Live Your Dreams Not Your Fears E-Book

Peter Osalor

• Herausgeber: POSAG International Ltd
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

Everyone is afraid of something – failure, success, loneliness, crowds, death, life, the list is endless. No one is immune to fear. Fear haunts the weak and the powerful, the young and the old, the rich and the poor. It is a great leveller. How we
handle our fears and move on is the difference between being successful and being a failure.

Fear is an emotion induced by a threat perceived by living entities, an unpleasant emotion or thought. It is the feeling you get when you are afraid or worried that something bad will happen or is going to happen. Fear is birthed in the mind, and
it is one of the greatest impediments to human progress. As humans, you will always experience some level of fear. You must be careful not to empower fear so that it does not influence your actions and decisions Don’t predict failure before you even start. Never do it. It results in fear. Think happy and be positive, always remain hopeful because the thing you fear need not happen, unless you permit it.

Your dreams exist to turn your life into a masterpiece. Doing what you love and living your life on your own terms is the best thing you can do for yourself. You can achieve your dreams because they’ve been given to you and with each dream
comes the power to achieve it. But you have to work!

Leseprobe

LIVEYOURDREAMS

NOTYOURFEARS

ENTREPRENEUR,LEADERORWHATEVERYOUWANTTOBECOME!

PeterOsalor

Contents

ENTREPRENEUR,LEADERORWHATEVERYOUWANTTOBECOME!

INTRODUCTION

Visionwithoutexecutionishallucination

CHAPTERONE

LIVEYOURDREAMS

Whatwillittaketoturnyourdreamsintogoals?

Fixyourfocus

Yourdream

Passion

Howareothersdoingit?

Goal-setting - developing a vision & goals for your career plan

Settingcareerdevelopmentgoals

Therelevanceofvisionandhope

CHAPTERTWO

AVOIDDREAMKILLERS

Fearandriddingyourselfofnegativethoughts

Howdoweconquerfear?

Howtohandlethedreamkillersinyourlife!

CHAPTERTHREE

WHATISYOURDREAM?THEENTREPRENEUR, ENTREPRENEURSHIPANDLEADERSHIP

Definitionofterm

Thetraitsandcharacterofanentrepreneur

Becominganentrepreneur

Theentrepreneurialethos

CHAPTERFOUR

THESPIRITOFANENTREPRENEUR

Cananybodybeanentrepreneur?

Whatisentrepreneurship?

Characteristicsofentrepreneurship

TraitsofEntrepreneur

CHAPTERFIVE

HOWCANIBECOMEANENTREPRENEUR?

CanIbecomeanentrepreneur?

HowcanIbecomeanentrepreneur?

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

LIVEYOURDREAMSNOTYOURFEARS

REFERENCE

BOOKSBYTHEAUTHOR

INTRODUCTION

Others can stop you temporarily but you are the only one that can do it permanently. -Zig Ziglar

Always bear in mind that our own resolution to succeed is moreimportant than any other one thing.- Abraham Lincoln

Everyoneisafraidofsomething–failure,success,loneliness,crowds, death, life, the list is endless. No one is immune to fear. Fear haunts the weak and thepowerful, theyoung and theold, therichandthepoor.Itisagreatleveller.Howwehandleourfearsand move on is the difference between being successful and being afailure.

Fear is an emotion induced by a threatperceived by livingentities,an unpleasant emotion or thought. It is the feeling you get when youare afraid or worried that something bad will happen or is going tohappen. Fear is birthed in the mind, and it is one of the greatestimpedimentstohumanprogress.Ashumans,youwillalwaysexperience some level of fear. You must be careful not to empowerfear so that it does not influence your actions and decisions. It is theunfounded fear within that undermines your confidence and yourability to discover who you are. Fear jeopardizes the hope of success, it causes anxiety, and destroys positivity. Fear imposes limitationsupon potential and ability; it is an enemy of progress.

Don't permit your mind to dwell on negative thoughts like:

Idon'thaveenough money.Iamnottalented.Idonot haveenoughknowledge.Idonot haveenoughexperience.Ihavefailed manytimes inthepast.Iamnotlucky.WhoamIto dreamofmakingsuch animpact.

Don’t predict failure before you even start. Never do it. It results infear. Think happy andbe positive,alwaysremainhopefulbecause the thing you fear need not happen, unless you permit it. You havethe power within you to get rid of it, and do so immediately, don’tromance it, don’t dwell on it and don't believe it. Rather than saying“NoIcan’t”say–“YesIcan.”Itfeelsgreatandsetsyourthinking to an ‘I can’ attitude.

Your dreams exist to turn your life into a masterpiece. Doing whatyou love and living your life on your own terms is the best thing you can do for yourself. You can achieve your dreams because they’vebeen given to you and with each dream comes the power to achieveit. Butyou have to work!

Mike Tyson said “I have to dream and reach for the stars and if Imiss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.” You can achieve yourdreams if you are hungry because nothing will feed your hungermore than pursuing and accomplishing your dreams.

When you cease to dream, you cease to live.  - Malcolm Forbes.

