A Way Towards Dreaming Big

A WAY TOWARDS DREAMING BIG

Have you ever came across an advice of DREAMING BIG in your life? It has been said that many people fail to succeed in life simply because they dream or think small and as a man thinketh gets. I also agree on these sayings however I came to discover that many people face a big challenge of not becoming able to dream big as they are advised without knowing why. 

 They are eager and ready to do so but when It comes to a process of dreaming they do not see big dreams flow in their mind hence the advice remain an illusion and unrealistic in their life. 

You might be facing the same problem sometimes, today I want to share with you a foundation of big dreams which may positively change your life from today as you are going to start implement it.

You are what you know 

I just want you to be aware that you will never think beyond the level of your knowledge, I mean the information you have in your mind. Even if you will decide to meditate today still you will come up with new ideas which are basically found in what you know or a pool of information and experience you have in your mind. Be aware that dreaming is also an outcome of your thinking process which enable you to configure new ideas out of the stock of information/ experiences in your mindset and those new ideas are what we call dreams.

The way you generally behave, act and make different decisions in your life is an outcome of what you know or experiences you have since you were born up to now.

You work like a computer

Try to simply think the way computer works. A new computer without being installed in it any software program can’t work the same to the one which is installed. And as much as you install in it more new software programs is when such a computer offer more applications at work. 

The same to human being/ you, you become more competent on something as you become knowledgeable on it, your behavior and decisions in life changes as you feed your mind with new knowledge and experiences, you become able to think beyond your normal level of thinking as you become more knowledgeable in life. This teaches us that our body’s actions and personal behaviors are all determined by what we know which controls our thinking pattern.

Do you remember all the moment you made new decisions in life after being learned the importance of doing so? I stopped being drunkard person since I learned that it was making me stop being creative in my life. Without enriching my mind with this knowledge I couldn’t make such a decision to stop drinking.

By doing this you can be able to dream big

The level of your knowledge determines the size of your dreams, you dream small because you know little, if you want to dream big do the other way round, start exposing yourself to new information about different things in your life. Feed you mind with new experiences which will trigger your mind to think beyond normality. You normally think differently as you get exposed to new information and life skills. Start visiting new places, read new books, watch different new movies, attend different important occasions in town, read newspapers and get exposed to mass media, attend different seminars, go and do a window-shopping in supermarkets so as you can see new products and services etc.

All these will enrich your mindset with new knowledge which then will enable you think and dream big according to big and many experiences you have. Therefore if you want to dream big make sure you enrich your mindset which controls your behavior and decisions in life with new experiences. Get your mind exposed to big experiences.

Remember the way you behave is equally to what you think and what you think is found in what you know and what you know is equal to the level of your exposure to information and experiences in life.

Change your daily routines today, learn, learn, learn new experiences then your will automatically start thinking and dreaming so big. Just by applying your big dreams in real world, your life will be changed to successful one.

Good luck! 

By Erick Chrispin

A lesson from Lulu Michael A Tanzanian Movie Star.

THE POWER OF TALENT TO INFLUENCE YOUR SUCCESS

Lulu Michael a Tanzanian Movie Star

Do you know that every human being is talented? You are also talented. I believe that you were born to come on earth so that you can do something unique from which other people will find the world a better and happier place to live, but also the creator/ God can be observed through you by what you do and be praised for creating you.

Many people in our society think that for you to be talented you have to be a musician, actor or actress and doing anything of art but this is a narrow perception because being talented is when you do anything in an exceptional way, when you make others be amazed of what you have done and they will end-up appreciating you that you are talented because nobody is doing the way you do, you are unique. It be a teacher, engineer, politician, businessman, pastor, sheikh, motivation speaker, accountant, best student, mathematician, entrepreneur etc.

Discover your talent 

The system you grew in made sure you never discover your talent, instead follow their programs hence you are not living your unique ability to do creative things. You are now living the life of your parents, friends, relatives, pastors, sheikhs, teachers etc. these systems hold you back every time you try to show out your talent. We can see your daddy and mom in you and unfortunately they have forgotten that they are unique and you are unique, it will never happened you become like them for every human being came in the world with different purpose to be fulfilled through his or her way different from others.

Do you know why they force you to be like them?

It is due to the fact that your ability is beyond theirs so they are not ready to see what is going to happen if you undertake your new ideas which will reveal your personal talent. This is why many talented people you know have a struggling background as they were trying to let other people accept their decision to live according to their talent but they forced, persisted and stayed focused until the system surrendered and led them go.

