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I’m sitting here in my study as I write, drinking coffee, and thinking. Not daydreaming. Not wasting time. Not worrying. Simply thinking. One of my best habits. Mostly I’m thinking about the importance of having a sense of mission and then staying true to it. It’s not easy though.

I’ve found that the bigger I dream, the more obstacles I face. My mission in life is pretty straightforward: I want to help human beings become extraordinary and organisations get to world class. I have such passion to realise that dream and do my part to make this world a better place. This isn’t just a business to me — it’s my calling. But the higher I reach, the more I get tested. Sound familiar?

But challenges are good. We grow through them. We are most alive amidst danger. Papa Wallenda-the great high wire walker said it so well: “Life is lived out on the wire. The rest is just waiting.” The wisest among us — the genuine leaders — smile in the face of adversity. They understand that life tests the big dreamers — the passionate revolutionaries.

It’s almost like a weeding-out process-only the strong (and the best) get to live their heartsong. I love what Amazon. com founder Jeff Bezos once said: “I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”
So I’ll rise above any resistance I meet. I’ll keep my eyes on the dream. I’ll stay on message and solidly on mission. Because this world belongs to us dreamers-you and me. And whether we ultimately win or not, we will have made a difference. And that’s good enough for me.