At a major conference held in Ghana on Saturday, October 7, 2023, Academy Twenty One Chairman Dr. Raoul Ruben spoke at length about dreams and needs, two concepts that may seem similar but are totally distinct. A need is temporary, ephemeral; if it isn't satisfied, it evaporates into thin air and we stop thinking about it. A dream, on the other hand, is a realization of yourself and your goals. As long as you don't achieve it, you become an insomniac and absolutely nobody can stop you in your quest. 

It's a well-known fact that 90% of the people in the world give up at the first hurdle, find it hard to get back up after a setback. This is what we call having a limited mindset, creating barriers that we could easily overcome if we gave ourselves the means and worked towards it. Absolutely everything revolves around action, which is itself driven by a dream. It's a step-by-step process, and taking shortcuts inevitably leads to stagnation and failure.