All of us, at some point in our lives, have had dreams of being somebody special, someone who achieved great things. We all had dreams of being rich and famous, successful and happy.

Unfortunately only very few amongst us have made those dreams come true. Most of the time our dreams have remained just that – dreams.

In stead of going through the excitement of achieving what we dreamt about we relapse into our day to day life and in stead of really living a full life we choose to be non existent and we prefer to live a life of survival.

Life can be so much more, though, if only we would be prepared to go for a little more. However most of us prefer to think: I’ll never be able to do that. It’s too difficult. It’s impossible, because………. And we have a list of reasons for it.

If all our predecessors would have thought that way we would not enjoy the comfort of all the inventions and innovations that we live with today and human history would not show so many great accomplishments.

Unfortunately there is a large group of people that is suffering from never taking any action on dreaming great and promising dreams, with the result that they are left with broken dreams, and each time they are a disillusion richer.

If you keep on limiting yourself with self-doubt, self-limiting assumptions and other disempowering beliefs, you will never be able to break past what you consider to be impossible.

On the other hand if you are aiming for something great, without working towards a goal, you are hanging on to an impossible dream.

The following self-motivation tips will help you to gain more self confidence, so that you get prepared to pursue your dreams much easier.

Grab a piece of paper and make three columns:
The 1st column is called: - What I Know I Can Do –
The 2nd column is called: - What I Might Be Able To Do –
The 3rd column is called: - Impossible For Me To Do –

Now make a list of all your goals and write them underneath one of these three headings.
Next, you’re going to do your utmost to accomplish the goals that are listed in the column – What I Know I Can Do -. And as you are slowly going through the goals under this heading, you try to accomplish a number of the goals that you placed in the column that says – What I Might Be Able To Do - .

As you go through this process you will notice that the goals of which you thought were – Impossible For You To Do – now begin to look possible.

You see, by doing this you are not limiting your imagination. It is a matter of going for more than you are used to and to start working towards that goal one step at the time. However you do have to realize that it does demand that you make a plan and that you work hard. It doesn’t of course simply fall into your lap just out of blue.

Never forget that if you would have told someone a hundred and fifty years ago that we would fly in aeroplanes and that one day we would walk on the moon, people would declare you to be crazy.

If you feel a deep passion for something and you create focus, commitment and perseverance, anything can be accomplished and your so called “impossible” dream can become very real indeed.

Pay attention to the self motivation tips that I mention above, because they are a key to growth. Have a good and conscious look at where your passions and your dreams are today. Do you constantly try to improve yourself? Then do self motivation exercise in order to obtain the necessary self motivation skills.

Ab van Deemter
www.passiontogrow.com