We all have dreams. All of us want to achieve in some way or the other. But why, you may ask is it that so many of us, never get to where we hoped to be? Why is success so difficult to attain? Why do some people achieve success and others remain with only their dreams?
Looking at myself, I see the major obstacles to success in my life. The top 3 are listed below.
Procrastination. For sure I will get there, I can tell myself or I will start tomorrow... In life something always comes up and many a time, I never get to the point where I actually pursue that dream. So it remains just that - a dream and tomorrow never comes.
Conflicting Priorities and not enough Time. We all wear many hats in life. We have families, we have jobs, mortgages, people depend on us and more! We can't dissappoint them. Taking care of everyone and everything that needs something from us leaves us drained. Too many times we want to start working on that dream but can't find the time to do so in our busy lives. Many times we are just too tired. So it remains just that - a dream and tomorrow never comes.
Fear of Failure. We all want to succeed. No one wants to fail. That fear of failing many times have held me back from trying something new or different. So it remains just that - a dream and tomorrow never comes.
Know what your barriers are to achieving your dreams. Set goals, work on achieving these goals and take the steps to making these dreams real.
Success quotes to keep you motivated to go beyond a dream and to achieve your goals.
The biggest wall you have to climb is the one you build in your mind: Never let your mind talk you out of your dreams, trick you into giving up. Never let your mind become the greatest obstacle to success. To get your mind on the right track, the rest will follow.
― Roy T. Bennett
There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. – Douglas H. Everett
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
– Mae Jemison
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With positive mental attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, and a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order to prepare to try again.
– W. Clement Stone
Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests.
Charles Lindbergh
Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.
Khalil Gibran
Yesterday is but a dream, Tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
― Kālidāsa
You see things; and you say, ‘Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?'
– George Bernard Shaw
Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.
– Ashley Smith
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
– C.S. Lewis
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
– Arthur Ashe
And in closing - follow your dreams. Take action to make them real. Surround yourself with people that motivate you.
Learn! Achieve! Success Awaits!
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
– Mark Twain
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