7 REASON WHY YOU SHOULD DREAM BIG! - 017
Peter Saddington highlights the importance of encouraging expansive thinking and big dreams, drawing from a personal experience with his daughter. He suggests that prompting further detail, like asking about specific sensory experiences within a dream (e.g., "What did it smell like?"), can broaden one's perspective and make dreams feel more tangible. Saddington argues that dreaming big opens up possibilities and broadens one's scope for achievement. He also contends that those who dream big are often more successful because they actively shape their lives. Furthermore, he explains that a focus on bigger aspirations leads to an increased awareness and appreciation for the smaller details in life.
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Think about that. There are people. Less intelligent than you. There are people. Less prepared than you. There are people. Less worthy than you. There are people. Less experienced. And there are people that are younger than you. Who have achieved what you want to achieve in life. Nearly because they woke the fuck up. And they did something about it. I built many startups. Most of them are fans. So Bitcoin is exactly the place that I like to be. We're gonna end it right there. Dream big. Dream big. Dream big. Dream big. Dream big. Dream big. Dream big. Dream big. Dream big. Dream big. Dream big. Dream big. Dream big. Dream big. Be big. Be big. That's the title of today's topic. Dream big. Be big. The reason that we're talking about this is very simple. It's early in the morning. And I had a conversation with
my daughter before she had it off. Yeah, before she went off to school. You see, my daughter dreams. My daughter dreams. I'm gonna tell you' what you think is right here or right there? her dreams, huge dreams, big dreams. And today this morning she was describing a dream of absolute fantasy. She explained her dreams, she told me the places she went, characters she had met, the sights she had seen. Oh, it was a grand dream, a dream of lights, a dream of colors, a dream of grandeur. And I loved listening to this. It's one of those dreams where where almost every other sentence begins with and then and then and then. And so I asked her questions because this is what I do as a consultant. This is what I do as a father. This is what I do as a person. If you've ever
sat with me, you know, I just love to ask lots of questions. And so I asked her questions. I asked her questions about her dream and the reason I asked her questions is number one, she was excited. Number two, I wanted her to stay excited. I wanted to stay in that context of the dream world. And number three, I wanted to make that dream bigger and better. You say, well, Peter, how do you make the dream bigger and better? You merely ask questions about things that they haven't thought about. One of the first questions I asked my daughter this morning, as I said, what did it smell like? Oh, you should have seen her eyes widen. When I asked her, what did it smell like? Her eyes widened. You could see her mind was racing at a thousand miles power, trying to conjure up some
words that she could describe as to what the smells that she thought she had during that dream. She told me it smelled like cotton, what did I wrote down? She told me it smelled like cotton candy. It's told me it smelled like clouds. She told me it sounded like those smelled like those really green trees. You see, in my daughter's dream, she is able to see the unrealities of life. She is able to see the impossible. And my job, don't miss this guy's. If you have sons, if you have daughters, I'm not going to ever tell you how to raise your kids, but I'm going to tell you how I raise mine. It comes to these types of dreams. My job as a father is widen the context, make the options bigger, make the world bigger than what my small child sees. That's my job.
