Assume nothing, do more, dream big

Do you agree that dreamers sweat the small stuff because they have no choice but dream big. You realize, as a dreamer, that the little things add up. While they don’t seem like much in the moment, over time, they amount to a lot. And that either holds us back or pushes us forward. A few minutes wasted or gained here and there becomes important over time. A few dollars spent here or saved there begins to matter a whole lot more.

You also begin analyzing the numbers, because analytics are everything when you’re chasing your dreams. If your dream is to lose weight, create a wildly-successful startup, or do just about anything else in life, you need to track your results. How else would you know just how far you’ve come, where you are today, and how much more work you’ve got left? It would be much harder, that’s for certain.

Even if, as a dreamer, you don’t initially sweat the small stuff, you do so over time. You realize that it’s an integral part of the process. You can’t get to where you’re going without plotting your results and seeing what’s working and what’s not. When you see what isn’t working, because you’re sweating the small stuff, you can make changes early on. And eventually, you can fulfill those lofty dreams.

We wonder how we’re ever going to achieve them. We think about the enormity of the task ahead of us. But, little by little, you have small wins. One achievement here and another there adds up over time. And, eventually, those wins start to stack up one by one. This helps to build momentum, moving you closer to your goals. When you can see these things coming to pass over time, it’s far more motivating to help push you just a little bit further. We improve in stages, week by week, month by month, and year by year, but we don’t stop because we hold those dreams so vividly in our minds.

And every dreamer knows that their big dreams won’t come easy. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be worth their while. If everyone could do it, then what would be the challenge in it? No, as a dreamer, you realize that there’s a long road ahead, but you’re also willing to do what it takes. And, over time, you’ll reach and fulfill those dreams. It doesn’t happen overnight. But, eventually it happens.

Of course when you hold a dream so vividly in your mind that it almost feels real, you look for any and every way you can make that dream into a reality. And to do that, we often turn to the people who inspire us. We look to people who’ve waged the battles but have won the war. It’s never easy to fulfill your dreams, but it does seem a little bit less overwhelming when you look at others who’ve achieved lofty goals even in the face of seemingly insurmountable circumstances. How did they do it? What was the process? What were they thinking? What challenges did they have to face and overcome? And just how did they pull it off?

It is like you become a detective, and the crime you’re investigating is success. You begin to put all the pieces together in the puzzle, and little by little, you figure it out. Looking to your inspiration in others that fulfilled their dreams who might have been in far worse circumstances initially than you were, success doesn’t seem that fleeting. Cheers!