Everyday, I'm posting a message on Twitter. That message will serve as the first (in bold) sentence for short written posts I have below.
We are so used to instant gratification nowadays that we are impatient when we don’t get immediate results and our dreams aren’t happening overnight.
Nowadays, we are getting a lot of instant gratification due to technology. So many things that used take days, weeks or even months can be accomplished in a matter of minutes or hours now. For instance, we used to write letters and send them by mail that take awhile to reach the destination. Emails happen instantly and the person on other side can respond equally quickly.
Our smartphones make instant gratification even more apparent. From a device we can hold in our hand, we can access social media where we get likes and comments in a matter of minutes. We can also watch videos and access other online resources to get what we want when we want it. This is all made so easy and so readily available.
Sadly, what technology has offered is has also spoiled us because we are so used to everything being given to us when we want it. Real life is a lot more cruel because the things we really desire in life won’t happen immediately. We won’t see immediate results after working hard a single day because that just isn’t how life really works.
Our dreams won’t ever happen overnight. This might be how the situation appears when we see on videos or social media but we don’t see the months, if not years, of hard work that got people to making their dreams come true. Instant gratification might be provided by new technology but dreams will still require the same amount of hard work and perseverance as in the past generations.
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Far too many people give up as soon as they see no immediate results from their actions. How are dreams going to come true if they stop after taking a single step?
In the age when instant gratification is so accessible through our phones, it’s no wonder that fewer people are making their dreams come true. We are so impatient and expect everything in life to happen as quickly as the likes and comments on their social media page. When real life doesn’t meet this expectation, many of us give up without seeing what can happen if we keep going.
Our technology is creating an illusion that everything is faster to acquire. A mail that might take days or weeks can be instant now with email. While certain things have become faster, other things still remain the same, especially when we talk about our hopes and dreams. We might have gotten more tools but the convenience only raised the bar on what we can accomplish.
For instance, it wasn’t possible a couple of decades ago to share our singing with people around the world. We can be a local star but, to get to the national or international stage, we have to work hard to showcase our talent. Nowadays, we have YouTube where ordinary people can upload their covers of popular songs and that’s accessible worldwide.
As more people use platforms like YouTube, the idea of showcasing our skills online becomes very competitive. We might have a larger audience but we must compete for their attention. We have to market our videos and perform better than others. The dream of becoming famous is being redefined as technology is changing what we must do to get the same amount of fame.
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Our dreams haven’t become tougher to turn into reality. We just lack the confidence in ourselves and believe in the myth of only talented people can achieve dreams.
Many of us talk about how nice it would be to have our dreams come true. Despite how much we talk about our dreams, many of us don’t take the first step, let alone the other steps needed to move closer towards the destination. We have so little confidence in ourselves that we only dream about great things and never see ourselves ever making it come true.
Too often, we’ve been told that we aren’t good enough. When we make mistakes, other people like our teachers and bosses emphasize those. However, we don’t get the credit for the small accomplishments we make. When we are penalized for our errors and not encouraged for our small successes, we eventually lose faith in our ability to achieve more in life.
In the meantime, we watch with envy the people who seem to have an easy time with everything in class or work. They seem to require very little effort to accomplish similar tasks as those we must do. As we lose faith in ourselves, we begin making excuses and one of the common ones is that we weren’t born talented resulting in us not capable of something more.
In truth, all of us are capable of feats no one thought was possible. If we don’t have the talents some people have, then we must make up by working even harder. In our society, it isn’t those with talents that go further than everyone else. It’s those who work harder than anyone else and persevere through all challenges. Luckily for us less talented individuals, hard work and perseverance are within our reach.
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Hard work will get us further than talent alone. Therefore, we shouldn’t waste our time being envious of the talented and instead work bit by bit until we surpass them.
We have all encountered talented people who are natural at certain tasks and excel with absolute ease. We are very envious of them since we struggle with the same tasks and feel like we don’t get anywhere without lots of hard work. It’s only natural that we daydream about ourselves having the same talents so we won’t have to struggle as much.
