15 Inspirational, Motivational Tips to Help You Dream Big

Articulate your dream. How can you achieve it if you don’t know what it is? Be very specific. If you hate your job and you want to change jobs, do some serious soul searching and figure out what your dream job would look like. Where would you be? What would your office look like? Who would you work with? What would you do? What would you wear to work? How often would you be working? What would you eat for lunch? Be as detailed as you possibly can. You’ll be surprised how much you’ll learn just by asking yourself these questions. Write down your answers, so you can reference them later.
Answer this one question: “What would you do if you took fear out of the equation?” My husband once asked me that, and I tell you, it changed my life. It helped me bypass all the bullshit so I could whittle decisions down to their essence. What I realized was that I was not living my dream because I was desperately afraid — of financial ruin, of failure, of letting people down, of regret, even of success. Asking this question helped me separate the fear from the dream, and in doing so, I realized that I really wanted to move forward, in spite of the fear. The question helped me identify the fears and determine whether they deserved as much power as I was giving them. That way, I could address the fears separately. Do I still worry about those fears? You betcha. Sometimes I have those dark nights of the soul at 3am when I’m overcome with them. But do I let them rule my choices anymore? Nope.
Timing is everything. If you don’t know what to do, it’s probably not time yet. When the time is right to act, you’ll know. Which leads us to #4…
Listen to your intuition. You’d be surprised how brilliant your inner wisdom is. Your gut knows more than any other individual ever will.
Believe that your dream will come true. Visualize it. Richard Bach said, “You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true.”

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Patty B.

9:49AM PST on Mar 5, 2012

Thanks Lissa for reminding me to keep going after the dream.

March 5
send a green star

9:47AM PST on Mar 5, 2012

@ Emma S...........
Yes , I know about "eclipsing"...

9:45AM PST on Mar 5, 2012

Good advice . I have to get all the fear and "chatter " out of my mind and just keep going for my dream . I moved to another state and do not know many people. One weird thing was that since I did not know many people , at the invitation of a friend I joined an acting class to meet more people. Did not (at least not yet) help my new business . but was cast in 2 episodes of a reality show .! Is the universe directing me to another "universe' ? I have no idea ..it is an interest but not my love of being a travel agent ..and that is because I truly love the world .Strange how life will twist .

Emma S.

10:12AM PST on Dec 3, 2011

Thanks for this, Lissa. I am partly living my dream, but have not entirely got out of my own way - I'm partially eclipsing myself!

December 3
send a green star

Shirley E.

9:16AM PDT on Apr 21, 2011

Another tip - take the tiny steps and keep taking them. I read once: "The person who moves the mountain is the one who starts by moving the pebbles at the bottom." There's a cumulative effect that goes beyond the sum of the steps.