A conversation on TED.com: The Power of Thinking Big,were is the limit?

Jorge Contreras
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The Power of Thinking Big,were is the limit?

People love to dream and we live for dreams,some of our dreams are described as "Imposible"
were do we look and follow in order to accomplish our dreams,
apart from the right preparation (mental and physical) ,
what alse do we need to make our dreams come true?

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David Grammer
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Jan 23 2012: Most effective dreams seem to be more about a process than a goal. The dream is the doing, not the having. Dreams which focus solely on a goal tend to be more delusional or wishful thinking. A certain amount of flexibility is also necessary. Dreams need to be modified as conditions and as we, ourselves, change. In my experience, my dreams come true every morning I wake up with a clear sense of purpose and a sense of what I need to do to move forward. Something like St. Francis of Assisi said "It's no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching." It's no use having a dream unless our living is that dream.
- Jorge Contreras
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  Jan 23 2012: I coulndt agree more with you David,thanks for your post.
Walter Radtke
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Jan 18 2012: That's the whole point to existence- insure a future capable of solving the problems of existence. Thinking big is thinking forward. Without an ideal positioned in the future, we lose our humanity. Hell, even an animal considering the source of his next meal is future oriented. The elemental notion is that the future is wide open because it is unknown and, as such, can't have a limit other than what we THINK it will be. If we think big, we'll live big. If we think small, not only will we live inconsequentially, we may even bring about or be helpless against our extinction. Plenty of near earth orbiting asteroids out there that have our name on it. At the very least, we have to have a civilization that can avoid a near earth object extinction event.
- Jorge Contreras
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  Jan 18 2012: Beautiful...
- Oscar García
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  Jan 21 2012: Well said.
Walter Radtke
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Jan 18 2012: Absolutely no limit. Try to imagine where humanity will be in a thousand years given the rate of human technological progress and then start working on how to get us there.
- Jorge Contreras
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  Jan 18 2012: Walter a very logical aproach, is that what it takes?
E G 10+
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Jan 17 2012: Where you look to accomplish your dreams is depending on the dreams you have but just don't forget : in the moment the dream comes accomplished it stops being a dream : it becomes again the sad reality .
Oscar García
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Jan 17 2012: Personally I think the most important part of making our dreams come true is expecting big from ourselves, this is often something that hold us back from achivieng what we want, we have to accept limitations and work to overcome them and believe in ourselves so in that way we can work to see those dreams come pass.
- Vivek Trivedi 10+
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  Jan 17 2012: Rightly said Oscar!
- E G 10+
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  Jan 17 2012: I can expect many big things from myself without wanting to accomplish them , to make them true and real.
  - Oscar García
    
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    Jan 17 2012: If a man expect big from himself and have enough potential to reach something big, or something that could impact the place where he lives but just doesn't want to, then he's mediocre.