Follow your dreams, Advice from: Marc Vegas de Santiago cigars

That March is a special person with a zest for life is something no one can ignore after speaking with him. I want to share with you Marc’s advice for those of you who want to follow your dreams and have a better life.

Mark has a rich history and has taken many lessons from it. Everything from having been a teacher, to spending parts of his life as a Buddhist monk and to now running a cigar company with high quality cigars.

“I was never taught to dream, but to be reasonable, to follow my dreams was something I learned later in life. In today’s society, we are taught to take the safe path and not dream big, that if you fall, it hurts. The pain of failure, what society will think of you and the feeling of defeat are things that most people fear and stop us from dreaming. The sensible decision is to take the safe route for the uncertain and become part of the herd to follow the flow. Following your dreams means that even though you think “differently” and dare to invest in your dreams, you must dare to stand up for yourself. You must be honest with yourself, your dreams, beliefs and values. You must dare to face people’s negativity, there are always people who lift themselves up through the failures of others. It is in these situations that you have to stand up for yourself and continue on, even if they are people who are close to you. People usually speak from their own fears. It is incredibly important to be honest and loyal to yourself first before being loyal to others. When you lose your loyalty to yourself in order to be loyal to the thinking of others, you lose yourself.”

“To follow your dreams, you have to dare to dive into the unknown. You have to dare to fail and learn, never give up. You have to take control of your emotions and look at your dreams with realistic eyes. There will always be negative people around you who speak against you, you have to learn to stand up for yourself and do what feels right for you. Make a plan and take small steps. Time is an incredibly important part of everything we want to achieve, sometimes we work against time and want things done faster. Think about how much time you spend in front of social media a day? Take a little bit of that time and dedicate it to your dreams. Trust yourself and your ability to do it. What you can’t do, you can learn”