Your talent is a true you, is your nature.

When you do something you feel happy and loving doing it, you will end up doing it in an amazing way and that is your talent. People can tell your talent because they see it from you, you can also try to remember some years back as you were a child; what things were you doing exceptionally, the things that made other people get amazed that is your , make use of it now and you will see the way it is going to influence your success. 

Your talent will influence your true success  

3 days has passed since Lulu Michael (LULU) a Tanzanian movie star were released from imprisonment after she was claimed to involuntarily kill her fellow actor and great movie star Steven Kanumba last year. Her case was tough for she was claimed to kill but you can’t imagine she is now out, how this became possible for such a life to death in prison case if it could be other people? She had to pay 20 million Tanzania shillings for her to get a chance of coming out last week, some people made it happen.

What made me wonder and get surprised is how many Tanzanians became happy for Lulu to be released, is as if she was not engaged in the murder case. Many people went to warmly receive her outside the court, all the newspaper headlines this week writes about her and the positive attitude of Tanzanians towards her coming, everybody congratulates her and says, “you are welcome Lulu we love you and we can’t wait to see your new movies” 

So it is the power of her talent that influenced her to succeed and become released from prison. Furthermore it is the power of her talent which makes Tanzanians forgive and forget about their previous anger towards her after she was claimed to kill their lovely movie star Steven Kanumba. Everybody is protecting her and praying to God that she is safe from now onwards so that she can use her talent to make people happy and enjoy their living on earth.

Living your talent will pull all of them to your side.

Discover your talent today for it will bring all people you want in your life and these people will come to you with all the benefits which will make you grow more and succeed getting whatever you want in life. Even when you do things wrong, your talent will defend you because people won’t be ready to lose you just because of such a mistake.

Your talent is worth a raw gold 

For any gold to shine must go through fire, if the system specifically your parents followed up by friends and other institutions you are affiliated to, shape and want you to be their way then showing up your talent is like betraying them. They won’t easily accept your opinion so you will have to force this to happen sometimes even by fight and lots of struggle. What you are supposed to take care is being tolerant, never give up until you see it happen, and stay focused to finish it. 

The truth is…

Your inner personal core values defines your talent, they will always signal you with new brilliant ideas of doing what you are able to do, whether it be a business or carrier development. They will keep on reminding you even when you feel running away from them an act which will leave you with guilt of betraying yourself. Therefore take care of all the success ideas which are coming out of you because they alert you to start living your talent which is your lasting success.

You are welcome to our happy world!

We can’t wait to see your new creative works Lulu, being in prison for all those months almost 10 of them was a challenge to make you better than before. Use that opportunity to show the world how unique you are and the creator planted in you something other people doesn’t have. Keep on motivating other people to discover their talent and start living accordingly. Tanzanians love you.

Good luck!

By Erick Chrispin  

Why becoming a Social Entrepreneur is your ultimate success?

Wangari Maathai

Do you know that making a better life for other people is a serious business which pays you an everlasting profit in your life? You will ask me how but the truth is a hand that gives normally receives. This might sound shallow to you but making the world a better place for all to live is the purpose you were born for, that is why you normally feel good and proud when you help people on anything, you normally feel safe in front of people you have helped and also you get a lot of rewards when you do something good for people or anything to the environment where people and other creatures live.

Try to reflect on the Nobel prizes, what it takes for people to get it, think of all who won that award, do you know what Wangari Maathai did in her big project of green belt in Kenya? She planted thousands of trees to serve the environment and we shall never forget her. Do you know what Profesor Muhammad Yunus did with Grameen Bank in Bangladesh? His idea of microfinance spread almost all over the world and most of the developing countries applies and poor people get capital to start their small investments to raise their daily bread income. 

Being joyous because you have done something good for others is your ultimate success you need, being loved by other people is what you are struggling for every day, creating good impression to people is what you fight for almost every day but perhaps you are using a difficult way, serving other people in the world will give all these success at once you better choose to become a social entrepreneur.

What is this social entrepreneurship?

Still there isn’t any agreed definition of this new concept in the world however we almost share the understanding that is a way of doing business with a directly social mission from which its profit is not directed to anyone’s pocket. It is doing business with social focus and adding value to the community. This is like screwing business as usual like how Richard Branson of virgin Unite put it. Most of the business as usual seems not to care the environment and people’s health and life in general then social entrepreneurs are there to cover that gap.

