Pursuit

Author: (USA) D. Michael Yeager, John Mason / Country:
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: One cannot see things and it is not a tragedy: One cannot see vision and it is a big tragedy. — Helen Keller
We all have the potential and opportunity to succeed. A life of no productivity requires the same effort as a productive life. Doing the right thing often costs more than doing nothing. Millions of people live in self-imposed prisons, aimless — and this is only because they have not yet decided what they want to do with their lives.
Many people do not understand the relationship between wrong decisions and destiny. (Ken Huber) The Bible also says in Proverbs, "Without vision, the people perish." Your misfortune is not that you cannot see things, but that you cannot see vision.
The duty of a leader is to look to the future. He is not concerned with the present state of the organization but with what it will become in the future. If you spend more time on the past and present than on thinking and planning for the future, then the life you are living now is likely what you will continue to live. Based on the degree to which a person focuses on their destiny, you can predict their future.
The heaviest burden in life is having no burden. A person's influence depends on the cause they live for and the price they are willing to pay for it. If Americans need anything more than anything else now, it is more dreams and more vision.
Your vision controls your future. Those who cannot see vision will not realize vision. Once you see vision, you will see more of what you want, and that will be your next vision. However, to get there, you need transportation. With a clear picture, the impossible becomes possible. All the success in my life has manifested itself only after I had a clear picture. How did I and Petty get to where we are now? We had a vision of what we wanted to achieve. We read books, and we looked for mentors in them because we had no one to rely on, no one to guide us, no one to help us, and no one who had the success we wanted. Therefore, we had to make our own plans and rely on the power of prayer. God ultimately took control of the situation.
Many people no longer expect good results; they only hope to avoid bad results. Too many people hear the knock of opportunity, but by the time they break the chains, turn the latch, twist the lock, and turn off the alarm — the opportunity has already slipped away! There are too many people like this.
People often have too many ideas but not enough belief. Those who do not know where to go will certainly not reach the destination. Vision is like a treasure map marked with an "X" for the location. Vision shows the path to success, and only then do people move in the same direction. Will you mark out your path to success? Will you decide the direction you will take? There must be a Kennedy, there must be a Rockefeller, and your family must also have a rich person. Will it be you? Or will it be your descendants? Will you change your current financial situation for your family? With vision, you can do it!
Your vision must go beyond yourself. Learn to embrace grand dreams with openness. Only by taking on more than you can handle can you achieve everything you are capable of. Do not listen to people who say, "This is not possible." Do not listen to people who say, "You are taking too big a risk." Cultivate infinite tolerance. Do not pay attention to what others say is impossible.
Courage is the most important part of vision. If you dare not think, you will have no expectations. What you need is an idea, to live a creative life boldly.
" Dreams do not cost you anything, so imagining will never cost you more." (Dr. Robert Schuller, internationally renowned public speaker, motivational writer, and pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in California)
A single idea — a flash of insight — can be worth millions. Do not focus on the current state of things but on what they could become. Vision adds value to everything!
Use your imagination to visualize something you want to happen in your life, even a certain feeling you wish to have. Keep focusing on that idea, image, or feeling until they become reality. To visualize a specific future we want is to create that future in advance.
Without the courage to let the coast disappear from sight, new oceans will not be discovered. — André Gide (French writer and Nobel Prize laureate)
Without vision, the people perish. — Proverbs from the Bible
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