{"id":8352,"date":"2016-06-29T16:58:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T11:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/?p=8352"},"modified":"2016-06-30T14:51:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T09:21:33","slug":"achieve-dreams-in-3-simple-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/achieve-dreams-in-3-simple-steps.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Achieve Your Dreams In 3 Simple Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all have so many plans and aspirations. So much to do, so little time, we sigh. But what if I told you, you could take the first step to achieve your dreams with 3, simple, actionable steps? Read on to know more!<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Do not fantasize too much<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Don\u2019t go wild with your fantasies. Being optimistic and being realistic at the same time, is a fine balance you must maintain. While being negative is likely to make you not try at all, constantly visualizing your dreams come true sends the wrong signal to the emotional side of your brain. The emotional side of your brain cannot distinguish between the high of actually achieving something and the high you get by simply visualizing all your dreams come true; so if you keep imagining that all your dreams have come true, your brain tends to think that all your desires have already been achieved and this makes you less motivated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    As author<\/span> Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation<\/span><\/a> Gabrielle Oettingin says in her book, says, \u201cDreaming about a positive future seemed to protect against sadness in the short term but promote it over the long term. It coincided with a short-term hit of pleasure that ultimately wore off and predicted increased depression<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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      Preempt your obstacles<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Author Gabrielle Oetting in calls this \u2018mental contrasting\u2019. Mental contrasting is actually sitting down and thinking about every single thing that can go wrong and having a plan of action for each contingency. Think through how to overcome these obstacles, and don\u2019t concentrate on just the negatives. Have a plan in action for all the obstacles you may face. <\/span><\/p>\n

      There could be 2 outcomes out of mental contrasting, you could feel prepared and motivated or you could feel utterly disheartened. But if you feel disheartened, it probably means your goal was not realistic in the first place, so mental contrasting helps you decide which of your goals are actually do-able.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      As author Ryan Holiday explain, \u201c\u2026we look to envision what could go wrong, what will go wrong, in advance, before we start. Far too many ambitious undertakings fail for preventable reasons. Far too many people don\u2019t have a backup plan because they refuse to consider something might not go exactly as they wish.<\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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        \u00a0Don\u2019t tell yourself, instead, ask yourself a question<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Do not declare to yourself that you can do something. Instead, frame it as a question. So, instead of thinking, \u201cI will be great\u201d, your thought should be, \u201cCan I be great?\u201d Remember Bob the builder? The cartoon? Before a project he used to ask the children, \u2018Can we build this?\u2019 Well, author Dan Pink in his book says we should approach our dreams with the Bob-the-builder style questioning. But our tip is to not stop there, go a step further and ask yourself, \u2018How?\u2019 And then plan it out.<\/p>\n

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        In his book To Sell is Human<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, author Dan Pink says,\u201cThose who approached a task with Bob-the-Builder style questioning self-talk outperformed those who employed the more conventional juice-myself-up declarative self-ta<\/strong><\/em>lk.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

        This is a 3 step process<\/strong> to get you started! Do try it out and let us know if it works.<\/p>\n

        For more productivity hacks and life lessons, stay tuned to the YourDOST blog! You could also get in touch with the YD experts<\/a> to chalk out a plan to achieve your plan, and they\u2019ll also tell you how to stay motivated!<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        We all have so many plans and aspirations. So much to do, so little time, we sigh. But what if I told you, you could take the first step to achieve your dreams with 3, simple, actionable steps? Read on to know more! Do not fantasize too much Don\u2019t go wild with your fantasies. Being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-growth","category-time-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}