Too many people are living, but only few are actually alive. Whenyou dream, you become alive. If you choose to ignore your dreamthen you kill the potential of living a fulfilling life and die again.

You can achieve your dreams because there is a problem that onlyyou can solve.

Yesterday’s dreams are today's answers to tomorrow’s problems.-Edgar Cayce.

You dream because you have a burning desire to solve a problem orfulfil a need that could make the world a better place. Everything weenjoy today was first somebody's dream. They simply pursued it and then itwas physically manifested.

Lastly,youcanachieveyourdreamsbecauseyouhavethecourage to do so and you will keep on encouraging yourself.

Note that amongst all the positivity - fears will show its ugly faces of disease, old age, insecurity, poverty, etc. Fears can be legitimate orotherwise, but if you summon your courage, determination, passionand confront them they simply wither away and eventually die.

Fill your mind with only courageous thoughts, leave no room forfear, and make courageous decisions and statements. Courage is notthe absence of fear but the overcoming of fear. The best way todefine boldness is by saying that in spite of the fear you went aheadanyway. Fear is all that lies between you and your dreams. Looktoward your dreams not towards your fears. Move forward despitefeeling the fear and the fear will fade away, fear more than any other emotion is what drives many people to do what they do. And most of the fear is irrational. Live your dreams not your fears.

Never retreat and go back to how it was because of fear. Don't goback to your comfort zone, always move forward. Ever forward,never backward. Fear often causes us to be or return to what isfamiliar rather than face our challenges, this is because the threat ofthe unknown appears to be larger than it really is. Fear enlargespotential threats beyond their true proportion. Once you realize thisyou can move forward with confidence that the future has muchbetter potentialand the past will fade into obscurity.

Always face the future, not the past. You should no longer fear theenemies you have already conquered.

It is your responsibility to act, others can give you guidance, butneither they nor God should act for you when you are capable ofdoing it yourself. No matter your belief in God or others, they won'thelp you if you are not trying to help yourself. Doing nothing isfoolishness – face the fear and act.

Rabbi Levi Brackman and Sam Jaffe, in their book Jewish wisdomforBusinessSuccess,statedthat“thereisadifferencebetweendreaming andhaving avision.”

Visionwithoutexecutionishallucination

Anyone who has left a mark in this world had a dream. Whether they created a business, governed a country, or created a movement, it allstarted in the mind and heart as a dream.At the beginning, thatdream might have been laced with fantasises of fame or riches. They may have pictured successes or accolades or respect. Therein lies the temptations and snares of big dreams.

Of course, it doesn’t stop there, dreaming is the place to start, butending there would be premature. Bringing a dream into the realworldinvolvesfacingchallengesandproblems,obstaclesandoutright resistance.Martin Luther King, Indira Gandhi etc. all haddreams of a better world and because of that dream they had enemies that wanted to stop them and they faced a lot of problems but in spite of the challenges they went ahead and pursued their dreams. Todaytheir names are part of history and the world has taken note of them.

So, what differentiates dreamers from the visionaries? How does adream move from fantasy to reality?

Whenwecallsomeoneavisionaryitisadifferentmattertoa dreamer. A visionary is someone who sees ahead of their time, theyare bold and adventurous. We expect them to do great things. Thedifference is they don’t just dream, they make things happen in thereal world.

So, what makes vision so different from dreaming? Vision is theresult of applying the laws of physics, human nature and economicstoadreamsoastotransformthatdreamintoareality.Beinga dreamer is a prerequisite for being a visionary but it is hardly a given that every dreamerbecomes a visionary.

In order to live your dream,you must transform your dream intoyour vision backedwith passion and determination to make it areality. It will be tough but it is worth every drop of sweat, it will befulfilling and you leave a legacy. Dreamers can fail but a doer willnever remain in a state of failure because doers ‘do’. Everything weenjoy in this world today was first somebody’s dream. It started from the mind and transformed into a vision and are is now a tangibleentity. You are next in the line and the world is waiting for you.

Youmust bewillingtopaytheprice.Ajourneyofathousandmilesbeginswithasinglestep.Lao-tzu(Chinese proverb)Don’twaitfortheperfectsituation,becausethesituationwillneverbeperfect.Don’twaituntilotherpeopleagreewithyou.Don’twaituntilyourskill isgoodenough.Thebesttimeistostartnow.Justbelieveinyourdreams.Visualiseyourdream.Expectahardjourneyahead.Takeonestepatatime.

There is no doubt that you can eat an elephant. But the key is to takesmallbites often. - Donald Latumahina.

The next chapter will be discussing live your dreams by developingyour goals, your dreams and passion.

CHAPTER ONE

LIVEYOURDREAMS

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, youhave within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reachfor the starsto change the world. -HarrietTubman

DevelopingYourGoalsYourDreams,PassionandVisionPowertoChangeFixYour FocusVisionandHope

Dreams can inspire you, but goals can change your life. Goals are all about action. Goals turn dreams into reality. Goals change you andcan change your life. Don't just dream it – do it. Thomas A. Edisonsaid “vision withoutexecution is hallucination.”

