DON'T GIVE UP
Mukesh Virmani
Assistant Professor & Corporate Trainer, L&D in the Department of Soft Skills at Lovely Professional University
Hi, Friends, think of time or a situation, when you had to give up your dream. Many times we come across a situation when we give up, The most popular situation when people give up is when they think they’re not good enough. They have stern believe of not being able to reach where they want to. They consider themselves as average and question their capabilities. However, they forget that people who accomplish their goals are as average as them, the only difference between is that they’re improving themselves every day to reach that level. Imagine a person who had grown up dreaming of becoming a singer, but forcefully got into technical education and ended up having a 9–5 job which pays him well enough to live a decent lifestyle. This person has gotten so comfortable with his current life that his dream of becoming a singer no longer exists. His comfort zone killed his dreams. When people fail, they consider this small stumble a final judgment and leave everything they’ve been fighting for before. When in reality, a failure is a step forward, towards your dreams. People who learn from their setbacks and continue the work, are the ones who live a life full of dreams and the rest —dwell on that one small failure and just because of they failed they start following someone else’s dream.
Probably the worst situation to give up on your dreams so you can follow the crowd. Unacceptable. Let’s suppose your dream was to serve the country but now your friends is playing with stocks and traveling all across, you want to leave your dream to follow his. Or maybe you’re helping your boss/friend in reaching his dreams by working your best at your job but not even spending a few minutes on your own dream. Sad isn’t it? Never think that dreams are only dreams. There’s a group of people who think that dreams are only meant to stay in your mind and shouldn’t be materialized. I agree with that unless they dream about owning Aladin’s Magic Carpet.
On a serious note, no matter how crazy your dream sounds, there is always a way to bring it to reality. You can have it, if you’re willing to put in the work. But it doesn’t make sense to some people.