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How to Set Your Dream into Motion
Kevin Ham
November 14, 2024
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
Do you recall the first 3 Secrets of Success?
1. A Desire or a goal that you envision to be real. A dream you deeply desire.
2. Faith in the attainment of that desire beyond all doubt.
3. Your subconscious mind does not know imaginary from reality, nor right from wrong (the realm of your conscience), so you can use Autosuggestion to embed the faith in your desire into your subconscious deeply.
These are the three cornerstones of success, but the next three set it into motion, bringing heaven to earth and the imaginary to reality.
4. Specialized Knowledge
Personal Experiences and Insights
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
General knowledge is superficial, but specialized knowledge is rare and valuable, and it catalyzes success insights. Seek experts or pioneers in your field and continually refine your specialized knowledge.
I wove together the insight that the Internet was going to be the biggest revolution in history with the physical real estate analogy for domain names. Now, layered with mobile and blockchain, I believe this revolution will only accelerate with AI.
Application: I invested in specialized knowledge about domain names, investing in hundreds of thousands of them and still hold 11,000 premium domains. I sold 80% of my Google stock in 2018 and bought NVIDIA at $60, believing GPUs in blockchain, followed by AI would make NVIDIA a very valuable company. They are #1 right now.
Wisdom: Don't seek to know everything. Instead, master what aligns with your purpose.
5. Imagination
The Workshop of the Mind
If it’s a good movie, the sound could go off, and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.
Imagination is where ideas are born. It's the workshop of the mind, where the intangible is forged and refined until it's ready to be realized. It is the blueprints of design.
Application: I am inspired by the idea that Hitchcock visualized almost every scene of his movies before he made them, even the shadows on the faces of the actors. This thinking doesn't just apply to movies, but also to businesses and your life. The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. You, yourself must still imagine and plan.
Wisdom: Let your imagination roam freely without constraints, unrestricted by today's limitations. Build a workshop in your mind and visit it daily. Craft, tinker, experiment and redesign the world in your mind before making it real.
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
6. Organized Planning
The Crystallization of Desire into Action
Whatever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it, they will want to come back and see you do it again.
A dream without a plan is only a fantasy, never realized. Organized planning takes desire and crafts it into actionable sets… Today.
Application: For the past twenty years, I have visited Disneyland every year to inspire my family to dream and bring out the child in our hearts. Walt Disney meticulously planned every theme and detail of Disneyland before it ever came to life. Each attraction, path, and performance was mapped out in advance. He organized his vision into a plan that captured every magical element he imagined. I am trying to do this (with my team) for CampHowdy.com.
I call this an executable plan, and I typically have three phases, mirroring the caterpillar, cocoon, and butterfly phases. Hence the quote from Emerson on an acorn seeding a thousand forests. I think in days, but I also think and plan for decades.
Wisdom: Organize your vision into a living blueprint, where each step makes your vision closer to reality. Plan not just for the outcome but also for the experience, ensuring every detail aligns with your highest purpose. Think, think, think deeply and envision it all like a movie in your mind.
You are the director.
If you can visualize it, if you can dream it, there’s some way to do it.
Read on for my big life question and three pieces of life advice (only one-minute more). It has helped me in my life and I hope they help you in yours.