5 Ways to Kill your Dream

Bel Pesce, MIT graduate dedicated her study on how people achieve their dream.

After two years of research, she came back with her inspirational lecture :

5 Ways to Kill Your Dream

1. Believe in overnight success

 "You know the story, right? The tech guy built a mobile app and sold it very fast for a lot of money."

Although these kind of story may sound true, Bel suggests to see the background. If your investigate furthur, the inventor was someone who worked and threw away 30 prototype apps for years, and most importantly, had the Ph.D. degress. working in that field for at least 20 years. Bel experienced herself too when people were astonished saying, "what a great luck" with the fact that she was accepted to MIT with a personal statement written within two weeks. What they failed to observe was the effort that Bel put into for last 17years. The overnight success is only a result of efforts you put in in prior to that.

 

2.Believe that someone else has answers for you



 "Constantly, people want to help out, right? All sorts of people: your family, your friends, your business partners, they all have opinions on which path you should take"

 

However, when you follow that advice, other questions and decisions will follow. That you have to decide yourself. The pathway is infinite.

 

3.Decide to settle when growth is guaranteed

"So when your life is going great, you have put together a great team, and you have growing revenue, and everything is set -- time to settle"

 



Okay is never okay. When you found a peak in your life, you have to work harder to find another peak, or even go higher.

 

4.Believe the fault is someone else's



"I constantly see people saying, 'Yes, I had this great idea, but no investor had the vision to invest.' 'Oh, I created this great product, but the market is so bad, the sales didn't go well.'"

 

It is your responsibility to achieve your dream. If it seems like someone else is blocking your way, like bad market and no interested investor, then there must be a problem in yourself. If your product is great, investors will contact your first. "Be responsible for your dreams".

 

 

5.Believe that the only things that matter are the dreams themselves

"Life is never about the goals themselves. Life is about the journey."

Yes. Achieving your dream is only temporary happiness, when life isn't. You should fully enjoy your every step towards that dream. At the end when you look back, what makes your dream look beautiful is your pathway.

 

 

Bel Pesce is still working hard to inspire us more. For the original speech, visit : https://www.ted.com/talks/bel_pesce_5_ways_to_kill_your_dreams/transcript?language=en

Have a nice day and don't stop working:)/