Book Post #3

The more I read the book I am reading the more complex it seems to create a business or even to work in the business world. In the book Making Ideas Happen: The obstacle between vision and reality it discusses both the challenges and the positives of making your business idea come to reality. A quote that really stuck with me was, "an idea can only become a reality once it is broken down into organized, actionable elements". What this is saying is that in order for you to make something happen you need to break it down into things you can really do. Achieving smaller goals along the way is the best way to continue to feel motivated to achieve your larger goal. Achieving smaller goals is also the best way to not only have motivation, but to really have a chance at accomplishing your larger goal. If you let yourself wander in the world of dreams and fantasies you will lose sight of reality and what it takes to make things happen. For example, if you have the dream of opening a resteraunt, but if you never work on getting licenses or creating the perfect menu you're larger goal will stay far in the distance and unattainable. Another quote that stuck with me was, "Self-leadership is about awareness, tolerance, and not letting your own natural tendencies limit your potential." This stuck with me because as someone who can be impatient in order for me to really be successful I need to overcome that and learn to be patient and work with other people in order to really be a leader. Because a leader is not someone who functions in isolation, but someone who guides and educates others so that they can achieve what it is they set out to do. Reading this book was a really good idea I have really enjoyed being able to hear the ins and outs of how to make my ideas not just ideas, but things in the real world.