Jeff Heller is a Real Estate professional, IT professional, and a musician, but being a dreamer is one of the most important parts of his identity and life. As a young boy, watching the Beatles perform for the first time on live television, Heller knew he wanted to become a musician. He never let that dream go, despite facing different struggles and working in different fields, Heller always strived to achieve his dreams and started a band with his friends. In his autobiography, Life’s Mirror 978-1-951630-01-0, Heller writes about his life as a musician, being a father, and finding a balance between all things. His story is melodic and inspiring.
For many people, it can be quite difficult to manage life and following your dreams. It may feel like they have to choose between them, but it is possible to go after your dreams and lead a life that is considered normal in our society. There are just seven secrets behind achieving your dreams, steadily and successfully, while maintaining a stable life. Here are a few secrets by Jeff Goins, writer:
· It takes time.
We all want a quick fix in life, but the truth is that finding your dream won’t be easy. To paraphrase Chris Guillebeau, it takes 279 days to achieve overnight success. In my case, it was about twice that.
Leaping, as they say, looks more like building a bridge, one small brick at a time. For me, this meant late nights and early mornings for writing, finding the time I could to work on building my dream. And it took me about two years before the bridge was built.
· You can’t do it alone.
In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell wrote, “No one—not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses — ever makes it alone.”
Every story of success is, in fact, a story of community. You will need to rely on friends and family, and sometimes complete strangers, to get to where you want to go. And if you don’t include others in this race you’re running, it’ll be a lonely finish line — if you get there at all.
· You won’t “just know.”
This idea that you just know what you’re supposed to do is a myth. Most of us are unsure of what we’re really passionate about, and we need help figuring it out. The best way to do this is to pay attention to your life and learn what it can teach you from past experiences.
“Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, “Parker Palmer wrote, “I have to listen to my life telling me who I am.”
· You don’t have to “go big.”
Sure, you’ll have to invest time and maybe some money to get started, but the best beginnings are the smallest starts. You can always tweak as you go. I started my blog with a budget of $100, which took me months to save up for before finally pulling the trigger. That was a mindset shift for me, as I had always thought you need to “go big or go home.”
· You will fail — a lot.
Every person I talked to who found meaningful work, and I’ve met hundreds of these people, told me that at some point they failed. Many points, in fact. It turns out that failure isn’t what prevents you from success. It’s a prerequisite.
We don’t understand this. When we heard the story of Steve Jobs getting kicked out of his own company or Michael Jordan not making the varsity basketball team in high school, we chuckle, thinking these people succeeded in spite of their failure. But that’s not true at all.
Successful people don’t succeed in spite of failure. They succeed because of it, at least those who learned from their mistakes.
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