After listening to hundreds of personal and organizational stories over the years, I have begun to form a hypothesis that goes like this:
"The only difference between people who achieve big or small visions is that those who achieve bigger visions believe they are worthy of achieving bigger visions."It all seems to come down to belief.
Someone was commenting the other day that a big CEO was hired because he had "an awesome rolodex", meaning he had all kinds of juicy connections that the hiring Board thought would be advantageous. After ten years though, the CEO's alleged file of connections had not produced any fruit. What happened?
What I learned was that the CEO came in and found an organization that didn't believe it was worthy of a big vision. All they wanted was to protect their historical significance. So, there was no entry point for his "rolodex" to connect. People with big vision don't tend to connect with people with small vision.
My desire is to have a vision for my life that aligns with the gifts, capacity, and experiences that I have been afforded... To leave behind a world that, like a campsite, is cleaner then I found it… a world of people living on purpose and using their gifts and talents for the greater good… a world connected by a common concern for the future and the belief that all people are resourceful and whole with the capacity to love and be loved.
I know how easy it is to slip into complacency and comfort. My desire then is to stay on my edge, to stay in what makes life challenging and sometimes uncomfortable, to continue the pursuit of the uncertain outcome.
What about you?
Onward!
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