My personal experience with a dream and advice of what you should do to accomplish a dream or goal

Usually you will not realize that something went wrong until it hits you in the face. In other words, confidence may sometimes lead to disappointment. This does not mean you should not have any dreams or be confident that you are not a failure; I did have an incident in my life that this occurred. This was the two times when I dreamed, and was confident that I will get into the best schools. This …

…not be overconfident and determination never hurts but when you cannot avoid an obstacle that is in your way of accomplishing the goal you set out to complete, than you should go in a different direction and set a new goal. Laziness is also a big cause of failure and you should avoid this as well. I did not make it to the schools that I wanted to go to because of laziness and overconfidence.