Once you have a dream and it becomes your vision and aligns withyour passion, then consider the following actions:

Hiretherightteam.Communicateafocusongoals.Setexpectations.Riskmitigation.TakeownershipandstopwhiningBecommitted.Teamwork.Bepassionate.Thinksuccess.

Focus on strength. Success is achieved by developing strength not by eliminating weaknesses. Never consider the possibility of failure,planaccordinglyandworkhard.Hardworkbeatstalentwhentalent doesn't work hard. Network constantly, learn and be willing to learn. Ask for help when you need it.

Discipline yourself: Jim Rohn said discipline is the bridge betweengoals and accomplishment. Learn from your failures, and things likenot having the right team and friends, overpaying executives etc.Don't give up. At the end think ‘how many lives have I touched.’You need inspiration.

SteveJobssaid"…havethecouragetofollowyourheartandintuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.

Walt Disney said "…if you can dream it you can be it"

Winston Churchill said “Never, never, never give up.”

Don't confuse your dreams with goals. Dreams occupy your mind.Goals take overyour reality.

Whatwillittaketoturnyourdreamsintogoals?

Goalsaresomethingyouareactingon.Dreamsaresomethingin yourmind you arethinkingabout.Goalshavedeadlines.Dreamsaretime-free.Goalshaveacost,goalsproduceresults –butdreamsdon't.Dreamsareimaginary,goalsarebasedonreality.Goalshaveafinishline,dreamsneverhavetoend.Dreamscaninspireyouwhilegoalschangeyourlife.Goalshaveafocusdreamsdon't.Goals​require​hard​work,​dreams​just​require​yourimagination.Dreamsstretchyourimagination,goalsstretchyou.

Think about your dreams, envision them. Every dream is given to usso that we can accomplish it. No matter what the dream is; the dream is possible. It is possible as we work on the dream day in day out.Youmustbewillingtotakeachance.Youwillencounterfailures pains and set back but you will discover that you are great and morepowerful than you imagine and no circumstance can stop you.Itdoes not matter what negative things you were told when you wereyoung; it was just someone’s opinion, do not allow it to become areality. Work on your dreams.

Peoplestopworkingon theirdreamsbecause:

TheyarefearfulTheyaretoocomfortableTheydon'tfeelworthy

I implore you to believe in yourself. Stretch out and you will beshocked.

I say to you your dream is possible. Choose your future, it is possible andnecessary.Gettheenergydrainersoutofyourlife.Attract peoplethatarehungrytosucceed.Getlosersoutofyourlife.Everybody will not agree with you. Go ahead because you are anuncommon breed.

Be creative and adjust your strategy as you go along your journey.Always think of how you can improve on your dream. Let yourintention be to amaze your clients or customers.

No one can do it for you but you. You are on your own... It is notover untilyou win.

Havetheattitudethatyoumustwinandonlywhenyouwinisit over. If it is possible that I can live my dreams, work on yourself and you can make ithappen too.

You must have goals and write the goals down. You must make your goals personal. It may be hard to do, but it’s not impossible. Peoplewill laugh at you during the tough times, but keep telling yourselfthatyouwillliveyourdreams.Notmatteryourbackgroundor history do not stop. It is your life. Run towards your dream, your bad daysarecharacterbuildingdays.Envisionyourselfashavinggreatness within you;it is you that will make it happen.

Write down reasons why you cannot giveup. At times, you will have tocontinueevenwhenitseemsunreasonable.Why?Fortruesuccess, you must continue no matter what. If life knocks you downfall on your back, look up and then get up again. If you fall eighttimes make sure you get up nine times. You must determine in yourmind to be the lastone standing.

You mighthave a dream butyou do notknow how to make ithappen. Just hope and believe 100% that you will make it. Takepersonal responsibility. It is your dream and it is only you that willmake it happen. It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and nothave an opportunity arise rather than not be prepared at all. So please be prepared and be hungry – don’t mistake a season of preparationand growth for stagnation. Don't take no for an answer. Be ready and be hungry for success and have reasons why you cannot fail. If youwant it badly enough, then you totally commit and go out and fightfor it. Most people just complain about their circumstances and theythinktheyhavedoneenough.No!Complainingwithouttakingaction is notthe solution.

Living your dream is difficult. There is always something that willdiscourageyouasstatedabove,butbehungry,you’vegottowork on yourself. Don't be side tracked by secondary activities. Overcome the negative and steer clear of conversations and thoughts that arecontrarytowhatyoudesire.Keepreassuringyourself,empower yourselfandcutoffself-negativeconversationsandconfessions. Standup tothosevoices andspeak positively.Sell yourselfevery day on your abilities according to your level of belief. The mostimportant thing is to believe in yourself.

It takes courage to keep on; courage is going from failure to failurewithout losing enthusiasm. Don't get people's approval just work onyour dream.

You must develop a sense of urgency; do a little bit each day. Everyday you must achieve something as if there is no tomorrow. Howmuch time do you have left? We don't know, and when you die allyour dreams and talents are gone. Don’t waste valuable time. Liveeach day as ifitis your last.