“A vividness, a certain force, accompanies the spoken word – especially if earnestly, vehemently uttered – which is not apparent to many in merely thinking about what the words express.”

Orison Swett Marden
‘Pushing to the Front’, (1911)

"If you don't understand your core motivation, you won't know what's driving your engine, which means that you won't know what buttons to push to rev up the power you need to get to the next level."

Dr. Doug Hirschhorn
'8 Ways to Great', (2010)

"You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year."

Henry Ford

“Vision in Three Aspects

1 Worldview: Vision as a Way of Seeking.
2. Perception: The Vision to See What Is Going On.
3. Imagination: the Vision to See What Could Be.”

Laurence G. Boldt
'ZEN and the art of making a living', (2009)

"If you want to reach a goal, you must "see the reaching" in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal."

Zig Ziglar
American Author, Salesman, & Motivational Speaker, (1926-2012)

To Inspire a Shared Vision

1. Determine what you care about, what drives you, where your passions lie
2. Make a list of all the things you want to accomplish and ask yourself, Why?
3. Use your past experiences as clues for understanding key themes in your life and understanding what you find worthwhile
4. Be curious about what is going on around you, especially things that aren't working well
5. Ask What's Next? about every project long before it's completed
6. Spend time thinking and finding out about the future
7. Listen to your constituents about what is important to their future
8. Involve others in crafting what could be possible...don't make it a top-down process
9. Weave together your own hopes and dreams with those of your constituents
10. Get people on the same page, the same path about where you all are going
11. Elevate what you and others are doing from a job to a calling

Kouzes & Posner
'The Leadership Challenge', (2012)

"Your subconscious mind cannot tell the difference between a real experience and one that is vividly imagined."

Dr. Maxwell Maltz

“Colleagues say that while Bush understands thoroughly the complexities of issues, he does not easily fit them into larger themes,” Ajemian wrote. “This has led to the charge that he lacks vision. It rankles him. Recently he asked a friend to help him identify some cutting issues for next year’s campaign. Instead, the friend suggested that Bush go alone to Camp David for a few days to figure out where he wanted to take the country. ‘Oh,’ said Bush in clear exasperation, ‘the vision thing.’ The friend’s advice did not impress him.”

TIME Magazine, January 26, 1987 article by journalist Robert Ajemian exploring the topic of VISION. It was titled “Where Is the Real George Bush?” [i.e., George H.W. Bush]

"Jim Stovall is not happy that he went blind but he knows that many blessings flow from his illness. He says, "I've had sight and I've had vision. Sight is a precious gift. Sight tells you where you are, what's around you, but vision is infinitely more valuable because vision tells you where you could be and what is possible. Enjoy your sight but treasure your vision.""


Greg S. Reid
'Stickability - The Power of Perseverance', (2013)

“You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.”

Alvin Toffler, (born 1928)
Author, 'Future Shock', (1970)

"Out of our years of experimenting and experience we learned one basic thing about bringing pleasure and knowledge to people of all ages and conditions which goes to the very roots of public communication. That is this-the power of relating facts, as well as fables, in story form."

Walt Disney

"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams."

John Barrymore - American Actor
(1882-1942)