Have you ever been convinced to walk away from your dreams by people who manage to throw enough self doubt at you to win that war of attrition? The constant day in and day out negativity that pushes you to give up your dreams and conform to something youre not? What are you nuts? You cant do that! Oh theres another hair brained scheme! Get Real! Go get a real job! Who do you think you are? You arent something special, stick to the things you can handle. What are you stupid or something? Why do you think you can do that? How on earth are you going to accomplish that? Lambasting you with negativity, giving you the message Who are you to become an author, or an inventor, or any number of other things your dreams may lead you to? The litany goes on and on
We are taught to focus on the impossibility of our dreams as adults, why things can’t be done; to hide behind the how instead of understanding that the first step is to reconnect with our dreams in a magnificent flight of imagination. Don’t worry about the how first; the means will come to you as part of the process. The question of How are you going to do that? is so often used as a weapon against us by...