Meeting expectations or making your dreams real?

Do you know somebody who wastes a lot of time trying to meet expectations of others?  Maybe somebody close to you?  
Family, friends, colleagues, partner, sons,... they all seem to demand my time and attention. Sometimes it becomes easy to lose track going from one place to another, trying to meet all their expectations, doing whatever it takes to be on good terms with everybody.

15-minute appointments, runing from one place to another, always looking at the watch... at other people's watch.

And... what happened with my dreams?  where did they go?  The answer is simple, "I postponed them".

This death penalty that we adjudge, conscious or unconciously, leads us to a state of unhappiness and dissatisfaction. To others, we are always the "good boys"..."such a nice guy!"..."always smiling"... and in reality we are hiding our feelings of anger, fear, desperation... to get their approval.

How can we get out of this vicious circle?
Today I will go to bed thinking that tomorrow is a very especial day.  I will wake up and sit at my desk, first thing in the morning, with a watch, a couple of blank sheets, and a pen.  I will write for 5 minutes all these dreams that I keep in my heart, waiting to catch my attention and love.  Five minutes.  Neither one nor ten, only 5 minues.  What it is not written, it does not exist.  Today is Christmas time.  I will write my wish letter.

Next, I will order my dreams in three stages: to be fulfilled in one, five or ten years time.  I will hang the ordered dream list on my bedroom door, or wherever I can see it every day.  And every single day, when I wake up, the first thing I will do is to dedicate TEN minutes of my precious time to pay attention to my dreams, and live them in my mind as if they were already real... feeling that wonderful trip I always wanted to do, feeling living in the house of my dreams with my loved ones

Do you dare to do it? I guarantee that your life will change completely... in only 10 minutes.  Life is about taking decisions.  What have you decided?

How well do you know yourself?

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power."
—Lao Tzu

The quest for growth and contribution always starts by looking into our values, strengths and skills to be further developed.

I invite you to book 15 minutes of your time to know yourself better and discover what drives you and what shuts you down, by filling the following Personal Strengths Profile at Anthony Robbins' website, free of charge.

Did you find out something new about yourself?  How would you use this information to enjoy more life?  I look forward to reading your comments!

What do you want? What is it what you really want now?

Stop for a moment what you are doing, forget about the past and future and...

Imagine you have all the means you need to get whatever you want...

what is it what you want?

Imagine you are living wherever you want...

where would you live?

Imagine you share this moment with whoever you want...

with whom would you share this moment?

Imagine you can do whatever you want... 

what would you do right now?

Finally, imagine you are in control of a sofisticated machine able to manifest all of this in your life...

This machine exists.  It is your brain.  It has been design and created to fullfill this purpose, without judgements, whatever you focus on.
The truth is... whatever you imagine, if you focus on it and you experience it emotionally, it becomes real.  Your brain cannot distinguish something you dream that way with what we call reality.  If you consistently focus on these thoughts, they will expand and come alive, they will modify your beliefs first, then your actions, and finally the results you get... until the thoughts become real or you kill them by dispersing your attention.

Remember when you were a child or even better, look at the children around you.  How do they get what they want?
First they dream about something or find out what they want.  Then they focus their attention on it until they get it, consistently,... sometimes up to the exasperation of their parents!  Once they get it, the set a new goal and do the same, again and again, just changing the course depending on the feedback they get, their attention always fixed on their goal.

Let yourself be a child again:  Imagine... focus your attention... and act, consistently, until you reach your goal!