. In reality, most lottery winners lose the money and are right back where they started within a short period of time.

“People who won the lottery – people who had it handed to them – never found a way to be resourceful,” Graziosi said. “How we get resourceful is by actually understanding that problems are the path to our bigger future. If we handle bigger problems, we get bigger results.”

Whether it’s a thousand-dollar deal or a multi-million dollar deal, is the same amount of stress and worry is involved.

“I know it sounds crazy, and we have to work our way up, but I wish someone would have told me sooner to go out and conquer bigger problems, solve things other people can’t solve, and be the person who finds the solutions,” said Graziosi. “Do this and watch your 2022 go to another level.”

Don’t avoid bigger problems. Go after them and learn from them. Problems are a fact of life, and every level brings you a new challenge. Handling the bigger problems will keep you climbing the ladder toward making your goals and dreams a reality.

Take Complete Ownership??

“Take ownership of all of it in 2022,” Graziosi said. “No one is coming to save us. The only way things get better is if we take complete ownership.”

There is no magic wand, and it doesn’t matter which political party is in control. Things will only get better for you if you take ownership. Don’t wait for someone else to make your situation better. That’s not going to happen.

Don’t let excuses become part of who you are. They will only hold you back. You will never reach your goals if you are stuck in the excuses mindset.?

Your goals and dreams are yours, so don’t wait for permission from others to move forward. Remember, there is no such thing as standing still. You are either moving forward or sliding backward.?

Be Aware of Who You’re Listening To

“The most expensive advice in the world is bad advice,” said Graziosi. “It's your broke friend telling you how to get rich. It’s your single friend telling you what you should do in your relationship.”

Have you ever had an idea for an invention you thought the whole world would want to buy or a business idea that you thought would be extremely successful, yet when you tell all your friends and family all you get is negative feedback and terrible advice?

What do you do? Do you just decide to forget about your ideas and dreams, only to see someone else become successful with those same ideas? No! When we do that, we’re losing out.

“We are letting unqualified people tell us what our future should be,” said Graziosi. “I look at it like this – I don’t want anybody else steering my ship,” said Graziosi.

It’s your life. It’s your ship, and if you want your goals and dreams to become a reality, you have to be the one who steers it.

“At the end of your life if you have the chance to meet with God, do you want to give the excuse of why it didn’t work because you listened to other people?” Graziosi asked.?

So what if your cousin thinks it’s a bad idea. Who cares if your best friend knows a guy who knows a guy who failed. You don’t want to get to the end of your life and realize you’ve missed out on achieving your dreams and goals because you took bad advice from people who don’t know what they were talking about.

What type of people are you surrounding yourself with? Who are you being persuaded by? What communities are you a part of? Be careful who you listen to and take advice from. To set yourself up for success, listen to those who have already done it and have become successful.

Raise Your Standards

“You shift the outcome when you decide to follow people who have already done it,” said Graziosi. Instead of letting negativity sink in, find a way to spend less time with the people who bring you down.?

“Who we surround ourselves with is who we become,” said Graziosi. “If you want to reach another level, raise your standards. Raise what you’re willing to accept for yourself and for your family.”

Whatever your dreams and goals are, take ownership, listen to qualified people, raise your standards, and be who you say you are even when no one else is watching. Set smart goals and make them a reality. Don’t let anyone or anything derail you.

More with Dean Graziosi

Listen to the entire episode on “How To Make Your Dreams A Reality” now on The Dean Graziosi Show in the iTunes store , or on PodBean , Spotify , or Stitcher . For more inspirational stories and messages like this, check out Dean’s website at deangraziosi.com or watch his videos on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/deangraziosi .