A video I shown on the 2nd course day of officer Training Course 2009.

Don’t Let What You Can’t Do STOP

you from doing

What YOU CAN DO

by John Wooden

“See, when I was a kid they used to tell me
that I could be anything I want to be. No matter what.
And maybe I am insane, I don’t know, but I still believe that.
I believe with all my heart.
Somewhere along the line, we stopped believing that we could do anything.
And if we don’t have our dreams, we have nothing”.
- Astronaut Farmer
 

When we were young, mum and dad always tell us that you could be anything that you dream for, you can be anything that you want to be, you can have an ambition, you can dream! However, when we get older the people around us often tell us to be realistic, study hard and get a good job. No one will tell you to go for your ambition nor your dream that you wanted…

If we do not have a dream, we have nothing. We achieved nothing. We have not live for ourself. We have not live a life of our own…

There are times where you really want to do something big in your life but many a times you are often hit with a big no cause you think that you have no capital, you have no luck, you don’t think you can do it … so on and so forth …

I recently went to Bugis to buy some stuff, something caught my attention. It was a bike filled with international flags and a helmet which was on the floor filled with money in it. Then I saw a lot of photos of lined up on the floor of different countries. There was a poster that wrote : “My Gas (Petrol) Comes from your donations. If you like what I do. Please support to keep going” I went closer and than did I realised its actually the famous Mr. Vladimir A. Yarets. This guy is deaf and mute and his ambition is to travel round the world with his bike. He started his journey on 27th May 2000 in Minsk, the capital of the Republic of Belarus and YES his now in Singapore and he is starting his journey up north and hoping to reach Beijing for the olympics games in August.

His journey was not as smooth as everyone thought it is, he was hospitalised on october 2003 due to an accident in america. A kind family in america nursed him back to health and his back in action again to complete his dream. He did not give up even when he met with adversity.

If you see him in Singapore, remember to make a donation and support his movement.

His spirits of inspiring the disabled that even he is mute and deaf he is able to do extraordinary things that not every human beings can. All he do is to take actions of his goals and dreams. He has no resources neither money, all he has is only courage to take this big step. So if you are a man/women with no disabilities what is stopping you in achieving your goals in life?

I just love this song, especially the lyrics. I’ll feel a sense of I want to do it whenever I hear this song. Take a look at the lyrics below its meaningful. It was the theme song for olympics in 1996 in Atlanta.

Deep within each heart
There lies a magic spark
That lights the fire of our imagination
And since the dawn of man
The strength of just “I can”
Has brought together people of all nations

There’s nothing ordinary
In the living of each day
There’s a special part
Every one of us will play

Feel the flame forever burn
Teaching lessons we must learn
To bring us closer to the power of the dream
As the world gives us its best
To stand apart from all the rest
It is the power of the dream that brings us here

Your mind will take you far
The rest is just pure heart
You’ll find your fate is all your own creation
Every boy and girl
As they come into this world
They bring the gift of hope and inspiration

Feel the flame forever burn
Teaching lessons we must learn
To bring us closer to the power of the dream
The world unites in hope and peace
We pray that it will always be
It is the power of the dream that brings us here

There’s so much strength in all of us
Every woman child and man
It’s the moment that you think you can’t
You’ll discover that you can

Feel the flame forever burn
Teaching lessons we must learn
To bring us closer to the power of the dream
The world unites in hope and peace
We pray that it will always be
It is the power of the dream that brings us here

Feel the flame forever burn
Teaching lessons we must learn
To bring us closer to the power of the dream
The world unites in hope and peace
We pray that it will always be
It is the power of the dream that brings us

The power of the dream
The faith in things unseen
The courage to embrace your fear
No matter where you are
To reach for your own star
To realize the power of the dream
To realize the power of the dream

Belief is the guiding path towards our goals and the things we want in life. It is the guiding principle and direction where we are working towards to.

I recently conducted a lecture in March for St. John Ambulance Brigade Singapore, Officer Training Course on direction setting for their corps. When I was conducting the course, I realised many of my juniors have lots of LIMITING belief (Belief that are limiting your fullest potential). I got feedback such as : ” There’s nothing we can do to improve further” , “There are certain things can’t be change”, “No point setting directions im just too junior to speak up” … … the list will go on… and on.

I was so shocked to hear such limiting belief that they have about themself. Everyone has the power to make big changes in their own capacity of work. These limiting belief thus stop them from improving, thinking out of the box or even do the things that they feel its right. Thus it is definitely important to eliminate such limiting belief of yourself.

Often we set goals to attain for ourself or organisation, do you normally set a goal and tell yourself that ” Nah, I think its kind of impossible to reach” Well these are limiting belief !!! These are the belief that stop you from performing your best, they are guiding you to perform what you are comfortable and definitely not your very best yet.

Why allow your belief to stop you from performing your very best? Break out and break free … Take a min or so sit down and think what are your limiting belief that you might have in your life that stop you from doing the big thing that you always wanted and be aware that these are your limiting belief. Change your belief to those that empower you to propel forward in achieving the sucess you always wanted. 

Change is the only constant in life.

So complete your life and make the changes now !