I have a dream

By @Liz2mania

When I first laid eyes on this pic, I couldn't help but laugh uncontrollably. Somewhere in my laughter though, I stopped and had an epiphany! This person has a dream.

I realized that there were so many lessons that one could derive from this picture. See, this person has a dream and she knows she has to start somewhere. In fact she values her dream so much that, despite the fact that the other piece is still missing, she lays her bed still! (Well in this case, the floor, lol).

We all have dreams. Everybody has a dream! But what is it that you have done that has inched you closer to your ultimate goal? What steps have you taken that show how seriously you value your dreams? We might all have dreams but in all honesty, some people don't display any diligence. Having a dream but not doing anything about it is like going to someone saying you are short of R10 and need them to give you R10 for you to be sorted.

Unacceptable isn't it? A person who is short of R10 should have at least something on hand to show that they have done something worthy of being helped. See that is the thing about investors. They look at what you have done so far and then step in. If all you have is but a dream, that doesn't make you stand out because everybody has a dream.

Often we see people, saying they need funding for this and that but when you check what it is that they have done to earn that funding you get so disappointed. Start somewhere! For instance, if you are a writer who is looking to get a book deal, start by writing a blog. If you want to run a big retail store like Pick n Pay one day, you might want to start by running a spaza shop. That will make investors see how committed you are to your dream. Don't go to investors with nothing - saying you have a dream because...well, let's just say if that man who is short of R10 came to you and asked you for R10 would you help him out? Or would you be willing to help him out if he already had R5 and said he was short of another R5?