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I have big dreams and I read a lot of Self help books. Though I work tirelessly on things but I often get distracted among multiple projects and eventually none of them brings out substantial result. That's why I took a job to ensure that I am not completely wasted.

I have read the phrase "Connecting the dots backwards" so many times but I am sure that I couldn't get it's meaning correctly. I read it again in "http://www.jonathanfields.com/what-lucky-people-do-differently/" , so please help me in knowing it.