Build Walls Like Babylon

You have got to shut out the noise to stay focused on your dream.  To dream big and think big consistently you really have to be aware of the negative voices surrounding you and be prepared to shut them out.  So lets say you have determined what it is you want, what you truly want.

You’ve decided to make an effort to achieve it.  You start visualizing and taking the first steps towards making it happen.  You are amazed at how you feel about it and your energy feels renewed.  Making a decision can do that.  There are proven psychological chemical releases in the brain that cause this feeling of euphoria when you make a positive decision.  You are really going to do it this time, you say to yourself!  You manage to continue saying this all day. The excitement builds as you wonder to yourself “what took me so long to see the end result as clearly as I do today!? ” Wow! The feeling can be exhilarating!

Then BAM! you mention your decision to a friend the next day and their lack of enthusiasm is as thick as the fog in London.  You feel the disapproval in their tone and without realizing what is happening; you let their disinterest and condescension suck you back into their world of mediocrity.

The previous days serotonin surge dissipates and levels back off to it’s original chemical equivalent of depression.  Like a prick of a pin piercing the taut side of a latex balloon.  It’s over.  You let foolishness deflate your momentum.  Your ambition shut down by the words of a non-believer.

The problem here isn’t that you mentioned the idea before you had a well defined plan or even that your friend is obviously a smaller thinker than you.  The problem lye’s within yourself.  If you are letting this happen; you are not ready for the road to success.

You will never get there!   To come to the place you envision in your dreams you have to be able to build a wall around it.  Just as the city of Babylon built a wall thicker and taller than anyone could imagine to protect itself from nefarious invaders.

You have to do the same with regard to your mindset.   Protect it like it were the richest land in the world.  The BIGGER you think the more you have to be prepared.  There are always going to be people that don’t understand “thinking big.”  There are always going to be peddlers of satire.  Be aware of it, expect their appearance and be prepared to put up the wall of defense.  That usually comes with a smile.  Don’t bother to defend or compete with their ways.  Don’t waste your energy!

Some of the best things TO DO though are:

• Spend most of your time keeping the rhythm going with your ideas.
• Surround yourself with others that think like you and that offer advice to help you get where you want…always be in search of them…and be confident that they are there.  It’s amazing what tools are handed to you in the form of people and connections when your wall is built and your path is consistent.
• Good advice comes in many forms so collect all varieties of it…the Internet, acquaintances, wisdom from our past leaders, friends.
• Keep reading books and stories that inspire you and propel you forward when you can’t go it alone…you can collect an enormous amount of ideas & inspiration from book series like Chicken Soup for the Soul or other success stories.
• Keep reading my blog.
• Subscribe to Fearless Ambition Magazine. It is full of ideas to inspire and help you build that wall! Both online and (coming soon) in print.