Living To Your Greatness

Mpho Bosupeng

The following is a summary of the main arguments of my book titled: Living To Your Greatness by Mpho Bosupeng. The book is currently available on Amazon and other major online book stores. Be sure to get yourself a copy.

Why You Need To Live To Your Potential

Firstly, you need to follow your dream for your own personal fulfillment. Fulfillment is a complex concept. But we can be sure if we are not fulfilled. Have you left a job because you felt it did not fulfill you? Or it was not challenging enough? Or simply was beneath your potential? All of these questions are bits and pieces of fulfillment. You cannot be fulfilled if you do not follow a dream. If you choose not to follow your dream you deny yourself the glory you could have achieved. Recently, some people have stated that not following your dream is equivalent to spiritual suicide. This is simply because when you have a goal and do not follow it, you stifle your talents and abilities which are meant to be showcased. In short, you are basically dying inside and that is point where most people find themselves.

In addition, you need to follow your goal in order to make a name for yourself. We all have duties and responsibilities but being known as a “movie star”, “singer” or “writer” is remarkable. It is not the same as being only known as a father, husband, brother, son, and relative for example. Truthfully, I believe a person who has lived to their potential, their legacy never dies. Their effect will always be there and they will be known as somebody who did his best to make the world a much better place.

Apart from that on a personal level, we need to follow our passion to be happy. There is so much happiness that comes from following and achieving your goals. I have never heard somebody saying that following their dream gave them grief. It hardly happens. You may not reach your goal but you made an intense effort to get where you are. If it was easy, everyone would have done it. Following your dream will also make you financially stable and you can live the life that you want. There is just so much regret and unhappiness that comes from not following your dream.

Socially, following your dream is also important. If you reach your goals you can share your success tips with others. People will look up you and you will gain respect from your society for having the courage to do whatever it took to realize your dream. Think about how much rich people donate to charitable organizations and orphanages. All their donations would not have been possible if they failed to follow their dreams. Apart from that you need to follow your dream so that you can explore other talents within you. As people, we are pregnant with gifts that we have not explored yet. For example, think about singers who often turn into actors or actresses. This can only be done if you change your mindset and value yourself. Some people often say “success creates success”. I believe this to be true and if you are successful in achieving your dream, you will become even more successful with the qualities you have developed earlier. When you follow your dream you become courageous, relentless, and bold enough to tackle another situation

Reaching Your Goals

 

There be will no use in exploring the reasons why people do not want to pursue their dreams without providing techniques to follow your dreams. Of course there are several things you need in order to be successful and be fulfilled but the common ones are:

Be Visionary: for you to start working on any project you need to visualize it as “complete” before you start working on it. There is a common saying that if you can see it, you can do it. It does not matter how ridiculous it may sound to your mates. The problem is people who have dreams often let other people’s negativity dictate their lives. A visionary individual does not need your sympathy to believe in their dreams and themselves. This means they take full personal responsibility and do not channel the challenges of their dreams to their families or friends. When you have a dream you feel personally responsible for something.

It is like you have been bestowed with a duty or task of turning that dream into reality. People often say that a poor man is not the one without money but without a dream. Having a dream drives you to do whatever it takes to turn it into reality. Certainly you cannot have a dream which deal with something you do not like to do. It will be impossible under that circumstance to fully commit to the dream. However, if you are doing something you love, it would not matter if you spend hundreds of hours working on it. Go after what you love as if your life depends on it because it does.

Work Hard and Commit To Excellence: People who reach their dreams and goals put in a lot of hard work. There is a common saying that hard work never killed anybody. It has been noted that hard work generally brings lot of intense pain and discomfort but which is more painful, the pain of regret your entire life or finite pain? The pain is not forever. It is only for that time. I believe it will be much easier to work hard when you have a dream or goal that when you do not have a grand purpose. You also have to work to impress by committing to excellence in everything that you do. So make sure you impress your boss, teachers, and lecturers with your will and drive as you commit to excellence.

There Is No Room For Procastination: Procastination is one of the major reasons why people carry their talents and gifts to the grave. When you procastinate you are not putting your goals first. Somebody out there who does not procrastinate will be ready to snatch an opportunity which would have been yours. You will notice that the more you procastinate, the higher the chances that you will not do that particular task at all. The main reason why people procastinate is because they habitually believe that they do not have whatever it takes to get the work done. You have to believe in yourself so that you can do whatever it takes to reach your destination.

There will never be a perfect time to go after your dream. Start NOW! No one is responsible for your success but you. You will be the one rejoicing when success comes. Take personal responsibility and work on your dream today.

Thanks for reading.