How to Work Like Your Dreams Depend On It
- Thomas Koehl
- 7 days ago
- 2 min read
The Brutal Truth: Dre

ams Don’t Work Unless You Do
Let’s get this out of the way: wishing is not a strategy. You can manifest until your vision board curls at the edges, but if you don’t lace up and move, all those pretty goals stay taped to the wall.
Everyone wants to make it. Few are willing to actually get ready.
Stop Fitting In. Start Standing Out.
You were not born to blend. Yet here we are, trying to squeeze ourselves into expectations, trends, job titles, and friend groups that weren’t designed for us. Meanwhile, the people we admire? The ones we repost and retweet? They stand out precisely because they stopped trying to fit in.
The irony? The minute you stop seeking approval and start preparing, fear fades. Why? Because preparation builds proof. It says, “Even if I fall, I’ve got the skills to get up and try again.”
The Real Reason You Feel Stuck
Still bored? Doing favors for everyone else’s calendar but your own? If your dream makes too much sense to too many people… you might be playing too small.
“If people don’t think you’re a little crazy, you’re not dreaming big enough.”
Let that one marinate.
Shake the Dirt Off Your Dream
Every time you remember your dream, you’re digging it back up. Yes, life throws rejections, failures, Mondays. The mark of a champion isn’t how clean the path is, it’s how many times they’ve shaken off the dust and kept moving.
You're not behind. You're not too late. You're just not in season yet.
What To Do When You’re Not “There” Yet
Picture your future self 10 years from now. That’s your hero. Your job? Catch up.
And here’s a spoiler: success and failure are both slow burns. They’re built or broken, one choice, one skipped morning, one “maybe tomorrow” at a time.
So don’t wait for the motivation. It’s waiting for you on the other side of movement.
Start Ugly, Start Scared, Just Start
Want to level up your finances, launch your brand, find your person, become world class at your craft?
Don’t wait for clarity. Don’t wait for someone to pick you. Don’t wait for the fear to fade.
Start. Then keep starting every day until it doesn’t feel like starting anymore, it just feels like living.
One Final Thought: This Is Your Year
No, really. Not because a calendar told you so. Because you did.
So set the alarm. Put on your shoes. And tell your doubt to sit this one out. You're going anyway.
Ask Yourself:
What are you doing today that your future self will thank you for?Or even better… what are you avoiding that’s holding your future hostage?
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