Opinion

 

   Making Possibilities Out Of Impossibilities.

BY Anuoluwa Omolafe

GEO 300L

These are 5 ways of making impossibilities possible, enjoy...

1. The Invisible

Everything visible came from the invisible world.  Sunday Adelaja

This is the area we know nothing about  it is not even on our radar, we dont know that it exists. Only when we discover (by accident) or someone else tells us that, do we move the needle from the Invisible to Impossible.

And let me give you some examples of The Invisible:

1. Ibrahim Hamito A table tennis player with no hands. He plays using his mouth and neck. But the biggest surprise is how he serves.

2.  Building a 15 storey  in China is an everyday activity.

3.  Warren Buffet reads 500bpages a day. Considering that the average book is around 250 pages, that means he reads 2 books a day or 650700 books a year. An average American reads less than 4 a year.

The Invisible now becomes visible. You know that its happening somewhere out there, but not here, not where you are, not in your life. So thats why the Invisible becomes the Impossible. Oh wow, thats amazing but its impossible for me. So welcome to the second stage.

2. The Impossible

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.  Robert H. Schuller

This is the area of get-rich-quick schemes. This is where they mostly operate, promising to give you something from the Impossible area to the Actual area but it doesn't work like that. You are not acclimated (accustomed) to that kind of lifestyle and you cant handle the jump. If you need a proof of that, just look at what happens to the lottery winners who go from rags to riches. The suicide and depression rate within that group is one of the largest in the country, and the paradox is that they were happier with their lives before they won the lottery. All of the steps need to be taken and you cant jump to, you need to feel each step  and figure out how to get ahead to the next. And from the area of the Impossible, you start questioning how. How do I get there? And this asking leads you to the mindset shift (from fixed to growth mindset) needed to make something impossible, possible.

3. The Possible

Youve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.  Ralph Marston

When you shift your mindset from a fixed to a growth mindset, thats when you reach the Possible area. You start believing it is possible for you  to achieve that.It is no longer something which exists out there for someone else, for the people who are made from a different cloth. You start believing (and proving to yourself) that  "to be ahere's no made from a different cloth", that there is just hard work, perseverance, and belief. Now, the biggest hurdle has been jumped and its time to give your mindset shift complementaries, and the complementaries are based on knowledge and skills. When you start working in the area of the Possible, thats when you step into the next area of the Probable.

4. The Probable

Capote wrote every day. He said thats the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it.  Debbie Harry

This is where you mix your mindset shift, the belief that you can do it, with the necessary knowledge and skills to do it.This is where your Why and How gets its What.In the area of the Probable, you learn the What of the craft. You learn how to make your dream and your vision a reality. This is the part where habits and everyday compound actions take place This is one of the longest periods because most skills take so much time to become second nature (a habit). If you want to achieve your vision and dream, you need to attain mastery in the field which would bring you there and the notion of mastery takes time. But dont be discouraged, you are now on the right path and success is inevitable. Just keep on pushing, keep on working, keep on grinding and believe it will happen.And when it does, you will enter the last area.

5. The Actual

Beyond mountains, there are more mountains  Haitian proverb

This is where your vision, your dream becomes a reality. This is the end goal you will feel, touch, smell, and live through,  but only if you believe it

This is the place where dreams come true, but its not a magical place that fell from nothing. It is a product of your beliefs and hard work you put in for years and years until you saw the desired results. But when it happens, it is the best feeling in the world- the feeling of accomplishment. The moment when you conquered not the people around you or the environment, but its the moment when you conquered yourself. And because of that, you are now living your dream in the reality.

But whats next?

On to the next goal you have. The circle never stops, the only thing that changes is our position on it.

How about you? Which area of your lifes dream are you in and how would you continue your pursuit towards the Actual?