Put Your Dream to the Test by John C. Maxwell

Author:John C. Maxwell [Maxwell, John C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2010-03-28T18:30:00+00:00

REMOVE ALL YOUR NONESSENTIALS

Think about your dream for a moment. Think about everything that will result from it. If you’re like most people, what come to mind are the benefits you will receive, the places you will go, the people you will meet, the things you will own, and the position or title you will earn. Do you notice anything peculiar about that list? It contains only the value that will be added to you. It contains none of the things you will have to give up to achieve it. However, if you want to go up, there will be things you must give up.

Big dreams come with a price. When you reach chapter 7, “The Cost Question,” you’ll learn more about that. But remember this: you will have to give up things to achieve your dream. And the greatest challenge isn’t giving up the obvious things that will hurt you. It will be giving up the good things that you like but won’t help you. For example, a friend loves golf but hasn’t played it in more than fifteen years because his children are young and it takes too much time away from them. I delegate many tasks I enjoy doing because someone else can do them nearly as well as I do. I enjoy doing research, but I’ve given much of it to my staff. There are things that only I can do. On them I focus.

Removing nonessentials from your daily routine will be a constant struggle, but it is worth fighting for. Why? Because most people who fail to reach their dream aren’t stopped because an insurmountable barrier confronted them. No, they often become worn out trying to carry too many things on their journey. If you want to reach your dream, you need to let go of the things that don’t really matter so that you can accomplish the things that really do.

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