If success were easy, we’d all be millionaires.

It’s one thing to have an idea for an enterprise, but making it happen is a very difficult thing and it demands extraordinary energy, self-belief and determination, the courage to risk family and home, and a 24/7 commitment that borders on the obsessive.

Understanding how people achieve their dreams.

When we think about the dreams we have, and the mark we want to leave in the universe, it is striking to see how big of an overlap there is between the dreams that we have and projects that never happen

So, here are five ways how not to follow your dreams.

One: Believe in overnight success.

Two: Believe someone else has all the answers and will make the decisions for you

Three: Decide to stop when growth is guaranteed. So when your life and business is going great, you have put together a great team, and you have growing revenue, and everything is set — time to stop.

Four: Believe the fault is someone else’s.

Five: That the only things that matter are the dreams themselves.