Don’t be afraid to do. I spend a lot of time thinking about things I want to do with my life. Subsequently, I think about how to make them happen. After that, nothing happens.

A glimpse at a potential avenue to one of my dreams is usually directly followed by a tidal wave of uncertainty, effectively crushing and washing away my opportunity before it can even present itself.

I try to remember that I’m generally capable of doing whatever I put my mind to, and then I do just that. I construct a plan of action, and then act, shedding any fear of failure. Unless you can tell the future, your reluctance to act is not only resulting from a fear of failure; it’s also resulting from a fear of success.

Don’t be afraid to fly.

I want the money, money and the cars, cars and the clothes…I suppose, I just wanna be, I just wanna be successful…

- Trey Songz, Successful (Drake)

Aw yeah, Trey, I feel you. LOL. Nine times out of ten, whenever a big task is presented to me, I can get around my dreams to get through it. I feel that I want to be a great, successful person so bad, that the thought of completing a job gets me hungry before I even start. I find myself wanting more, spending time pondering the possibilities of the completion, and planning (or sometimes even starting) to strengthen my weaker skills. Anything but actually starting the task that had just been presented. Due to my lack of focus, I find myself at the end of some mediocre to average performances in school and in other endeavors. I know I’m an extreme case, and I know there are other extreme cases out there who may need the important lesson that one of my mentors coaxed me to learn.

Dreaming without focus is unproductive. There is nothing wrong with dreaming itself. Dreams are wonderful; they are the seeds of great things. However, the grand fantasies that you spend living out in your mind and losing anywhere from 10 minutes to a half-hour on should be a leisurely experience, at the expense of your free time only. They should never get in the way of any of your duties or tasks.

Dreams with no focus or direction can also be dangerous because they are not worth following. A dreamer, in the midst of a lofty, uncalculated dream, may think their time is being well spent. I would beg to differ. If the said dreamer was spending time carving their dream into a vision or a clear idea, then I’d leave them there to carve something great. Anybody who has ever made a lofty dream come true will tell you that considerable time was spent tweaking their dream, making it clear, realistic and achievable. I feel like visions are worth following, and not so much dreams. Nothing’s impossible, but if you can’t break the gap between your dream world and reality with your idea, then chances are it’s not worth too much of your time.