The Importance of Daydreams

Author’s Note: Tangent ahead.

Since I was a kid I have always dreamed of traveling the world ( and meeting Michael Jordan). I have a list of cities that I want to visit and even live for a while.

Until recently I thought of this as just a foolish daydream but now realize that this silly dream is the most important thing I have.

We all have daydreams of our hopes, visions, desires. Most though, including myself, brush off these grand ideas because of this thing called rationality. We grow up to believe that grand things most likely will not happen so we shouldn’t even try.

Instead, what we should do is go to college, get a good paying job, buy a house, get lots of stuff, and do the “American Dream” that I guess someone must have invented in the 50’s. What about our own dreams though?

We, as Entrepreneurs are in a position to see past this facade. To us, a daydream can be something more than a thought during a moment of boredom.

My challenge to you is to rethink the rules and envision your daydream, whatever it is as a real possibility. What if it could really happen? What would need to be done? How could your vision of your business really be accomplished? Or even better: how can your business help you make your daydream into a reality?

In thinking on these terms I came to a realization that my dreams were not so far fetched anymore. I can use my skills in business to make this dream a reality in the future. Now my day dream is the most important thing of all. It is my goal as a professional that I strive to accomplish. It is a motivation to work even harder every day.

So, over the course of the next few years, I am going to aim to make my business as mobile as possible so I can literally run it from anywhere. Maybe I’ll even run across MJ on my journey.

Can you change the course of your business to make your daydreams into realities?

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