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1、I dedicated the past two years to understand how people achieve their dream. When we think about the dreams we have, and the dent we want to leave in the universe, it is striking to see how big of an overlap there is, between the dreams that we have and projects that never happen. So Im here to talk
2、 to you today about five ways how not to follow your dreams. One: Believe in overnight success. You know the story, right? The tech guy built a mobile app and sold it very fast for a lot of money. You know, the story may seem real, but I bet its incomplete. If you go investigate further, the guy has
3、 done 30 apps before and he has done a masters on the topic, a Ph.D. He has been working on the topic for 20 years. This is very interesting, I myself have a story in Brazil that people think is an overnight success. I come from a humble family, and two weeks before the deadline to apply to MIT, I s
4、tart the application process. And, voila! I got in. People may think its an overnight success, but that only worked because for the 17 years prior to that, I took life and education seriously. Your overnight success story is always a result of everything youve done in your life through that moment.
5、Two: Believe someone else has the answers for you. Constantly, people want to help out, right? All sorts of people: your family, your friends, your business partners, they all have opinions on which path you should take: “And let me tell you, go through this pipe.” But whenever you go inside, there
6、are other ways you have to pick as well. And you need to make those decisions yourself. No one else has the perfect answers for your life. And you need to keep picking those decisions, right? The pipes are infinite and youre going to bump your head, and its a part of the process. Three, and its very
7、 subtle but very important: Decide to settle when growth is guaranteed. So when your life is going great, you have put together a great team, and you have growing revenue, and everything is set time to settle. When I launched my first book, I work really, really hard to distribute it everywhere in B
8、razil. With that, over three million people downloaded it, over 50000 people bought physical copies. When I wrote a sequel, some impact was guaranteed. Even if I did little, sales would be okay. But okay is never okay. When youre growing towards a peak, you need to work harder than ever and find you
9、rself another peak. Maybe if I did little, a couple hundred thousand people would read it, and thats great already. But if I work harder than ever, I can bring this number up to millions. Thats why I decided, with my new book, to go to everything single state of Brazil. And I can already see a highe
10、r peak. Theres no time to settle down.Fourth tip, and thats really important: Believe the fault is someone elses. I constantly see people saying, “Yes, I had this great idea, but no investor had the vision to invest.” “Oh, I created this great product, but the market is so bad, the sales didnt go we
11、ll.” Or, “I cant find good talent; my team is so below expectations.” If you have dreams, its your responsibility to make them happen. Yes, it may be hard to find talent. Yes, the market may be bad. But if no one invested in your idea, if no one bought your product, for sure, there is something ther
12、e that is your fault. Definitely. You need to get your dreams and make them happen. And no one achieved their goals alone. But if you didnt make them happen, its your fault and no one elses. Be responsible for your dreams. And one last tip, and this one is really important as well: Believe that the
13、only things that matter are the dreams themselves. Once I saw an ad, and it was a lot of friends, they were going up a mountain, it was a very high mountain, and it was a lot of work. You could see that they were sweating and it was tough. And they were going up, and they finally made it to the peak
14、. Of course, they decided to celebrate, right? Im going to celebrate, so, “Yes! We made it, were at the top!” Two seconds later, one looks at the other and says, “Okay, lets go down.” Life is never about the goals themselves. Life is about the journey. Yes, you should enjoy the goals themselves, but
15、 people think that you have dreams, and whenever you get to reaching one of those dreams, its a magical place where happiness will be all round. But achieving a dream is momentary sensation, and your life is not. The only way to really achieve all of your dreams is to fully enjoy step of your journe
16、y. Thats the best way. And your journey is simple. Its made of steps. Some steps will be right on. Sometimes you will trip. If its right on, celebrate, because some people wait a lot to celebrate. And if you tripped, turn that into something to learn. If every step becomes something to learn or something to celebrate, you will for sure enjoy the journey. So, five tips: Believe in overnight success, believe someone else has the answers for you, believe that w