unrealities of life. She is able to see the impossible. And my job, don't miss this guy's. If you have sons, if you have daughters, I'm not going to ever tell you how to raise your kids, but I'm going to tell you how I raise mine. It comes to these types of dreams. My job as a father is widen the context, make the options bigger, make the world bigger than what my small child sees. That's my job. It's to make the playing feel bigger, to make the options bigger, to say, hey, you're in this moment. Tell me more, what's going on? Who do you see? What did you do? Who did you meet? What were the smells like? What were the feelings like? Did you laugh? Did you cry? What was something that was a little bit tense? Right? And what stems out of this conversation
is an entire idea stream of extracting my daughters' most amazing thoughts and having her communicate those to me. It's not only an exercise, inflexing the mind, but it's an exercise in communicating, don't miss this. It's an exercise in communicating your inner most thoughts. Dream big. Be big. Let's just jump right into this guys. I wrote down early this morning. I wrote down seven reasons why. Dreaming big allows you to be big in life. I don't think, I don't think it requires a whole lot of imagination from any of you guys out there to imagine that after my conversation with my daughter this morning, after me helping her expand her dream, see more from her dream than she was able to communicate to me at the moment, is that after she explained her dream, it doesn't take much of an imagination to imagine that she went
to school thinking big. She went to school feeling big. Her AAPA, her daddy, her father had engaged with her mind this morning, helped her expand her mind. Be excited about what she dreamed about. And she's now taking that context to school. Do you think she feels big? Do you think she feels mentally powerful? Do you think she's cognitively awake for the day? I would say yes. And that's one of my jobs as a father to my children's to help them not only dream big, but be big. Feel big. Because it's easy to feel small, insignificant, worthless. The world will want to tear my daughter down. They're already tearing the sons of man down. The sons of man in America, today are dying because the world wants to tear and destroy them. Maybe the reason why men are being attacked so much in today's world is
because the women have already been destroyed. Anyway, let me tell you seven reasons why. Seven reasons why. Thinking big. Dreaming big is the best way to success and to live. Number one, dreaming big, big opens up the playing field. It opens up the context. You have more opportunities. Think why. Ask great questions to your mind. Why? How come? What if? Think about your dreams. Think about what you'd like to do. Think about what you'd like to accomplish. What if I did that? How would my life change? What would occur? What where could I be? What could I see? Who could I meet? These are all exciting things and these are all doable in this lifetime. Today. Think why? Number two, only big dreamers are successful. I really thought about this. I really did. Are only big dreamers the only ones that are truly successful? Well,
you'd like to do. Think about what you'd like to accomplish. What if I did that? How would my life change? What would occur? What where could I be? What could I see? Who could I meet? These are all exciting things and these are all doable in this lifetime. Today. Think why? Number two, only big dreamers are successful. I really thought about this. I really did. Are only big dreamers the only ones that are truly successful? Well, at least from a media standpoint because you certainly hear about them. But I would say that this is essentially true. You may never hear of all the big dreamers out there. But I'll tell you that the big dreamers are the ones that are successful because the big dreamers have taken some semblance of their life and said, you will bend to my will, this part of my life.
I am in control. And this is where I want to go with this part of my life. These are the people who dream big. These are the people who take control of their lives. These are the types of people who get shit done with their life. Now, I'm not saying that they're changing their whole life. But dreaming big can be merely a section, a cross section of a part of your life that you know that you want to execute on, that you want to improve. Number three, when you dream big, you notice life more. You, the small things matter to you. I know that there's a comment saying that, you know, don't sweat the small things. Well, I would go against the green a little bit there. I think that generally applies when it comes to people. When it comes to people, you generally don't
need to sweat the small things because most people have their racket. They have their issues. They have their mental issues. And you know what? Maybe you just got caught up in their ish today. So when it comes to people, I generally don't sweat the small things because generally when you have the opportunity to sweat the small thing, you're really sweating someone else's emotionality. And that's never a good idea. But the reason I say, why people who dream big do sweat the small things, they notice life more is because they realize that everything that they do affects the dream. If you have a great dream to be ex, but you're doing why, guess what? You will someday wake up and realize that doing why is not going to allow you or helping you achieve ex. If you want to lose weight, you've got to start sweating
the small things. You can't be picking up the bag of chips. You can't be getting that 75 cents soda. Like these are the small things that matter. When you dream big, the small things add up. And that's why the small things matter. And so for people who dream big number three, you will realize, right? You will realize and notice that life really does matter. And this falls clearly into four. You'll realize number four, you'll realize how important you are. You are to to the world. And how precious your time is. When you dream big, you realize that that dream has an expiration date. And that expiration date often is the unknown date of your death. And so you better get cracking brother. You better get moving sister. Time is wasting. It's time to go. You realize how important self improvement is. Number five. So number
