Let Your Dreams Run Wild

Don’t limit yourself and your brain on what you think you can reach and accomplish.

Even “impossible dreams” drive to innovation. For instance, our dream of flying got us to the invention of the airplane. If our ancestors, like Da Vinci, wouldn't have let their curiosity and dreams run wild and explored the subject beyond what was deemed possible, perhaps our progress would have been more stagnant. All innovation has been built by people who dare to dream and test their ideas, and this has led us to amazing breakthroughs. Can you imagine if everyone just stuck to what seemed possible, without pushing the boundaries? Our world would be very different.

This is my pledge to you to dare yourself, dream big and hold on and fight for those dreams, even if dreams change it will take you to a better path, I mean I dreamt of being the next Path McGrath (the best makeup artist in the fashion industry), that did not happen, it wasn’t my dream anymore but it made me move to Paris, learn french, and gave me a thousand of valuable lessons that has taken me to a path that is more align with myself. In Spanish we say ‘soñar no cuesta nada’ (dreaming costs nothing), so allow yourself to dream and do not limit yourself, trust me life will do that on its own and it will test you, so adapt if you have to but do not be afraid to hold on to those dreams because ultimately they will shape your life and decisions.

Let's take another example, Elon Musk (beyond the controversial person he can be) the guy dreamt of having a multi-planetary life, I mean he knows he won't be alive to see it, but this wild dream has changed the space industry, reusable rockets? reducing the price of a launch?, all these innovations are being made because of this dream of colonizing Mars, so beyond the discussion of whether we should focus so much on the universe instead of the earth, is that by having these big dreams the world moves forward. And I am not saying that you need to have these wild giga dreams, no, this can be brought to any scale and any person. My point is that whatever you dream, it will push you to make decisions, to think outside the box, to push yourself out of your comfort zone. Whatever the scale of the dream, it is your dream, it is an important one, do not belittle your dreams or lower yourself because they do not drive human engineering, the most important thing is that they drive you, and every dream is noble and worth living.

If you believe you can't do it, or that it's not for you, then it will never happen. Cultivate a mindset that pushes you, allow yourself to think big and believe in it.

Even the impossible dream can take you to surprising and incredible outcomes and places. Maybe what you have dreamed so much about can still happen in a way you never thought of.

Let your imagination run wild and then bring it to life one step at a time, for it is through action that you become the person you want to be, with practice and self-belief you will conquer what you set out to achieve and with a dose of humility you will accept your mistakes to improve and grow.

I know, I know, this may sound very optimistic and naive, but allow yourself, you really have nothing to lose and much to gain.