{"id":2457,"date":"2012-08-10T13:28:27","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T13:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2012-08-10T13:28:27","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T13:28:27","slug":"olympic-gold-it-all-starts-with-a-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/08\/10\/olympic-gold-it-all-starts-with-a-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Gold &#8211; It all starts with a dream&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/olympic_gold_medal_dsc1446.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-2471\" title=\"Olympic gold medal DSC_1446\" src=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/olympic_gold_medal_dsc1446-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/shaa.com\/business\/why-i-love-the-olympics\/\">Shaa Wasmund<\/a> is a renowned enteprise guru whose own achievements both as an entrepreneur and as a provider of enterprise support have massively outweighed my own. \u00a0 Shaa asserts that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Every athlete once had a dream to stand on an Olympic stage. But, they didn\u2019t just\u00a0<em>talk<\/em>\u00a0about their dreams, they put in the hours, hard work and dedication to make them a reality. They gave all they had for one moment in time.<\/p>\n<p>In my experience many who achieve excellence entered their field\u00a0because\u00a0they loved it rather than\u00a0because\u00a0they\u00a0wanted\u00a0to stand on an Olympic podium or to be a millionaire before they reach 30. \u00a0Sometimes it IS the big dream that allows you to put in the hours of dedicated effort. \u00a0But much more\u00a0frequently\u00a0it is the hours of dedicated effort that eventually allow you to dare to\u00a0believe\u00a0in the big dream. \u00a0Most of us, to begin with at least, were not motivated by thoughts of winning on the big stage, but by pursuing our interests and exploring possibilities&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Our progress is driven by the dedicated\u00a0development\u00a0and\u00a0exploration\u00a0of passion and identity. \u00a0A journey that often begins with no real clarity over where it might lead, or how far it might go.<\/p>\n<p>I think this\u00a0openness\u00a0to journeys that start in different places with\u00a0different\u00a0intensities and ambitions is\u00a0absolutely\u00a0critical to make the most of all potential, whether it is in sport, business or any field.<\/p>\n<p>And where should we invest our time and money? \u00a0In helping people to navigate the ealry stages of their journeys. \u00a0Because late stage development is,\u00a0relatively\u00a0speaking, child&#8217;s play.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Improving Employability&#8230;\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/15\/improving-employability\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Improving Employability&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"How Should We Recognise a Successful Economy?\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/11\/how-should-we-recognise-a-successful-economy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How Should We Recognise a Successful Economy?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Inward Investment &#8211; What&#8217;s the problem?\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/01\/inward-investment-a-dummies-guide\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Inward Investment &#8211; What&#8217;s the problem?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Smile or Die &#8211; Why I don&#8217;t subscribe blindly to the school of positive thinking\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/04\/19\/smile-or-die-why-i-dont-subscribe-blindly-to-the-school-of-positive-thinking\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Smile or Die &#8211; Why I don&#8217;t subscribe blindly to the school of positive thinking<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Bonsai People in a Bonsai Culture?\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/04\/18\/bonsai-people-in-a-bonsai-culture\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bonsai People in a Bonsai Culture?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaa Wasmund is a renowned enteprise guru whose own achievements both as an entrepreneur and as a provider of enterprise support have massively outweighed my own. \u00a0 Shaa asserts that&#8230; Every athlete once had a dream to stand on an Olympic stage. But, they didn\u2019t just\u00a0talk\u00a0about their dreams, they put in the hours, hard work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[65,68,73],"class_list":["post-2457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-enterprise","category-entrepreneurship","tag-enterprise","tag-enterprise-education","tag-entrepreneurship","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}