ARE YOU STILL CHASING YOUR DREAM? PATIENCE IS THE STYLE OF THE GAME

NINE EASY STEPS TO OVERCOMING IMPATIENCE

Someone once said that the problems with many unsuccessful people, is that; they set out to build a wall in a day. This is usually the source of our misery and heartaches. Patience is a technique that must be mastered by those who are hoping to gain financial freedom.

The journey to success is a long-term journey that must be measured by how many steps we make forward and not by how much distance we are yet to cover. Our dreams are like the famous Chinese bamboo seed that must be tended to for four straight years before they sprout, but when they finally sprout on the fifth year, they grow up to 80 feet long in a matter of weeks. I want you to imagine a farmer watering a seed for four years without anything to show for his efforts. I want you to see people laugh at him as he waters what looks like bare land. Think of how he is being mocked by his wife who expects him to come back home with something tangible. Then I want you to imagine him seeing the seed sprout for the first time after four and half years and the plant being ready for harvest by the eighth week.

Our beginnings as usual will be humble and most trying. We endure mockery and laughter when we are starting. We put up with disappointments when we begin and most likely we shall work most and have nothing to show for what we have done. If we are patient enough and if we can tolerate the pain for a little while longer, our labour begins to pay, our profits expand and we soon become unstoppable. A gain I implore you, do not set put to build a wall, instead focus on one brick and lay it as perfectly as a brick can be laid and soon you will have a wall.

In order to overcome impatience, confirm the following before you start chasing your dream;

a)     Be sure that whatever you are engaged in is a passion and that you are well talented to handle it.

b)     Do not seek to make a profit, seek to solve a problem.

c)      Enjoy and celebrate every bit of success, however little or negative it may be.

d)     Be open to mistakes and false starts and do not let disappointments weight you down.

e)     Be sure that you can survive in the mean time as you pursue your dream.

f)        Plan well before you start.

g)     Find yourself a cheer leader who will hold your hand and walk with you through tough times.

h)     Find someone who believes in your dream and work together. (A bird that can fly 100 miles per day can fly 175 miles in a day if flying in a group.)

i)        Always be optimistic; patience is an expression of optimism.