Comments on: How to Be Successful by Believing in Your Dream

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:06:34 +0000

Hey Stephen, I am so glad to have found this site, because I found not only the quote I was desperately searching for, but also found a source of (hopefully) never ending inspiration … thanks so much …
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By: Stephen - Rat Race Trap

Stephen - Rat Race Trap — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:26:38 +0000

@Giovanna, those around us often are the biggest resistance we must overcome. Thank you for commenting.

By: Giovanna Garcia

Giovanna Garcia — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:14:51 +0000

Great job, a lot of wonderful wisdom and inspiration here. My favorite is : “You are not here to live someone else’s dreams. Believe in your dream. Don’t be discouraged by the small minds of others. Don’t allow someone else to steal your dream. Your friends and family will resist your dream because they fear that change. They want you to be safe.”
Awesome! I love it.
Thanks,
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action

By: Stephen - Rat Race Trap

Stephen - Rat Race Trap — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:26:16 +0000

@Lea, yes we should expect challenges, obstacles, walls, resistance or whatever else you want to call them. You are correct in that they often turn out to be opportunities. Thanks for stopping by!

By: Lea

Lea — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:15:23 +0000

Hi Stephen,

I agree with what you and Douglas said about taking small steps towards large dreams and goals. That’s solid advice, as well as have patience.

The only other thing that might be added is, also expect what can seem like an occasional step backwards or even encounter what may seem like a wall. It’s those moments that are good for reassessing our direction, the requirements to achieve each phase of a goal and to check if new information or opportunities that we were previously unaware of are now available to us.

Great post. Thank you for sharing

By: Stephen - Rat Race Trap

Stephen - Rat Race Trap — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:12:27 +0000

@Douglass, absolutely correct. Those tiny successes are powerful forces in the feedback loop. You can think big but need to act small. Life is a cinch, inch by inch and so forth. This is actually the topic for a future post of mine. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

By: Douglas Eby

Douglas Eby — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:32:59 +0000

Thanks – very inspiring ideas. But taking steps toward our dreams may feel overwhelming if they are too big for us to handle emotionally.

Robert Maurer, PhD has studied social and neuropsychological aspects of achievement and creative expression for many years. He notes that even thinking creatively can induce fear:

“Innovation triggers the alarm mechanism in the amygdala section of the brain that’s known as the fight-or-flight response,” he writes. “More simply put, the thought of change ignites fear… It effectively shuts down all nonessential brain functions, including creative thinking.

“Essentially, kaizen [the Japanese principle of taking 'small steps'] disarms the brain’s fear response…it ‘tiptoes’ around it…”

From my post Disarming the brain’s fear response
http://talentdevelop.com/217/disarming-the-brains-fear-response/