In every business, in every circumstance of our lives, this law applies: The law of Dreams, Struggles, and Victories. Through history, countries, individuals, inventions, and corporations have been subject to this law. It is the law that shapes success, and ultimately the law that determines the outcome of our lives. The law of Dreams, Struggles, and Victories is a very simple law, but one that is often misunderstood.
Dreams:
Each of us has dreamed great dreams. Maybe it was wealth, cars, happiness, retirement, influence, powerful positions, whatever it was we dreamed, we dreamed big! But many of those dreams never happened. Why? Because they were simply wishes.
The Dreams I’m talking about are thought out, they’re researched. They can be practical but they can also be crazy, far out, even ridiculous. After all, they are Dreams! There is never a dream too small, nor too large. But the dream must become something more than just a thought or daydream. It must become something real, something you can ‘have’ or ‘attain’, something you can ‘become’ in your future.
One of the best ways I have found to visualize and focus on my dreams is to have them in front of me. Whether its a drawing, a collage of pictures, or writing out what you want to have happen, it helps to have it in front of you to see and review often. Keep it somewhere you will see it constantly, save it as your desktop or screensaver, frame it and hang it by your desk. You want to be able to see it when the going gets hard, because this Dream becomes the motivation to get you through the Struggle. Personally, I enjoy taking images from searches, making a collage on my computer and saving it as my desktop. I always have my computer with me, it saves my Dream as the screensaver, my loading page, I see my Dream every time I close a window. I constantly see my Dream. Find out what works best for you, find something that will remind you of your Dream, and put it in a place where you can see it often.
Struggles:
The Struggle is the hardest part of the law for people to understand. There is a struggle associated with every attainment. Every great leader, every successful business, every nation, struggles before victory. The world will dish out the struggle proportionate to the Dream. Why? Because you have to be ready for the Victory.
You may be saying… “ Wait! I just want the Victory! I didn’t sign up for a plan of struggle and hardship.” But you did. Right now, could you stand before a board of executives and make decisions for a multi-billion dollar corporation? Could you get up in front of a crowd of hundreds or thousands and perform a song or deliver a seminar? Could you lead a nation? Could you write a book? Your dream is a dream because you haven’t attained it. And you haven’t attained it because you’re not ready for it. You are not, yet, the person you need to be to ‘live that dream.’ The Struggle is the refiner’s fire, molding you to be 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. In the rare event of a victory attained without struggle, one is not prepared to live the Victory. Look at history, look at your own life, and you will see. Every accomplishment came with struggle… a struggle you endured because of the dream you held. It was the Struggle that taught you to be or become more than you were.
Victories:
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; again, the struggle is designed 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, or a student trying to survive Algebra, the law applies. And the Victory always matches the Struggle.
Big dream, big struggle, big victory. Make sense? Small dream, small struggle, small victory. Make sense? Perfect! Now, what happens when you dream big, but have a small struggle? Right! A small Victory. One might say “But I dreamed big! I had huge goals, a bright future, a vision of who i wanted to be, what I wanted to do! I had great intentions!” Yes, but you only endured a small struggle. You did not change to become worthy of the big Victory. The world rewards you for the Struggle, not for the Dream.
In conclusion, dream big, dream huge. It takes the same amount of energy to dream huge as it does to dream small, so dream massive dreams. But understand this law and you will understand success and you will understand history. The bigger the dream, the bigger the struggle, the bigger the change that needs to happen, the bigger the learning, the bigger the obstacles. But in the end, the bigger the Victory!
When you learn to love the Struggle, you’ll realize you’re living your Dream of achieving your Victory.
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