Do YOU Have A Dream?
What’s your dream? How firm is your belief in it? Is it big and bold? Who will it impact? Will it fuel your meaning and purpose? And who will it inspire to chase their own dreams?
MLK’s vision and dream were enormous! They made a lasting impression and difference. He believed! His powerful words alone were a catalyst. So can ours be, when we believe.
Belief is a powerful motivator. It’s super food for the brain. We know that when we believe deeply in a goal, we want to continue to seek believing in it. Deep belief creates a habit of the mind to persevere and forge forward in moments of doubt or despair.. Belief throttles meaning and purpose. Meaning is the way people understand themselves and take responsibility for the world around them. Meaning feeds our intrinsic needs. A life of purpose is doing something worthwhile and of personal benefit to and for others. It integrates our moments and goals into life’s bigger picture.
Individuals with driven purpose are four times more likely to be engaged at work, They are 50 percent more likely to be an effective leader and have a 64 percent higher level of career satisfaction. Those with deep purpose enjoy 42 percent more contentment overall and live up to seven years longer.
The combination of meaning and purpose yield enhanced values adherence, motivation, health, commitment, achievement and fulfillment.
So I ask you again-do you have a dream? If so, I do hope that it’s big and ultimately it helps unify people and instill an open mindedness about how we can work better together than apart. I hope that it is one that can cause people to be less inclined to find only fault, in favor of synergy. I hope that it helps us adjust our lens to seek first for similarities than differences.
I hope that the meaning and purpose you seek, ignited by your dreams, can bring hope when hope may be dwindling-and that hope ignites or restores anothers and anothers and anothers meaning and purpose-especially about what people can do when they choose to work together.