The best way into the future

"The Indian scout was sent ahead to view the horizon. We need more horizon leaders looking for the best way into the future.” -- Conway Stone

It is hard to be a leader. People like to laugh at you. They criticize everything you do and don’t do. Often you will have a vision or an idea that is ahead of where people are and they have trouble following you. People say, “It’s Ok to march to the beat of a different drummer.” What they really mean is “as long as it is not too different.”

Yet the world needs horizon leaders. People willing to look over the horizon and help us move forward. We need people who can organize people and projects, who can raise money and start businesses. We need horizon leaders. And there are great rewards. You can look back and see what you have done. You can help people grow. You can make a difference.

Quote of the day
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream." --- Mark Twain, [Samuel Langhornne Clemens] (1835-1910)