I love reading self help books. I have many and I read them over and over again. I hardly ever buy novels although I'm reading them constantly, I get them from the library and I'm very happy to return them there after I've read them. But self development books - every now and then I buy a new one, usually on Amazon, and look forward to them being delivered more than I look forward to Christmas. Ho ho ho!
I also have a habit of dipping into my books whenever I feel I need specific words of wisdom or encouragement so I have this stack of books on my bedside table that just keeps growing because after a while I remember I liked some bit in another book and how good would it be to read that again and so I look it up in yet another book that I place on top of the pile...
One of my favourite books at the moment is Hero by Rhonda Byrne (linked to Amazon UK). Rhonda Byrne is also the author of such books as The Secret, The Power and The Magic. I love The Secret, I must have read it about 15 times (from cover to cover this time) and I like The Power too, but I really like Hero because it's a about going after your dream. I find it incredibly motivating, inspiring and encouraging.
And so I was reading it just the other day and it was saying how it's important to have big dreams; big dreams make life exciting.
There! Big dreams make life exciting!
This is exactly what I was after some time ago when I caught myself thinking 'I wish something exciting happened in my life' (read about it here). I wanted that something exciting to be something big, a dream come true.
And how easy is it to believe that big dreams come true? Not very. It's far easier to just accept that I'll never get the dream job, don't get to live in a lovely big house with some dogs and have fantastic holidays.
But every now and then you can't help thinking 'This can't be it? There must be more to life than this?'.
And what happens when I read books like Hero and other self help books? I very quickly start believing that yes! it can be done, it's entirely possible, there are other people who have done it and I've got everything in me to achieve even my biggest dreams. All I need to do is to start taking action in the right direction.
That's exactly what I've been doing recently. It's not always easy, there are days when I'm doubting my abilities, when I'd just like to do nothing but that's when I pick up the one of my books and read on and soon I'm full of enthusiasm and belief in myself again.
So dream big! And if you're not clear yet what your big, major dream in life is, start figuring it out.
I know what mine is but I'm not yet ready to reveal it here. I've known it for quite a few years now but it's only now that I've really started to take steps to reach it. I haven't made much progress yet but I'm already getting excited, especially when I imagine having achieved it, and I can see that the more progress I make the more excited I'm going to get.
For the not so good days, there's Hero and all my other books to motivate me to keep at it.
I may never achieve my big dream but at least I'll know that I tried.
I also have a habit of dipping into my books whenever I feel I need specific words of wisdom or encouragement so I have this stack of books on my bedside table that just keeps growing because after a while I remember I liked some bit in another book and how good would it be to read that again and so I look it up in yet another book that I place on top of the pile...
And so I was reading it just the other day and it was saying how it's important to have big dreams; big dreams make life exciting.
There! Big dreams make life exciting!
This is exactly what I was after some time ago when I caught myself thinking 'I wish something exciting happened in my life' (read about it here). I wanted that something exciting to be something big, a dream come true.
And how easy is it to believe that big dreams come true? Not very. It's far easier to just accept that I'll never get the dream job, don't get to live in a lovely big house with some dogs and have fantastic holidays.
But every now and then you can't help thinking 'This can't be it? There must be more to life than this?'.
And what happens when I read books like Hero and other self help books? I very quickly start believing that yes! it can be done, it's entirely possible, there are other people who have done it and I've got everything in me to achieve even my biggest dreams. All I need to do is to start taking action in the right direction.
That's exactly what I've been doing recently. It's not always easy, there are days when I'm doubting my abilities, when I'd just like to do nothing but that's when I pick up the one of my books and read on and soon I'm full of enthusiasm and belief in myself again.
So dream big! And if you're not clear yet what your big, major dream in life is, start figuring it out.
I know what mine is but I'm not yet ready to reveal it here. I've known it for quite a few years now but it's only now that I've really started to take steps to reach it. I haven't made much progress yet but I'm already getting excited, especially when I imagine having achieved it, and I can see that the more progress I make the more excited I'm going to get.
For the not so good days, there's Hero and all my other books to motivate me to keep at it.
I may never achieve my big dream but at least I'll know that I tried.
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