Do you have a strategy to reach your dream? How do you answer the pathway question? Are you trying to work it out? There is no magic power in having a dream. You can’t just wait for it. You have to work for it. And you have to have a strategy that gives direction and focus to that work.
A strategy is as important a part of the dream as the dream itself.
When I want to create a plan to achieve a dream, I have to start by creating my position in the process… You need to know your present position. Where am I right now? I have to be honest with my present situation. A strategy is first trying to understand where you sit in today’s world. Not where you wish you were or where you hoped you would be, but where you are. Then is trying to understand where you want to be 5 years out. This is exactly what I did when I turned 40 years old however you never late to do this.
“Everyone who got to where they are had to begin where they were.”
You need to understand your future position. Put into words where you want to go. When you identify your future position it gives you direction and motivation to go after your dream.
Never forget to understand the position you are in between. What steps must you take to get from your present position to your future one. You must set a series of small goals to get where you want to go.
Know that life and the pursuit of dreams are messy. Creating the process is a start, and it gets you going, but it is far from being an exact science.
Setting realistic goals is one of the hardest things to do, because you don’t always know exactly where you are going, and you shouldn’t. For me setting goals was to go to school and finish everything I have studied in a timely manner. But I have never stopped learning. Once you state your positions know that you need to start doing.
The real difference between a dream and wishful thinking is what you do day to day.
Janitza Rivera
Executive Business Coach
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