5种方法实现梦想

Visualize your success

It is a simple but useful motivational technique because when you form a picture of succeeding in your mind, you begin to see the possibility of reaching your goal.

Sing to yourself

Seriously. Like laughter, sunshine, and fresh air; singing elevates our moods. Studies have shown that singing triggers a release of endorphins, which are the body's natural way of chemically relieving pain and stress. When we're happier, we get more done. This might be why Snow White likes to whistle while she works.

Keep a goal diary

Writing down your goals and reflecting regularly on their progress helps you to both focus on the desired outcome and holds you accountable. While financial stability is only one quantifiable way to measure success.

Find a "study buddy"

While this can be a useful way to motivate students to complete homework, it can also work well for anyone who has a hard time settling down to work. While this might not work for everyone, I've always found that glancing up now and then to make a comment about something I've read does more than allow for a break in the action.

Daydream

Like the other visualization techniques we've talked about, this practice keeps your eye on the prize, and it's a conscious form of procrastination unless you meet that deadline, whichinevitably forces your mind back on work.

Big Rocks

One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget.

As he stood in front of the group of overachievers he said, "OK, time for a quiz." He pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouth jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?"

Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes." The time management expert replied, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, "Is this jar full?"

By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?"

"No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager student raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!"

"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is if you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all. What are the 'big rocks' in your life? Time with your loved ones, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching ormentoring others? Remember to put these big rocks in first or you'll never get them in at all."