1.
The Belief Test:
Do you
believe in your dream enough to win a debate with your own self doubt? Do you
believe enough that you can convince or silence
the nay sayers and doubters in doubters in your life with
confidence? How strong is your belief in what you’re yearning for?
On a 10 point scale, with ten being very strongly and zero being not at all,
how strong is your desire? Do you believe what you’re seeking to create is
possible? Is it possible for you
as well as for others?
To believe what
they’re seeking is truly possible, most people need to rate each
of these issues at strongly as a 7 or above. This is
also true of all the questions that follow.
2.
The Problem-Solving Test: All dreams present certain challenges, some more
difficult than others. Are you willing to take on the problems your dream
presents? Can you take them in stride and find the solutions required to make
them a reality? Practical Dreamers need to be
hurdlers, ready
and prepared to encounter obstacles on the path to their dreams. Is your dream
important enough that you’re willing to take on the hurdles between you and
the finish line?
3.
The
Willingness Test:
There comes a time in the birth of every dream when
it takes on a life of its own. Suddenly you’re no longer at the helm. Events
unfold as they will, not necessarily as you might have planned, and sometimes
you must play a role quite different from the one you intended. Is
your dream important enough that you’re willing to play the part your dream
demands and finish the story that’s unfolding all the way to the end, even
if the plot twists and turns differently than the tale you thought you were
writing?
4.
The Money Test:
Money
is one of the tools required for building most dreams, because dreams are like
our children. We must support them financially until they can support
themselves. Practical Dreamers don’t wait “until they have the
money.”
They roll up
their sleeves and one way or another get busy generating the money their dream
requires. Is your dream important enough that you’re willing to spend, raise
or otherwise obtain the money you need to implement it?
5.
The Time Test:.
Dreams take time, usually more time than you anticipated. Your daily
schedule reflects whatever is actually most important to you. We lose
our dreams when we allow circumstances or the priorities of others to
determine how we spend our time. Does your dream make it on to your
calendar? Relative to all the other demands for your time, is your dream
important enough that you’re willing to invest the time it requires to make
room for it in your life?
