It takes more than talent, skill and passion to make a dream come true. If those were enough, everyone possessing them would have been high flyers. But talented failures, frustrated experts and passionate poor abound all over the place. You must work to make your dream work.
One of the reasons dreams, businesses and projects fail is because the initiators plan so big, expect so much and get very little response. Many never recover from the resulting disappointment.
Vision is an indicator of the possibilities that are attainable. It is the difference between those that approach everyday life with energy and gusto as against those who go at it with trepidation and uncertainty. Vision separates the high-fliers from the also-rans.
To begin a new chapter, you must end an old chapter ... 9 times out of 10, failure is resorting to Plan B when Plan A gets too risky, too costly, or too difficult. That’s why most people are living their Plan B. They haven’t burned their bridges to the past.
It is easy to idealise about things that should be done or put in place when we are not the ones paying the bills. But when put in direct charge of coming up with the resources to procure those things, ideas stop flowing.
Go for wealth, not just making money. You can be making money and not be wealthy, but you cannot be wealthy and not have money.
Fulfilment is found only in fitting into the slot where you belong. Although it may not be financially rewarding at the initial stage, the financial gains would certainly come the more you grow and develop in that niche.
You only need to be patient. You need to look at the big picture. Most people, especially the youth, consider the immediate picture and jump ships so frequently. Thus, they subject themselves to a life of frustration and unsettlement. You can only find peace and fulfilment by filling your own hole (in your career, business, marriage, ministry and so on) or answering your own calling.