Talent is sadly a double edged sword. While it makes a person’s life easier, it also gives them one less reason to work harder. Life can be cruel when times are constantly changing and what served as a talent at one time might become obsolete a few years later. For example, a talented person in high school might find him or herself only average in a top notch university.
Instead of wishing to become more talented, most of us should strive to improve ourselves. Many famous people got to their level of fame through lots of hard work. They might not have been the best student at school or the most talented person in their group of friends. Yet, that hasn’t stopped them from reaching the top while other people are content with mediocrity.
Life is a lot fairer than we imagine. We can all be famous or be the leaders who can change the world. We must realize that we must make the sacrifices others aren’t willing to make to reach the heights others won’t ever reach. It doesn’t matter if we aren’t born with any talent because hard work and perseverance will get us further than talent alone can.
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We mustn’t be fooled by how easy some things appear for some people because we don’t see all the sacrifices these people made to make it look so easy.
We go to a performance or some event where we see people doing certain tasks with ease. Some of us wondered why we couldn’t do it considering how simple it looks. If we try doing similar things, we discover that we don’t even come close to mastering the basics, let alone mastering the advanced stuff that makes it onto the stage.
We cannot always trust our eyes as it can be deceiving regarding the difficulty of something. With enough practice, we can make anything look easy. However, how much is enough practice? Is it a few hours? Several months? Several years? The people who perform at a high level have dedicated so much time and effort but we only see their results.
Even with social media and videos readily available, we generally see the results and rarely the process. We might see pro gamers who’s competing in the championship but we don’t see the several hours they dedicate everyday in learning the mechanics as a beginner. We might see the highlights of Olympic events but we don’t see the athletes disciplining themselves to train every single day regardless of the weather or their injuries.
It’s so easy to be caught up in the results that we forget what it takes to accomplish something we consider great. Most of us didn’t learn riding a bike in an instant and that’s a relatively straightforward task. When it comes to big dreams, we should expect to make far more sacrifices because the best things in life don’t come easy.
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While other people can inspire us into pursuing our dreams, we must remember that we have our own journey and our destination is unique.
We watch a talent show or hear a certain talk that finally got us to take our first step towards our dreams. We know the pursuit isn’t going to be easy so we search for ways to make the journey more predictable and, as a result, manageable. However, we must remember that we aren’t going to find all the answers by research alone.
We can study all the successful people who achieve feats that are similar to our dreams and we might get a general formula. We learn about positive mindset and the importance of hard work, perseverance and patience. What we cannot learn is the variables that are too unpredictable. We won’t know what specific challenges we’ll face and what people we’ll meet along the journey.
Since we are unique and have our own circumstances, our journey will be vastly different even if our destination is similar to other people. We grew up with our own challenges and developed a unique set of skills. As we go through life, we’ll encounter unique events that will change our lives and some might be the turning point towards the dream we envisioned.
That’s why we shouldn’t rely too heavily on research as most events other people experience won’t happen to us. We should just master the principles and go forward knowing that we must face the uncertainty the best we can. Life wouldn’t be too exciting if we just have to follow the footsteps of other people exactly to get to our destination.
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Too many of us make the mistake of not preparing before we go on the journey leading to our dreams. Our lack of preparation see us stumbling with every step.
When we are young, we are so eager to go on our journey that we think that we can simply learn as we go. We are overconfident in our abilities to adapt to whatever life can throw at us. What ends up happening is that we stumble with every step we take because our inexperience and lack of skills become a lot more apparent in the earlier stages of the journey.
The early stages of the journey appear the most difficult because we aren’t sure what awaits us. This happens whenever we try new things in life as unfamiliarity trips us up. While the journey doesn’t become any easier the further we go, we do acquire new skills and abilities that help us move forward more smoothly and make the remainder of the journey more manageable.
Before we start on our journey, we must make the necessary preparations. We do this for camping trips where we get food, water, tent and anything else we need to have a good time. Our journeys are no different since the ill-prepared people will have a very bad time and, oftentimes, they give up altogether when the going is way too tough.
What sort of preparations do we need? We need to improve ourselves by learning new skills and gathering more knowledge. We must be a better version of ourselves if we hope to overcome obstacles the old us could never hope to handle. Until we develop the habit where we constantly improve ourselves, we are destined to fail due to us being far too mediocre.
