Stay Focused, Go after Your Dreams

“Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals.”
– LL Cool J

You have a dream. What do you do about it, go after it, just daydream about it, or accept the fact that you will never achieve it?

Most of us have dreams, especially when we are young. When young, barriers and obstacles do not exist for us. We believe in our dreams and are sure that one day we will achieve them.

Do you stay focused on your dreams and keep seeing them in your mind’s eye? Some do, but many forget about them. Circumstances, work, family, and other factors seem to stand in our way, and we either forget our dreams, or just have a dim memory of them. This often, creates feeling of frustration and unhappiness.

What would have happened, if we kept focusing on our dreams no matter what is happening in our life? What would have happened if we kept nurturing our dreams, despite obstacles, responsibilities, work, and anything standing on our way?

Some people do just that and ultimately achieve their dreams, no matter how big or small they are.

You Need to Stay focused on Your Goals and Dreams

According to the quote cited above, by LL Cool J, you need to stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals.

Let’s pay attention to LL Cool J quote and analyze each part of it.

You need to focus your mind and your attention on your goals and dreams.

Focus hold your mind in one thought at a time. This would enable you to direct your energy and time to achieving these particular dreams, instead of moving from one dream to another and from one thought to another, losing focus, wasting time, and achieving nothing.

Holding you dream constantly in your mind is one of the first steps, but you also need to go after your dreams, to be active, not passive.

Do you need to study something or develop a certain skill, in order to achieve your dream? Go do that.

Do you need the help of certain people? Go meet them and ask for their help and advice.

Do you need some money to start working on your dream? Find ways to obtain this money, through work, service, or even a loan from the bank.

Make a plan and work according to this plan. Take real steps toward the achievement of your dreams.

Always keep moving toward your goals, no matter how small or big they are. This means, go on focusing on your dreams, planning, learning, developing the required skills, and each day taking at least one step toward the achievement of your goals.

How to Stay Focused?

Here are things you can do to improve your focus and stay focused.

1. Keep thinking about your dreams and visualize them every day.

2. Keep repeating in your mind words and sentences that keep you inspired and motivated. These sentences are called affirmations.

3. Practice a few concentration exercises to improve your focus, control your mind, and increase your attention span.

If you keep following these 3 simple steps, it would be easier to focus on your dreams, go after them, and keep moving toward your goals.

Stay focused on your goals, and eventually, you will achieve them.

Here Are Few More of LL Cool J Quotes:

“I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.”
– LL Cool J

“You can’t let your past hold your future hostage.”
– LL Cool J

“When adversity strikes, that’s when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.”
– LL Cool J

“Dreams don’t have deadlines. I’m thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it.”
– LL Cool J

“I think fitness is important. I think a healthy lifestyle is important. I think putting positive energy out there is important and just staying connected with the people.”
– LL Cool J

Do you want to improve your focus? One exercise a day, for just a few minutes a day, will improve your focus and concentration. You will find all the information and guidance you need in the book Focus Your Attention.