Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true...John Maxwell
Born in Spain, Arnaldus de Villa Nova was educated by Dominicans and studied medicine at Naples. His medical skills brought him great reputation as he treated kings, popes, and other famous people. This gave him reason to travel widely in Spain, France, Italy, and North Africa (Paragraph Source). One of the discoveries ascribed to Arnaldus is the litmus test which is used to test the acidity of materials. As I thought about dreams, I couldn’t help but think about the several dreams I’ve had and attempted which had failed. The businesses built, ideas implemented, relationships started, decisions taken that have come back to haunt me. I couldn’t help but wonder if, like the litmus test for acidity, there are some basic tests that one could run their dreams through before they begin.
I love big thinking but I also love realistic thinking. Can you imagine a 50 year old dreaming of becoming a soccer star? That's a big dream but, I don't think it is realistic. Perhaps he could modify his dream to focus on becoming a great soccer coach.
From an early age, football was a major part of Jose Mourinho's life. As a teenager, Mourinho travelled to attend his father's weekend matches and when his father had became a coach, Mourinho began observing training sessions and scouting opposing teams. Mourinho wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father by becoming a footballer and so he joined the Belenenses youth team. Graduating to the senior level, he played at Rio Ave (where his father was coach), Belenenses, and Sesimbra. He lacked the requisite pace and power to become a professional and chose to focus on becoming a football coach instead. After his mother enrolled him in a business school, Mourinho dropped out on his first day, deciding he would rather focus on sport, and chose to attend the Instituto Superior de Educação Física (ISEF), Technical University of Lisbon, to study sports science. He taught physical education at various schools and after five years, he had earned his diploma, receiving consistently good marks throughout the course.After attending coaching courses held by the English and Scottish Football Associations, former Scotland manager Andy Roxburgh took note of the young Portuguese's drive and attention to detail.Mourinho sought to redefine the role of coach in football by mixing coaching theory with motivational and psychological techniques.
Today, Jose Mourinho is regarded as one of the best coaches in the world. He is the first coach to win the professional leagues in Spain, Italy, Portugal and England. Mourinho's Inter team is the only Italian club to have won the treble. He is also one of three coaches that have won the champions league with two different clubs. In eight seasons of club management, including an eight month sabbatical in 2007–08, Mourinho has led his clubs to win their domestic league seven times, the UEFA Champions League twice and the UEFA Cup once. Since 2002, Mourinho has not gone a full calendar year without winning at least one trophy (Source)
When dreams are not realistic, nightmares are inevitable
I think many dreams fail because we haven’t stepped back to test them in our minds, our hearts before starting off. I believe that dreams fail because we haven’t shared them with the right individuals or validated if this is the reason for our design. In this book, I try to capture five litmus tests we could run our dreams through before we begin. I’m sure there are several but these are the ones that I’ve started using for my dreams - based on experiences from my failures.
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