_____
We are so used to instant gratification nowadays that we are impatient when we don’t get immediate results and our dreams aren’t happening overnight.
Nowadays, we are getting a lot of instant gratification due to technology. So many things that used take days, weeks or even months can be accomplished in a matter of minutes or hours now. For instance, we used to write letters and send them by mail that take awhile to reach the destination. Emails happen instantly and the person on other side can respond equally quickly.
Our smartphones make instant gratification even more apparent. From a device we can hold in our hand, we can access social media where we get likes and comments in a matter of minutes. We can also watch videos and access other online resources to get what we want when we want it. This is all made so easy and so readily available.
Sadly, what technology has offered is has also spoiled us because we are so used to everything being given to us when we want it. Real life is a lot more cruel because the things we really desire in life won’t happen immediately. We won’t see immediate results after working hard a single day because that just isn’t how life really works.
Our dreams won’t ever happen overnight. This might be how the situation appears when we see on videos or social media but we don’t see the months, if not years, of hard work that got people to making their dreams come true. Instant gratification might be provided by new technology but dreams will still require the same amount of hard work and perseverance as in the past generations.
_____
Far too many people give up as soon as they see no immediate results from their actions. How are dreams going to come true if they stop after taking a single step?
In the age when instant gratification is so accessible through our phones, it’s no wonder that fewer people are making their dreams come true. We are so impatient and expect everything in life to happen as quickly as the likes and comments on their social media page. When real life doesn’t meet this expectation, many of us give up without seeing what can happen if we keep going.
Our technology is creating an illusion that everything is faster to acquire. A mail that might take days or weeks can be instant now with email. While certain things have become faster, other things still remain the same, especially when we talk about our hopes and dreams. We might have gotten more tools but the convenience only raised the bar on what we can accomplish.
For instance, it wasn’t possible a couple of decades ago to share our singing with people around the world. We can be a local star but, to get to the national or international stage, we have to work hard to showcase our talent. Nowadays, we have YouTube where ordinary people can upload their covers of popular songs and that’s accessible worldwide.
As more people use platforms like YouTube, the idea of showcasing our skills online becomes very competitive. We might have a larger audience but we must compete for their attention. We have to market our videos and perform better than others. The dream of becoming famous is being redefined as technology is changing what we must do to get the same amount of fame.
_____
Our dreams haven’t become tougher to turn into reality. We just lack the confidence in ourselves and believe in the myth of only talented people can achieve dreams.
Many of us talk about how nice it would be to have our dreams come true. Despite how much we talk about our dreams, many of us don’t take the first step, let alone the other steps needed to move closer towards the destination. We have so little confidence in ourselves that we only dream about great things and never see ourselves ever making it come true.
Too often, we’ve been told that we aren’t good enough. When we make mistakes, other people like our teachers and bosses emphasize those. However, we don’t get the credit for the small accomplishments we make. When we are penalized for our errors and not encouraged for our small successes, we eventually lose faith in our ability to achieve more in life.
In the meantime, we watch with envy the people who seem to have an easy time with everything in class or work. They seem to require very little effort to accomplish similar tasks as those we must do. As we lose faith in ourselves, we begin making excuses and one of the common ones is that we weren’t born talented resulting in us not capable of something more.
In truth, all of us are capable of feats no one thought was possible. If we don’t have the talents some people have, then we must make up by working even harder. In our society, it isn’t those with talents that go further than everyone else. It’s those who work harder than anyone else and persevere through all challenges. Luckily for us less talented individuals, hard work and perseverance are within our reach.
_____
Hard work will get us further than talent alone. Therefore, we shouldn’t waste our time being envious of the talented and instead work bit by bit until we surpass them.
We have all encountered talented people who are natural at certain tasks and excel with absolute ease. We are very envious of them since we struggle with the same tasks and feel like we don’t get anywhere without lots of hard work. It’s only natural that we daydream about ourselves having the same talents so we won’t have to struggle as much.
Talent is sadly a double edged sword. While it makes a person’s life easier, it also gives them one less reason to work harder. Life can be cruel when times are constantly changing and what served as a talent at one time might become obsolete a few years later. For example, a talented person in high school might find him or herself only average in a top notch university.
