Essential Steps to Leading 02 Have Dream Time

One of the most important keys to leadership, whether it is being a pastor, a manager, a dad, a mum, a living church leader, a head chef, or anyone who wants to influence others for good and for the kingdom of God, is that you must have dream time. 

You have to set aside and make time to dream. It’s so important, that there is pretty much no way I could ever over-emphasize this! It is vital, it is imperative, it is essential!

Those who dream will always do more than those who don’t! Dreamers get new ideas when others are still struggling, dreamers solve problems better, dreamers communicate vision better, dreamers are more creative, dreamers are more innovative, dreamers are more influential. In short, dreamers are better leaders. 

So many people never take time to dreams, and it shows. Some people never dream about themselves conquering a Goliath, solving a problem, doing something better, walking in victory, walking in health. Some pastors never dream of what their church could look like, some managers never dream of what their company could look like, some parents never dream of what their children look like. If you see yourself in this, here is the solution:

• Dream specific dreams. If there is a problem in your life, stop whining and complaining, and start dreaming.
• Set aside time to dream. You will never ever find that time.
• Dream about your future. Dream about the end of this year, dream about next year, dream about it working, dream about ten years time. Dreams lead to schemes! In other words, your dreaming leads to you making plans. I have often decided to do things in the midst of my dreaming time because it became clear that it would get me a step closer to the dream.
• Bring the Word into your dream. Dream big but also dream long too – take the time to dream of what this situation would look like if all the promises of God manifested. Dream long enough to see what you are dreaming crystal clear with the Word inside it – it will produce wisdom, favour, and so much more. DREAM!
• Dream as big as you can, then dream bigger. That’s my practice, just when I think I cannot dream any more, I add another 10% and keep dreaming. Dave Duell told me a dream should be so big it stops you sleeping! I agree!
• Do something. Your dream should be so big it cannot be done by you alone and cannot be completed in your lifetime. But you yourself can do something today, so do it. 
• Let your dream influence your decisions. Let it influence how you treat people, how you respond in meetings, how you spend and invest money, how you carry yourself. Let it change everything!
• Find a dream place. I do my best dreaming in my office, but I also like to dream at the gym too. Both those places I can lock myself away (one literally, one metaphorically) and focus on the Word and the dreams of the Spirit.
• Be consistent. Be regular. Don’t stop dreaming!
• Make sure you hang around with people with bigger dreams than you, and keep your time with people who have tiny dreams, or who denigrate your dreams, to a minimum.
• Make sure you have a pen and paper or voice recorder or some app on your phone that you can record things as you dream.
• Share your dreams. DO NOT share everything with everyone, but share something with someone who you trust, and it will fire you more and more!

When was the last time you dreamed? David Yonghii Cho had 1-2 hours of dreaming in his diary every day and had a church of 1000000 people. Selah!