“Where there is no vision, the people will perish”
Eleven years ago, my parents asked me “What course do you want to take up in college?”
I answered “Ummm.. ummm... I don’t know.. maybe Business Management”
Then I took up a four year Business Management course in UP. Just like any other fresh grads, I don’t have any specifics in my mind on what I would like to do after college. I just wanted to have a job as soon as possible so I can help in the finances of our family.
This was my daily routine when I got a job after college:
I wake up in the morning, go to work, do my work, receive the paycheck every 15th and 30th, and spend all of my salaries in stuff I didn’t know why I bought.
After three years of working, I realized that I had zero savings and I couldn’t imagine where did my hard earned money go.
Why is this so?
Because I had no specific dreams. I have no clear visions. I do not know what I really want to happen in my life.
Why do people have fuzzy dreams?
Just like me before, most people just resort on what they are doing on a routine. Most people just don’t know what they really want in life. They are content with where they are, what they have and what they can do.
Three years after working, I realized that I have to have a dream, to have a vision for my life. My life has to be going somewhere. Then I started to vision of what I want to happen in my life - I want to build a new house for my family, I want to provide more income in our household, I want to give a good quality of life to my family. However due to financial struggles that came to our family, I won’t be able to achieve any of my dreams.
Why?
Because yes, I have a dream, but I never plan on how to achieve these dreams. I know what I want to happen in my life, but I never took any action to achieve my vision.
Why do people have fuzzy dreams? Just like me, most people have dreams, but it’s not written in detail. Their dreams are fuzzy and unclear. Since dreams were not written in detail, it didn’t command any action on our part. It did not move us towards achieving them.
Due to the financial and family struggles we had encountered, I gave up dreaming. I lose all my energy in dreaming because of false idea that it won’t happen anyway. I got scared of having good visions towards my family because of the disappointments that I would feel again if I fail.
Why do people have fuzzy dreams? Just like me, most people easily give up. They got easily scared when things are not happening they way they wanted it to happen.
One day, while I was browsing the net, I read an article about habits of successful people. It says “Successful people do extraordinary things.” For example, Manny Pacquiao is successful because everytime he has a fight, he begins the day with a long hill run on which only his dog can keep up with him. That is followed by hours of gruelling calisthenics, after which he often repeats his minimum abdominal routine of 2,000 sit ups.
Can you imagine how crazy Manny Pacquiao is?
I realized that I was not achieving what I really want in my life because of these reasons:
1. I am not clear of what I really want
2. I don’t have a guide on how to achieve what I really want in my life
3. I don’t have a habit of successful people.
Can you relate to my story?
In my next post, I will share to you what steps I took that gave directions in achieving my dreams.
Hope you learned something from me today.
Your Online Life Coach,
Maya
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