One of the best ways to become an inspiration is to achieve your own goals. How many times have you watched a show or read about someone’s life, their struggles and triumphs, and been inspired by the person they have become?
There is something about observing that fighting spirit within someone that brings out or awakens this feeling within us that we can achieve anything we set our minds to. It is this kind of inspiration that has produced great achievements throughout history.
Over and over again we hear stories of Olympians who were inspired by an athlete they saw winning on television, leading them to establish and achieve their own Olympic dreams. It is amazing what an inspired person can do.
What I would like to challenge you to do is take whatever goal you have and commit to making it happen. You see, when you reach your goals, it doesn’t just affect you, it affects the people around you as well. We all desperately want to believe that we were here to do something amazing. The challenge is that many of us have seen our dreams shattered over and over again and have come to believe that dreams are reserved for the lucky and talented people.
When you achieve your own dreams, you give the people around you hope that they can achieve theirs. The reason is that since they know you, it is more real to them. How often have we seen someone successful on television and think that they must have been born into a wealthy family or that they must have been born with great talents and gifts? We tend to make up these excuses as to why these people can achieve their dreams while we cannot.
When you personally know someone who achieves the goals they set for themselves, it makes a huge difference because it is more real to you.
I have dreams of my own that I want to achieve and my own reasons for achieving them, and a big reason is that I want to inspire the people around me. I know that when I achieve my dreams, the people close to me will not attribute it to luck or talent of any kind. They will realize that it is because I never gave up on my dreams that I was able to achieve it and because of that, they will have greater faith in themselves and in their ability to achieve their dreams as well.
The good news is that it doesn’t stop there. When the people around me feel inspired, they will start to act and the people around me who don’t know me will also be inspired. It is a chain reaction that can spread through countless numbers of people.
So if you have dreams that you have a hard time believing will come true, start by learning about people who overcame obstacles much greater than yours to inspire you and build more self-confidence. From there, use that inspiration to take massive action toward your goals. By making a complete commitment to your goals, those around you will become aware of your efforts and be inspired by them, and because of this, they will have greater faith in themselves and work towards their goals with greater confidence.
If you really want to become an inspiration, you should never give up. Literally thousands of people could count on you. Don’t let them down.