Hold on to your Dreams - doooha.com

Hold on to your Dreams - doooha.com

How many times have you abandoned an idea, project or dream because someone made a disparaging remark?   Read how 9 famous people chose to pursue their dreams.

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How many times have you abandoned an idea, project or dream

because someone made a disparaging remark or rolled their

eyes when you told them about it?

<b>Relinquishing your dreams</b>

All too frequently we allow others to dictate what is good,

right or possible. We allow them to steal our dreams. Notice

I use the word "allow." No one can put you down, stomp on

your dream, or kill an idea of yours unless you allow them

to.

Consider that:

<li>The movie Star Wars was rejected by every movie studio in

Hollywood before 20th Century Fox finally produced it. It

went on to be one of the largest-grossing movies in film

history.</li>

<li>As a child, Sylvester Stallone was frequently beaten by

his father and told he had no brains. He grew up an unhappy

loner. He floated in and out of schools. An advisor at

Drexel University told him that based on his aptitude tests

he should pursue a career as an elevator repair person. It's

not a bad profession but it's certainly not where "Rocky"

ended up!</li>

<li>Einstein was criticized for not wearing socks or cutting

his hair. He didn't speak until he was four, and didn't read

until he was seven. One observer noted, "He could be

mentally retarded".</li>

<li>An expert said of Vince Lombardi:"He possesses minimal

football knowledge. Lacks motivation. . .</li>

<li>Beethoven handled the violin awkwardly and preferred

playing his own compositions instead of improving his

technique. His teacher proclaimed him hopeless as a

composer.</li>

<li>Walt Disney was fired from his job as a newspaper editor

for lack of ideas. He also went bankrupt several times

before he created Disneyland.</li>

<li>Henry Ford failed and went broke 5 times before he finally

succeeded.</li>

<li>Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women, was

encouraged to find work as a servant or seamstress. She

would certainly never be a writer.</li>

<li>In 1944, the director of the Blue Book Modeling Agency

told modeling hopeful Norma Jean Baker (Marilyn Monroe),

"You'd better learn secretarial work, or else get married."</li>

<b>It Takes Courage</b>

So what are your ideas? Your thoughts? Your dreams? Your

plans?

It doesn’t matter if anyone supports what you want to do.

The important thing is for YOU to believe. For YOU to ignore

the people who say you can't do it - and DO IT ANYWAY! It

takes courage. It takes persistence. It takes believing in

the "voice inside" when no one else does. Ideas, dreams and

visions are planted within you because you have the ability

to make them happen. You’ll learn, grow, scramble, fail, and

get back up again! The important thing is to simply never

give up. The people I mentioned earlier never gave up - and

they made great things happen!