clearly into four. You'll realize number four, you'll realize how important you are. You are to to the world. And how precious your time is. When you dream big, you realize that that dream has an expiration date. And that expiration date often is the unknown date of your death. And so you better get cracking brother. You better get moving sister. Time is wasting. It's time to go. You realize how important self improvement is. Number five. So number four, you realize how important you are and how precious your time is. Number five, you realize how important self improvement is because the only way that you're going to be able to achieve your goals. See if you get off your ass and self-edgedmicate, self-educate, self-improve begin investing in you. It's fascinating how many employees invest in their employers. When if you just take a single second, you might
realize that your employers don't invest a whole lot in their employees. Number five, you realize how important self improvement is. Which also comes with self-education. You must learn to self-educate yourself if you want to dream big. And if you want to dream big, you learn that self-education is pretty dead-gum important. Number six, you get over shit faster. You get over failure faster when you dream big because you realize that your goal, your dream, the thing that you want is greater than every single failure in the process of achieving that goal. You fail faster. You manage your failures better. You manage your time better when you dream big, when you think big. You get over that shit faster. You realize it's merely just a speed bump. Not a wall. You're rarely any walls. Only speed bumps that look like walls. Number seven, I think is the
most important dream big requires you to seek others out to help you. You must expand your network. There are individuals by the way. Need I remind you, there are individuals who have already achieved what you've achieved, what you want to achieve. Let me make it even more poignant. Let me make it even more hard. Let me make it a little bit terse and harsh. There are people less skilled than you. There are people less intelligent than you who have achieved what you want to achieve in life, nearly because they woke the fuck up and did something about it. Think about that. There are people less intelligent than you. There are people less prepared than you. There are people less worthy than you. There are people less experienced and there are people that are younger than you who have achieved what you want to achieve in
life merely because they woke the fuck up and they did something about it. Dreaming big requires you to seek out other people who might be younger, less experienced and stupider than you are who have already achieved that which you would desire to achieve. They've already done it. You know why? Because they woke up yesterday. You're waking up today. These daily deposits, the daily deposits of dreaming big, widening your playing field, opening up your mind, realizing that a successful life is one that is intentional, concentrated, focused, realizing how important you are to the universe, realizing how important your time is and realizing how important it is to continue to improve yourself. You learn how to get over shit faster. You realize that your goals are greater than your familyers and eventually as you dream big and as you continue the mental discipline to dream big, think
widening your playing field, opening up your mind, realizing that a successful life is one that is intentional, concentrated, focused, realizing how important you are to the universe, realizing how important your time is and realizing how important it is to continue to improve yourself. You learn how to get over shit faster. You realize that your goals are greater than your familyers and eventually as you dream big and as you continue the mental discipline to dream big, think big, you will be big because you will seek out others who have gone before you have succeeded in that endeavor, that achievement, that goal that you so desire and you know what? They've already created a pathway. They've already created a process. They've already created a behavior that only you need to do is learn about contextualize to you and execute on because tell let me tell you every
dream and on this is just me again. Every dream that you have someone else has already achieved it. You ain't special. You ain't the special in Legoland. Okay? Someone's already achieved your goal. Someone's already completely achieved your goal. It made millions off of it and probably exceptionally happy right now with their achievements. You ain't never you ain't never going to be first but you know what? You could be 9,823. But you know what? In the whole scheme of life? You won't care that you're 9,723 in line to succeed in this exact same thing that 9,722 people have achieved before you. You'll be happy. You'll be fulfilled because you dreamed big. You became big and you lived a life worthy of the time that you had here. Here's the exercise for you guys today. What is the dream that you have? Think about it. What is
the dream that you had? Think about it. What's a dream that you have? Think about it. What's a dream that you had? Think about it. Sit on it. I bet if you think about it for a long time, you might actually spur yourself to do something about it. Maybe that's what you need to do. This is Pudah, the Beach going Landlaw. Thanks for joining us in this episode. If you liked it, thanks. Smash the like button, subscribe and if you're really feeling like dreaming big, send this to one person today in your network and you think needs it. Thanks. We'll push out.
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About the Creator
This video is part of a library of 780+ episodes published by Peter Saddington on staas.fund. Peter is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist (StaaS Fund, RegD 506B), and AI practitioner who has trained 17,000+ professionals in agile and AI methodologies. He bought Bitcoin at $2.52 in 2011, built 4 autonomous AI agents (the Council of Dogelord), and operates 10+ websites with zero employees. His AI Workshop has been attended by Fortune 500 teams, and his newsletter "The Agile VC" reaches thousands of subscribers weekly. Peter holds 3 Master's degrees (Divinity, Computer Science, Computational Operations Research) from institutions including Georgia Tech.