Social entrepreneurs are people with passion to the society, they always think about other people’s life, they are almost selfless that’s why they devote their time and resources to change the world for others to enjoy. When the government never think of supplying electricity to the interior villages, social entrepreneurs will come up with a solution and supply a cheap electricity for all people to access, when the industries cause deforestation in Kenya Wangari Maathai as a social entrepreneur had to think a way to plant many trees to rescue the environment under her big project of Greenbelt.

In the free market economy  

  

We definitely need social entrepreneurs to rescue the world because in this kind of economy there is big feature of selfish spirit where everyone minds his/her life and not of others. A business man normally think of the profit he/ she is going to make out of his/her business regardless all the destruction made up by such business to people and environment. Most of today’s government leaders mind their personal enrichments instead of taking care of their voters and the environment they live. All these gaps are covered by social entrepreneurs.

You cannot separate free market economy or capitalism and social entrepreneurship that is why it wasn’t there in most dictatorial governments or states in 20^th century. It was completely difficult to find it in the Eastern Europe, Russia and some of the African countries like Tanzania during the reign of socialism by that time. The fall of this ideology in the world and the dominance of capitalism and free market led to the rise of this concept of social entrepreneurship, even Bill Dryton the founder of Ashoka struggled a lot by the time he was imparting the idea of social entrepreneurship in India and Brazil where the dictatorial government felt so late.

It’s time for you to become a successful social entrepreneur

A social entrepreneur normally think big, he/she thinks to serve the community at large scale and sometimes a social entrepreneur thinks to serve the whole world because it is becoming connected more technologically and economically hence a single mistake done in Chine’s industry to pollute the environment affects the whole world up to South Africa and Latin America. Therefore a social entrepreneur like Bill Dryton with his Ashoka intends to serve the whole world by supporting social entrepreneurs who has brilliant ideas to serve the community anywhere in the world. Muhammad Yunus from Bangladesh found a microfinance solution with his Grameen bank, an idea which is spread almost all over the world up to Tanzania. This is an example of how social entrepreneurs think big.

Look and think around your social setup, there is a lot of social problems which needs to be solved simply because the government and other stakeholders are not responsible. Look at the education system, see the health problems, a lot of vulnerable groups of people, look at that environmental degradation because of industries and other carelessness of people around; to a social entrepreneur all these are opportunities to undertake a business solution, you need to find a solution to those problems. 

You might directly and quickly think of starting an NGO so as you can ask for funds and give charity to vulnerable groups and think you are doing social entrepreneurship; that is not a social entrepreneurship I am talking about, think of this social enterprise in Tanzania by its name Wonder Workshop. The idea is to support disabled people to stop begging along the roads in Dar es Salaam city instead working to make their own income and support their families. 

A social entrepreneur gathered some of these people and started a workshop where they create a lot of ornaments using recycled materials and an organization find a market to sell them, the money they get are offered to them as a salaries in a monthly basis. Can you recognize how this social entrepreneur has solved a problem in a sustainable way? He first of all gave employment to disabled who were previously beggars and they are now risen up their esteem to feel like other normal people but secondly he is cleaning the city because many dirty materials are going to be dumped to the workshop for reuse. 

What makes one a social entrepreneur

I found that most of the emerging social entrepreneurs became so because of their backgrounds. If you listen to Wangari Maathai is because she was born in a village where they depended much on the trees to get natural water, natural air and trees to build their houses etc. and when she found this nature is distracted by industrial developments, it pained her, she was not ready to continue witnessing that destruction, she had to start a Greenbelt movement to plant trees. 

Professor Muhammad Yunus was coming originally in Bangladesh around the village he supported women with his 27$ as loans with trust to start their small business. It is due to the fact that he knew the situation since before and may be it was his dream to find a way to reduce poverty to women and the community in general.

There are other many social entrepreneurs who start becoming so due to the inspiration they get from other social entrepreneurs like Wangari Maathai and Muhammad Yunus however others are becoming sorry with big social problems which are occurring in the community and they decide to find a way to solve them. 

Not only these factors but others decide to be social entrepreneurs by simply envisioning and seeing the end in their mind hence create some new innovative initiatives in the community or the world at large which helps to make it a better place for all of us to live.

It is joyous and great feeling to do something big and valuable in your community or world before you die and that is the only success you need as you are alive. We remember, respect and honor all who did something good for others not those who killed others for their personal gain. We protect and defend only those who cared for others and are the one who live peacefully in the world. Decide to become a social entrepreneur today by adding value to your community and that will be your ultimate success you want before you pass away.

Good luck!

By Erick Chrispin