Vision 2
IDEAS RULE the world and ideas have consequences. My name is Abiodun Fijabi and I welcome you to Leading Right.
The world stands on falls on the vision of its inhabitants. No nation develops beyond the visions of its people. When a society is threatened by the challenges it faces, the best place to look is usually the last. When a life has reached a brick wall, our prescriptions for change are usually wrong. When a business is down and almost out, we are forced to look for easy answers. Far too quickly, we reduce the solution to the challenges in our marriages to following a few steps to success. Nations in turmoil so often look outside the shores of their lands to find help. In our desperate search for solutions, we look for more money and more aids. Some cosmetic changes here. Some quick-fix solutions there. When, in pragmatic terms, what we need is to reawaken the visionary in us and provide an atmosphere for our visions to germinate and produce fruits.
Without a clear vision, men and communities embrace the status quo. We become slaves to maintaining traditions and customs and watch as others match unto a glorious future. We do not have two worlds and the only one we have is ruled by the men and women of vision. Because ideas rule the world; the visionaries are the kings. The world belongs to the men and women who help us create a better future. Our today is a product of yesterday’s vision or lack of it. Today’s visionaries will determine the course of events in our world tomorrow. You do not need the stargazers to determine the future of your life, marriage, business or community. There is just one place to look: the vision that occupies your mind today. Your future is as good as the vision you have in your heart today.
And ideas have consequences. One man’s idea can take the world to a new level as evidenced in the information technology revolution kick started by Bill Gates. Another man’s idea can have an overwhelming negative effect on all of us. The world is obviously less safe than it was before Bin Ladin came to the scene. The most dreaded Al-Qaeda is the idea of one man.
Lack of vision also has consequences. The Bible says, without vision the people perish. It is a calamity not to dream. A life without vision is a life in peril. Only vision guarantees survival – be it of a life, family, business or nation.
Would you take a moment to reexamine your life and the contributions you are making to the society? Does your life show a clear vision? Can you say with confidence what you have been created for? And are you taking steps to reach that desirable end that you have pictured in your mind about yourself and your community? If you have answered in the negative, the time has come to take a hold of your future and that of your community by creating a mental image of a beneficial future for yourself and others. You can do it. Everyone can do it.
The world stands on falls on the vision of its inhabitants. No nation develops beyond the visions of its people. When a society is threatened by the challenges it faces, the best place to look is usually the last. When a life has reached a brick wall, our prescriptions for change are usually wrong. When a business is down and almost out, we are forced to look for easy answers. Far too quickly, we reduce the solution to the challenges in our marriages to following a few steps to success. Nations in turmoil so often look outside the shores of their lands to find help. In our desperate search for solutions, we look for more money and more aids. Some cosmetic changes here. Some quick-fix solutions there. When, in pragmatic terms, what we need is to reawaken the visionary in us and provide an atmosphere for our visions to germinate and produce fruits.
Without a clear vision, men and communities embrace the status quo. We become slaves to maintaining traditions and customs and watch as others match unto a glorious future. We do not have two worlds and the only one we have is ruled by the men and women of vision. Because ideas rule the world; the visionaries are the kings. The world belongs to the men and women who help us create a better future. Our today is a product of yesterday’s vision or lack of it. Today’s visionaries will determine the course of events in our world tomorrow. You do not need the stargazers to determine the future of your life, marriage, business or community. There is just one place to look: the vision that occupies your mind today. Your future is as good as the vision you have in your heart today.
And ideas have consequences. One man’s idea can take the world to a new level as evidenced in the information technology revolution kick started by Bill Gates. Another man’s idea can have an overwhelming negative effect on all of us. The world is obviously less safe than it was before Bin Ladin came to the scene. The most dreaded Al-Qaeda is the idea of one man.
Lack of vision also has consequences. The Bible says, without vision the people perish. It is a calamity not to dream. A life without vision is a life in peril. Only vision guarantees survival – be it of a life, family, business or nation.
Would you take a moment to reexamine your life and the contributions you are making to the society? Does your life show a clear vision? Can you say with confidence what you have been created for? And are you taking steps to reach that desirable end that you have pictured in your mind about yourself and your community? If you have answered in the negative, the time has come to take a hold of your future and that of your community by creating a mental image of a beneficial future for yourself and others. You can do it. Everyone can do it.
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