Instead of wishing to become more talented, most of us should strive to improve ourselves. Many famous people got to their level of fame through lots of hard work. They might not have been the best student at school or the most talented person in their group of friends. Yet, that hasn’t stopped them from reaching the top while other people are content with mediocrity.
Life is a lot fairer than we imagine. We can all be famous or be the leaders who can change the world. We must realize that we must make the sacrifices others aren’t willing to make to reach the heights others won’t ever reach. It doesn’t matter if we aren’t born with any talent because hard work and perseverance will get us further than talent alone can.
_____
We mustn’t be fooled by how easy some things appear for some people because we don’t see all the sacrifices these people made to make it look so easy.
We go to a performance or some event where we see people doing certain tasks with ease. Some of us wondered why we couldn’t do it considering how simple it looks. If we try doing similar things, we discover that we don’t even come close to mastering the basics, let alone mastering the advanced stuff that makes it onto the stage.
We cannot always trust our eyes as it can be deceiving regarding the difficulty of something. With enough practice, we can make anything look easy. However, how much is enough practice? Is it a few hours? Several months? Several years? The people who perform at a high level have dedicated so much time and effort but we only see their results.
Even with social media and videos readily available, we generally see the results and rarely the process. We might see pro gamers who’s competing in the championship but we don’t see the several hours they dedicate everyday in learning the mechanics as a beginner. We might see the highlights of Olympic events but we don’t see the athletes disciplining themselves to train every single day regardless of the weather or their injuries.
It’s so easy to be caught up in the results that we forget what it takes to accomplish something we consider great. Most of us didn’t learn riding a bike in an instant and that’s a relatively straightforward task. When it comes to big dreams, we should expect to make far more sacrifices because the best things in life don’t come easy.
_____
While other people can inspire us into pursuing our dreams, we must remember that we have our own journey and our destination is unique.
We watch a talent show or hear a certain talk that finally got us to take our first step towards our dreams. We know the pursuit isn’t going to be easy so we search for ways to make the journey more predictable and, as a result, manageable. However, we must remember that we aren’t going to find all the answers by research alone.
We can study all the successful people who achieve feats that are similar to our dreams and we might get a general formula. We learn about positive mindset and the importance of hard work, perseverance and patience. What we cannot learn is the variables that are too unpredictable. We won’t know what specific challenges we’ll face and what people we’ll meet along the journey.
Since we are unique and have our own circumstances, our journey will be vastly different even if our destination is similar to other people. We grew up with our own challenges and developed a unique set of skills. As we go through life, we’ll encounter unique events that will change our lives and some might be the turning point towards the dream we envisioned.
That’s why we shouldn’t rely too heavily on research as most events other people experience won’t happen to us. We should just master the principles and go forward knowing that we must face the uncertainty the best we can. Life wouldn’t be too exciting if we just have to follow the footsteps of other people exactly to get to our destination.
_____
Too many of us make the mistake of not preparing before we go on the journey leading to our dreams. Our lack of preparation see us stumbling with every step.
When we are young, we are so eager to go on our journey that we think that we can simply learn as we go. We are overconfident in our abilities to adapt to whatever life can throw at us. What ends up happening is that we stumble with every step we take because our inexperience and lack of skills become a lot more apparent in the earlier stages of the journey.
The early stages of the journey appear the most difficult because we aren’t sure what awaits us. This happens whenever we try new things in life as unfamiliarity trips us up. While the journey doesn’t become any easier the further we go, we do acquire new skills and abilities that help us move forward more smoothly and make the remainder of the journey more manageable.
Before we start on our journey, we must make the necessary preparations. We do this for camping trips where we get food, water, tent and anything else we need to have a good time. Our journeys are no different since the ill-prepared people will have a very bad time and, oftentimes, they give up altogether when the going is way too tough.
What sort of preparations do we need? We need to improve ourselves by learning new skills and gathering more knowledge. We must be a better version of ourselves if we hope to overcome obstacles the old us could never hope to handle. Until we develop the habit where we constantly improve ourselves, we are destined to fail due to us being far too mediocre.
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