What Is Your True Dream?

Imagine that you are holding a bow and there is a beautiful, large, colourful target in the room. It does not take much practice: after a few attempts, you can hit it quite successfully. I compare this with top performers who clarify their goals every morning and plan their day in that direction. Maximum points every day!

Now let us make it harder: we blindfold you and give you another attempt with the bow. No disaster — you still roughly remember where the large target is. You can no longer sense its vivid colours or see the exact centre, but you can still hit it reasonably well. I compare this with many successful people who do not review their goals every day but know their general direction and keep moving roughly towards it.

Let us make it harder still. Your eyes remain covered, but we hide the large target in a cupboard beneath other clutter. How well can you hit it now? “Um, there is nothing left to aim at?” Exactly. It is IMPOSSIBLE. Yet too many people live this way. They may say that they have dreams and goals, but in reality those goals are vague and half-forgotten — like a dull, colourless target moved into a cupboard after gathering dust. If an old goal no longer pulls you, there is no need to preserve it for appearances. Let us find a new and more vivid one.

How can you tell a “wrong” goal from a “right” one for you? One useful, but not absolute, test is to ask: does this dream pull you to spend even 15 voluntary minutes moving towards it on a regular basis? A single day proves nothing — life contains fatigue, obligations, health problems and pauses. But if months pass without one voluntary step, the goal may belong to someone else or simply be too vague. Then it is worth looking again at the colours of the target.

One useful distinction is that motivation pushes while inspiration pulls. A real dream does not have to make every step easy or remove the need for discipline. It creates enough pull for you to return after a pause. If progress depends only on other people’s encouragement and external pressure for a long time, it is worth asking honestly whether the goal itself is right. True dreams are not a myth — not even for you. Let us find them.