The Weekly Spark #1: “If you can dream it, you can do it” Walt Disney

What better topic to kick off the new year if not goals and dreams? And who better than Walt Disney to introduce the topic for us? I’m not talking about the classic new year resolutions like eating healthier, going to the gym, or starting a meditation course – clearly all important, but my reflection is more linked to the concept of “where are you going?”

If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there???

As human beings, our tendency is to aspire to something bigger – let’s call it a dream. Each of us, in our own uniqueness, has one or more of these (for some people it may be harder to see, but I guarantee it’s there somewhere!). These dreams ultimately fuel who we are. However, one thing is to simply have it floating in our heads, and the other is to work towards it. The latter implies that we must put effort to make change happen in order to become better people (note: not best as best is a permanent state, but better which suggest a journey of constant improvement), hence creating the right conditions for our dreams to manifest.

But how do you transform a dream into reality?

By clearly setting out goals – a step by step path that will take you from where you are today to where you want go. I recently heard an interesting interview of Denzel Washington with which I fully resonated. He was mentioning that dreams without goals are just dreams and ultimately fuel disappointment. On the road to achieving your dreams you must apply discipline but most importantly consistency – because without commitment you’ll never start, but without consistency you’ll never finish.

Easy to say, difficult to do.

We’ve all been there: we may have our dream or vision clearly in our mind, but we don’t know how to get there. For this reason, I wanted to close this first blog post by sharing with you an approach that has helped me tremendously throughout my last years (and also brought me to start a blog) – the 7 Steps of Goal Setting by Zig Ziglar.

May 2023 bring you closer to your dreams. One step at the time, enjoying the journey. ?