A dream worth chasing should feel challenging and worthwhile. However, sometimes, our biggest dreams cross the realm into feeling impossible. Maybe no one you know from where you live or who looks like you has achieved what you dream of.
You don't know how to start, what you need, or how to afford it. You can see everything in your way as an obstacle to success, but you still feel called to pursue your dream.
It's time to learn the power of resilience, the ability to keep going when your dreams feel impossible.
Long-term Mindset
When pursuing your dream or any goal, you need to have a long-term mindset. Even if you can achieve your dream quickly, ideally, it is something you want to maintain and grow into perpetuity. That requires an element of resilience – commitment.
Much like a relationship, you must be committed to your dream for the long term and willing to work on things, seeing it through highs and lows and obstacles. Be tenacious and never give up or relent in pursuing your dream.
Have Courage
Most people never take the first step toward making their dream a reality, especially if it feels impossible. Be brave enough to take the first step. Be brave enough to refute every negative voice and to try again after failure. Be courageous, another trait of resilience.
When your dream seems to be, and you are afraid to fail or scared to take the next step, be brave. Part of chasing a dream is overcoming fears – fear of the opinions of others, fear of your weakness or inability, and fear of failing.
Be Conscientious
This is often tied to following norms and social rules, but it also refers to a certain amount of self-discipline, motivation, and organization. View your dream objectively as a task and not just a passion calling.
Get organized, be efficient with your time, practice self-efficacy, and be responsible. You are your most incredible resource and best advocate for pursuing your dream. Take the task seriously, be diligent, and choose to do it well.
Remember, Impossible and Improbable are not the Same
There is a rare number of things that are impossible. Most of what people believed was impossible changed when someone else found the task possible. Scientists discuss new possibilities and rewrite history with new findings and inventions daily.
Mathematicians and statisticians have few instances of true zero and far more instances of numbers nearly zero or undefined. Be the minority. If you are pursuing a dream or getting back up after failure, you already are. Being the minority is to be extraordinary.
Take Initiative and Take Action
The first step is the hardest. Don't just dream the dream. Please wake up and pursue it. Set a goal, make a plan, and take action. Otherwise, you may as well be sleeping because your dream will only ever exist if you don't take steps and try to bring it into reality.
Take initiative and seek a mentor to guide you or spend time studying traits of successful people who have achieved their dreams. Take action when an opportunity presents itself or make a way when no one exists.
Be decisive when others succumb to analysis paralysis. When you stand still or give up, you stop getting closer to achieving your dream. Your greatest power as a dreamer is resilience, an ability to keep going when your dream seems impossible.
