In every business, in every
circumstance we find ourselves in this life, this law applies. The law of
Dreams, Struggles, Victories. If you
look into the history of countries, individuals, inventions, corporations,
every single one goes through this law. It is the law that proves ad shapes
success, ultimately the law that determines our lives.
It’s a very simple law, but one
that is often misunderstood. I think we each have dreamed after great things.
Whether it be wealth, cars, happiness, retirement, great positions, whatever it
was, we dreamed of what it would be like. But I would guess that many of those
dreams never happened. Why? Because they were simply wishes.
The Dreams we’re talking about here
are thought out, researched. They can be crazy, far out, ridiculous, but dreams
nonetheless. There is never a dream too small, or too large. But it must become
something more than just a thought or daydream. It must become something real,
something in your future.
The Struggle is the hardest part
for people to understand. There is a struggle associated with every attainment.
Every great leader, every successful business, every nation, struggles before
victory. Now the world will dish out the struggle proportionate to the Dream.
Why? Because you have to be ready for the Victory.
Wait….the Victory is just what I
wanted. I didn’t sign up for a plan of struggle and hardship for that Victory.
But you did. Right now, could you stand before a board of executives and make
decisions for a massive corporation? Could you get up in front of hundreds or
thousands and perform a song or deliver a seminar? Could you lead a nation? Could
you write a book? Whatever your dream is, it is a dream because you have not
yet attained it. The reason is, that you are not the person ready for living
that dream. The struggle is designed to teach you to become that person.
The struggle teaches the principles
and lessons to help you become ready for the Victory. That is why there is no
shortcut to success. Even when attained without the struggle, you are not
prepared to live with the Victory. Look at history, your own life if you want,
and see that every accomplishment came with struggle, struggle endured because
of the dream you held to, a struggle that taught you to be or become more than
you were.
The
Victory. The glorious day you look around and realize the Dream is yours to
live. Many times we don’t realize we attain the Dream, because of what happened
in the Struggle. The dream became part of life; the struggle is designed again
to do this. The victory is ours when we are ready, and we develop into the
Dream. The only way to attain a Dream is through the Struggle.
So what
does this mean for you? Whether you are the CEO of a Fortune 500 company with
billions of dollars in revenue, or a high school student just trying to make it
through Algebra, the law applies. And the Victory always matches the Struggle.
So lets mention that. Big dream, big struggle, big victory. Make sense? Okay,
small dream, small struggle, small victory. Still with me? Perfect. Now big
dream, small struggle. What comes next? Right, a small victory. But wait now, I
dreamed big, I had great intentions. Yes, but you only had a small struggle.
That means you did not change to become worthy of the big Victory. See the
world rewards you for the Struggle you work through, because of the Dream you
had.
So this to
close. Dream big, dream huge. It takes the same amount of energy to dream huge
as it does small, so dream massive dreams. But understand this law and you will
understand success, you will understand history, you will understand the world.
The bigger the dream, the bigger the struggle, the bigger the change that needs
to happen, the bigger then learning, the bigger the obstacles. But amongst all
of that, there will be a greater Victory because of that struggle.
Learn to
love the struggle, the learning, and always keep your dream in front of you,
and one day, you will look around and be living the Dream.
@kenttbates
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