Live without a sky: 7 ways to push dreams beyond the limit
“The sky’s the limit.” That’s a phrase we all want to hear be used to describe our dreams and success.
It means we can do almost anything and climb as high as we want; until we reach the sky.
The sky may be a far distance away, but for me it’s too limiting. I want my dreams and success to live without a sky and go beyond the stratosphere. I want them to be limitless.
I know that you want the same for your success and dreams. So here are 7 ways to push your dreams beyond the limit.
1. Have numerous dreams but focus on a few
Don’t limit yourself and what you want to accomplish. Create numerous goals in all areas of your life and in all sizes. I have hundreds myself; from big to small, but I’m not tackling all of them at once. I’m currently focusing on two big ones.
In the past I would try to work on so many goals at one time that eventually no steps would get accomplished and no goals were achieved. I thought it was because I was a failure, but I realized I needed to FOCUS.
Take one or two, at the max three goals to focus on. With these goals you will make steps towards them every single day, so you’ll need every rocket behind these to propel them past the stratosphere.
Now, just because you’re focusing on one or two goals doesn’t mean you should lose sight of all your other dreams. Keep them in mind because they’re often huge motivation to achieve what you’re currently tackling.
2. Increase the size of your dreams
Say your original dream was to write a book that becomes a bestseller and sells 100,000 copies. If you want to push your dream beyond the sky’s limit, then aim to sell 1 million copies.
Increase the size of your dream beyond what you originally thought you could achieve and you’ll instantly push your dreams beyond your limits.
3. Shorten times frames
You might think it’s going to take a decade to achieve a big dream but if minimize your time say to two years you’d be surprised at how quickly you can achieve it if you work hard towards it every day.
Don’t underestimate how much you can get done.
4. Push yourself beyond your current limits
If you want to achieve mediocre results for your dreams then do things that you’ve been doing and that you’re not fearful of.
But if you want to push your dreams beyond the limit you’ve got to push yourself into uncharted lands and through your fears.
Making plans for big dreams that reach into space is one thing, but actually accomplishing them is a totally different thing that requires you to push yourself to the edge.
5. Let critics push you
When you’re going for dreams that reach to the sky’s limit, let alone beyond it, you’re going to attract the attention of critics and naysayers.
They’re going to make fun of your goals no matter how big or small they are. Don’t let them push you down; instead use their criticism as an extra push in the direction of your goals.
If they say your dreams are impossible, then you should rethink them. And make the dreams even bigger and more “impossible.”
6. Harness competitors
Don’t beat down or sabotage your competitors because you’ll go down with them or you’ll achieve mediocre results from it.
Contrary to popular belief, if you help your competitors achieve more, so will you. Their success will push you harder. If they failed, then you’d settle for a low level of success.
7. Turn dreams to goals
The greatest step you need to take to push your dreams beyond the limits is to turn them into goals. To do so:
- Get them out of your head and on to paper. It’s the oldest trick in the book but it works so effectively. You can create a vision board, a life list, or a personal constitution.
- Take action every day; even on holidays. You need to be moving towards your goals every day of the year. I know that everyone can spare a minimum of five minutes each day to take a step that gets you closer. Five minutes isn’t a lot but it adds up.
“Don’t let your dreams be dreams.” – Jack Johnson
8. *Bonus:
Book a flight on Virgin Galactic and literally push your dreams beyond the stratosphere.
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LOVE these 7 ideas! They are really great and will really help me with realizing my own dreams. Thanks for posting them!
Glad you enjoyed them.
-Andrew
Interesting tips. But I can’t disagree. Great accomplishments have all began in a person’s dream.
Great tips!
Also, related to dreams are things you dream of doing “someday”. I found it really useful to stop and go “Okay, when is the earliest someday I can do this awesome thing I’ve been dreaming about”? And then go ahead and do it!
(I just recently went to the streets with a cardboard sign saying “FREE HUGS” and gave out free hugs to strangers
. That’s been one of my dreams for ages!)
Hey Vlad,
Glad you liked my tips!
It sounds like you also realized that the word “dream” sounds like something from far in the future or something that is fantasy, and you realized you needed to turn them into “goals.” That’s great.
-Andrew