Human existence is a journey, during which it's along the way that we try to collect the tools we need to build our edifice. Simply because nothing is prepared in advance. We are the architects of our own destiny. And nothing that Man does under the sun is the result of deep reflection and cogitation. It's called THE DREAM.
In days gone by, people spoke of the American Dream. It was more than just an expression, it was a concept, a philosophy embodying the idea that every individual, regardless of social origin or circumstances of birth, has the opportunity to succeed through hard work and effort. In this way, the idea of freedom, equal opportunity and upward social mobility was expressed. The American Dream has remained in human history as a powerful concept and a source of inspiration for many, representing the hope and possibility of realizing personal aspirations and goals in a country founded on ideals of freedom and opportunity.
This Sunday, March 17, starting at 7pm on the Dr Raoul Ruben Njionou Officiel Facebook page, Academy Twenty One Chairman Dr Raoul Ruben shared this theme with the community by way of teaching, but above all as a lantern guide to enlighten the greatest number to understand the elements that promote the realization of a dream.
Realizing a bold dream and building an inspiring life around an ideal of value is not an improvisation or a vagrant idea, it's simply the materialization of a thought long nurtured.To achieve this, here are a few essential steps to follow.
01- REFLECTION AND EXPLORATION.
In Albert Einstein's book How I See the World, he defines a dead person as one who is no longer able to marvel at the new. His inner or emotional eyes are extinguished, no new splendor dazzles his soul and he loses the elasticity of his spirit.It's important to take time to reflect on what you're really passionate about, what motivates you and what you want to achieve in life.As you do so, don't forget to explore different ideas and areas that interest you, because remember, it's on the other side of the shore that you might find happiness.
02- VISUALIZATION.
Beyond apparent reality lies something magical: your imagination.
Imagination is everything; it's an uncompromising glimpse of reality.Imagination allows us to construct a thought and a virtual projection of the things we'd like to achieve. This projection into the virtual crystallizes your subconscious thinking and allows you to interweave your deepest thoughts, which emanate from your most unsuspected aspirations. Imagine your ideal life, your long-term goals and visualize what your success would look like and how it would influence your daily life.
03- OBJECTIVITY.
I once read something amusing, yet full of meaning because it alluded to productivity.Here's what I read:
_ Talking about the thing doesn't move the thing forward.
_ Thinking about the thing doesn't move the thing forward.
_ Making a to-do list of the thing doesn't move the thing forward.
_ Telling yourself you're going to do the thing doesn't move the thing forward.
_ Telling the world you're going to do the thing doesn't move the thing forward.
The only thing that moves the thing forward is doing the thing. So shut up and get on with it.
It sounds funny, but there's priceless wisdom in every one of these phrases, and it's an unstoppable asset to the fulfillment of your dreams if you take it seriously.
04- STRATEGIC PLANNING, NETWORKING AND COLLABORATION.
Whatever the dream you cherish, and above all its relevance and depth, you have to give it a certain amount of disciplined credit, the fruit of thoughtful elaboration of a realization program.
Beyond that, the important thing is to understand that you can't achieve anything great on your own.You need others, to collaborate with others, to draw inspiration from others to improve yourself.Life's greatest heresy is to believe that you can achieve anything on your own.This reality teaches us that the independence that others ostentatiously boast about should be replaced by interdependence. Because you come to understand that you don't have to be better than the other, but you do have to be better than the person you were yesterday thanks to the other.
That's why it's important and beneficial to join communities that promote an ideology capable of challenging you and bringing you closer to your dream, and above all sowing within you an insatiable thirst for success.
05- PERSEVERANCE AND RESILIENCE.
It can happen that along our journey things don't turn out as we'd hoped, because on the path made up of all possible realities, certain circumstances could be improvised.
It therefore requires you to be able to avoid being negatively influenced by this reality.This is called perseverance and resilience, the ability to overcome fears and challenges without ever flinching.
Having a dream isn't enough, knowing what you want and where you're going isn't enough, believing you're capable of achieving great things isn't enough, you need method, guidance and, above all, resilience.Great victories are achieved in great battles, in the most uncontrollable tensions.As a wise man once said, to conquer without peril is to triumph without glory.
There's no magic formula for success, but the lives of certain people, the testimonies of best-selling authors and men of impact reassure us of the evidence that, if we are accompanied by people who have succeeded in the process we wish to embark upon, the probability of success is above average.
The dream, yes, but the action that leads to its realization is much better and increases the possibilities of its realization. Such is the wisdom put forward by the Chairman in this ground-breaking Talk Show.