A founder shares why people abandon their dreams: discouragement from others. He moved to the US wanting to start a trucking business with five trucks, got mocked for it, but used the criticism as fuel instead. The lesson: don't let other people's opinions kill what you see for yourself.
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Hey, my friend. I believe you are doing well. Today we'll talk about 4 common reasons why people have trouble identifying their dream. You know, today, so many— I believe you have a dream. I have a dream. We all have dreams. But one of the things is that there's 4 main reasons why people actually have trouble identifying their dream. It may be more than 4, but I identified 4. that I will share with you. That, you know, sometimes people don't know why they were born, you know, what they are doing out here on earth. And the reason why people fail to identify their dreams, actually there's 4 reasons that I will talk to you about. The reason number 1, some people have been discouraged from dreaming by others. Remember, in the early age, when you were a lot younger, If somebody asks you, hey, John, what do you want to become? You were so excited and quickly you can say, hey, I want to become a pilot. I want to become a president of the United States. I want to become, you know, a governor in my city. I want to become a priest. I want to become a pastor. I want— you know exactly what you want to do with your life. And not only that, you say it with so much passion, but for some reason, Some people start telling you that, hey, man, you dream too big. You know, some of you probably say, well, I want to go to NASA. I want to build the biggest company in my city. But people start telling you, you are just a dreamer. You are, you know, you are mad, man. I remember one day when we first moved to America, I have a team of Cameroonian guys that we, you know, used to hang out together. One day I told them that, hey, I want to start the trucking business and I want to see myself with 5 trucks. Back then I said 5 trucks. I didn't even know I could have over 100 trucks. But I said 5 trucks. I remember one guy, he laughed so hard. He actually collapsed. He fell on the seat laughing. Even on the floor he was laughing like, man, Rob, you crazy. You lose your mind. What do you think you are? I mean, this guy made me feel so bad and so small, and I felt like something was wrong with me. Maybe you stopped dreaming because what— the way people have been talking to you. People discourage you. People told you you were not good enough. People told you you didn't have what it takes. This guy told me, Raf, what do you think? You are Francophone. You're in an English-speaking nation. Do you think that this is Africa? No. I almost believe him, but guess what? I say, you know what? Since you told me I can't do it, I will do it. And that's one of the things who actually pushed me up to today. The number one is people. People discourage others, and I'm sure these people, and it's not that they hate you or they want to hurt you. It's just because they want to protect you. You are the dreamer. You are the person. With that seed, you are the you are the person with the vision. You are the person that God actually sent out here to carry that solution. If you don't dream because what people think, what people are saying, or the opinion of other people about you, you may kill your baby. So number one, make sure you don't let anybody discourage you. It's your dream. It's not their dream. The, the seed of that is in you, and you must press on with it. If everybody deserted you and you're the only person that's left, you must believe in yourself. And if you don't believe in yourself, nobody will believe in you. So what are some of those dreams that you give up on or you stop talking about because people keep telling you that it's impossible? Remember, the possibility must come from you, not from other people. These people don't understand how God prepared you, how you have been prepared for this journey. So I encourage you to make sure you remove that bumper. And whatever you do, believe in yourself. I believe in you. And don't let nobody discourage you. So tomorrow, and before we go to the tomorrow lesson, today I want you to write down and bring some of the dreams back into life. Some of the things you set at heart, in your heart to do it, and you were discouraged. I want you to write it down and share with me because I want to encourage you too. Tomorrow we'll talk about the second thing that actually hinders people. From dream, from identified in dream. See you tomorrow.
