Motivation is Key
What drives you to do the thing you love?
Welcome to the First Step to making your dreams a reality. The first thing that we need to do together is we need to figure out what drives you? What is the one thing that inspired you to chase this dream, and if you don’t know what inspired you, that’s ok, we will first take a look at the dream itself. Think about your dream and now think about the first time you thought of it and how it was only an idea. What feeling did you have when you started the idea? Did the idea bring you joy or was it something that you thought was silly or maybe it was just an idea that you were throwing around in your head. Now I want you to think about when you decided “I’m going to do this!” How did you feel in that moment? Pretty good, right? Great, this is the feeling we are going to use to drive you to your goal!
Now that we know what is going to drive you to your dream let’s pound that feeling and thought into your head. I know this sounds silly, but trust me you will feel better after you do. I want you to take a moment, step away from your computer or phone or whatever you are reading this on, and take three deep breaths to clear your mind. Go ahead, I'll wait. Did you take three deep breaths? Great, now I want you to take the thought of your dream and say “I Will Do This!” Think about how much your life will change after accomplishing your dream. Again “I Will Do This!” Your dreams will be a reality but it’s going to take some work and if you're not prepared to do the work, I want you to repeat this method every day until you are ready.
Ready to make a change? Get out some paper and a pen or pencil. Yes, I want you to do paper, not digital, because I want you to physically write this. I want you to write in big text across the top of your page your dream. Now under that I want you to write “I Will Do This one step at a time!” This is where you are going to write down each step its going to take to reach this dream and you need to be specific with your steps. If you, let’s say want to be a big Youtuber, don’t write First step - make videos, Next - get views, Next - get subs. No, I want you to be specific: First step - make a video that people will learn from or make a video that is going to give my viewers emotions or make a video that is going to help my viewers relax. Do this to each of your steps to help you get a better understanding of what is really going to take to reach this dream.
Now I’m not going to say this is going to be an easy journey and this is not going to be something that is going to happen overnight. But by staying motivated it’s going to help you push through the scary or tough moments when working toward your dream. Any time you hit a rough patch and you’re feeling like maybe this is the wrong choice or maybe you’re not good enough, I want you to think about that feeling you had when you decided to make this a dream. I want you to feel that way again and take three deep breaths and say “I will do this!” My last bit of advice for motivation is write down your dream and post it somewhere you can see it every day because this dream of yours is not just a dream, it is going to be your reality.
You are Awesome! You Will Do This! Stay Awesome!
