Beyond Wishing and Hoping： How to Make Your Dreams Come True

佚名/Anonymous

在迪斯尼公园和迪斯尼世界建成后，传出了这样一个故事：有一个人来到沃尔特·迪斯尼工作室，在主任迈克·万斯面前说：“沃尔特·迪斯尼没能活到现在看到这一切，是不是太遗憾了？”他毫不犹豫地回答：“但是他真的看到了，这就是它坐落在这里的原因。”

如果说有人影响了我的生活，那当属沃尔特·迪斯尼了。或许是因为在我五岁那年，我最喜爱的叔叔带着我去了一个非常新奇的地方——迪斯尼公园；或许是因为我在南方的加利福尼亚长大，每一年或是每两年都会去那个地方，看着一个人的梦想渐渐成为现实；也或许是因为我认识到“当你对着星星许愿时，你是谁是没什么分别的”。在奇妙的迪斯尼世界中成长，我明白了如何梦想。

据我的经验而言，企求和希望是使梦想成真的最没用的方法，但这是许多人对待工作的态度，还时常对他们的结果感到无比惊讶。他们希望自己能挣很多钱，希望自己能得到晋升或是得到一份更有趣的工作，希望工作环境良好，老板更明理，问题更易解决，或是有人帮忙。

他们在工作中成功的机会，就像通过拉斯维加斯赌城的老虎机，或是彩票的方式成为百万富翁的机会一样少。鸵鸟并不是真的把头埋在沙子里，可我们中的许多人都在这样做，对自己从未实现梦想感到疑惑。奥运会的运动员们从来都不靠企求和希望取得胜利。伟大的音乐家、演员、厨师、建筑师、律师、父母或商人也不会这样做。我知道，我绝不会通过希望来出版自己的第一本书。

梦想能够成真，但这里也是有秘诀的。他们已经意识到了通过坚持、决心、奉献、**、实践、集中精力和刻苦工作这些魔法来实现梦想。梦想的实现需要一步一个台阶，要经过多年，而不是几个星期就能实现。当企求与希望使你成为一个梦想家时，行动和做事才会使你的梦想成真。你想实现工作中的梦想吗？开始行动吧！

Years after Disneyland was built， after the completion of Walt Disney World， the story goes that someone went up to Mike Vance， Director for Walt Disney Studios and said. "Isn't it too bad Walt Disney didn't live to see this？" Without pausing， he replied. "But he did see it， that's why it's here."

If any outside figure influenced my life early on， it was Walt Disney. Maybe because when I was five， my favorite uncle took me to a wondrous new place called Disneyland. Maybe because I grew up in Southern California， visiting it every year or two， watching a man's vision come to life and grow. Or maybe because I learned that "when you wish upon a star， it makes no difference who you are." Growing up on the Wonderful World of Disney， I learned how to dream.

In my experience wishing and hoping are poor strategies for making dreams come true， yet that's how many people approach work， often surprised at their results. They wish they could make more money. They hope they'll get promoted or offered a more interesting job. They wish someone would notice how hard they work. They hope the work environment improves， their boss comes to his/her senses， the problem goes away or someone else solves it.

Their chance of winning at working is right up there with becoming a millionaire on Las Vegas slots or holding the winning lottery ticket. And while it's not true the ostrich hides in the sand， many of us do， wondering why we never land our dreams. Olympic athletics don't get that way by wishing and hoping. Nor do great musicians， actors， chefs， architects， teacher， lawyers， parents， or business people. And I know I'll never get my first book published by wishing it so.

Dreams can come true， but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence， determination， commitment， passion， practice， focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time， manifested over years， not weeks. While wishing and hoping makes you a dreamer， acting and doing makes you someone who can turn dreams into reality. Want your work dreams to come true？ Make them.