Characteristics of a Vision 2
GOOD MORNING. Welcome to Leading Right. A vision is revolutionary. The society grows on the wheels of positive change. Change comes when people think outside the box. Change results when men challenge the status quo and call the impossible possible. Change is inevitable when men break new frontiers, challenge their own best records and constantly embrace new goals. For as long as our minds are locked up in traditions, we lose the power to create change. Stagnancy results and the society suffers irreparably.
Your vision is not strong enough if it does not pave a new way in the wildness of life. It is not strong enough if does not present a new hope for humanity. Whether in the family, business or society, you can evolve a vision that changes the course of the present and steers it along a new and beneficial course.
In suggesting this, I am not underplaying the power of inertia. It is difficult to break away from tradition. But no nation has progressed while struggling to maintain tradition. Mankind had advanced when it had challenged old habits; it had excelled when it had broken from the past.
Think about it, what do you when current habits have failed to deliver on the promise of a better life for you and the community? Someone has suggested, “If you do not like the output; change the input.” Change is inevitable if we must move forward as a nation and as individuals. It takes the visionary leaders to lead themselves and their communities to an attractive future which is a radical departure from the present.
If you are content with maintaining the status quo; if you are only interested in holding to your ground; or if you are concerned about mere existence; you have had it. You will never mean much to yourself, to your family or to your community. The future belongs to those who appreciate our present but see the changes that we need to live successfully tomorrow. They are the inventors, the niche businessmen, the entrepreneurs, the social crusaders, the innovative professionals, the creative wives, the unconventional dads, the students with a deft touch… We need more of these ordinary people taking on extraordinary visions that point us to new habits and experiences that create lasting benefits and move us up on the social, economic and political planes.
Are you still afraid of developing an extraordinary vision? I hope not. I doubt if there is any other way you can lead your life to its fullest potentials. And I am not sure you plan to die unsung. Your family, your workplace and your community are waiting for you to dream an impossible dream. It was Jesse Jackson that said, “We have removed the ceiling on our dreams; there are no more impossible dreams.” In essence, Jesse was saying, “We have chosen to make change our friend. Not just change, but impossible change.”
May that also be your decision today.
Your vision is not strong enough if it does not pave a new way in the wildness of life. It is not strong enough if does not present a new hope for humanity. Whether in the family, business or society, you can evolve a vision that changes the course of the present and steers it along a new and beneficial course.
In suggesting this, I am not underplaying the power of inertia. It is difficult to break away from tradition. But no nation has progressed while struggling to maintain tradition. Mankind had advanced when it had challenged old habits; it had excelled when it had broken from the past.
Think about it, what do you when current habits have failed to deliver on the promise of a better life for you and the community? Someone has suggested, “If you do not like the output; change the input.” Change is inevitable if we must move forward as a nation and as individuals. It takes the visionary leaders to lead themselves and their communities to an attractive future which is a radical departure from the present.
If you are content with maintaining the status quo; if you are only interested in holding to your ground; or if you are concerned about mere existence; you have had it. You will never mean much to yourself, to your family or to your community. The future belongs to those who appreciate our present but see the changes that we need to live successfully tomorrow. They are the inventors, the niche businessmen, the entrepreneurs, the social crusaders, the innovative professionals, the creative wives, the unconventional dads, the students with a deft touch… We need more of these ordinary people taking on extraordinary visions that point us to new habits and experiences that create lasting benefits and move us up on the social, economic and political planes.
Are you still afraid of developing an extraordinary vision? I hope not. I doubt if there is any other way you can lead your life to its fullest potentials. And I am not sure you plan to die unsung. Your family, your workplace and your community are waiting for you to dream an impossible dream. It was Jesse Jackson that said, “We have removed the ceiling on our dreams; there are no more impossible dreams.” In essence, Jesse was saying, “We have chosen to make change our friend. Not just change, but impossible change.”
May that also be your decision today.
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