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Dream Big Dreams
By Andrew Wood
When Walt Disney sought financial backing to open a theme park in
Orange County, California, no one was interested in lending him money.
They thought he was crazy. "Mickey Mouse!" Are you kidding?
You can bet that IBM didn't feel threatened when Stephen Jobs, of
Apple Computer, began to compete with them, working in his garage.
Ross Perot started a billion dollar company with $1,000.
Richard Branson developed Virgin Airways and a global media empire in
just ten years, starting with under $10,000.
Ray Kroc was a paper cup salesman when he decided, aged 54, to buy a
hamburger stand owned by the MacDonald brothers.
Everybody laughed at Fred Smith when he founded a company called
Federal Express that would deliver letters and packages overnight.
The moral for any leader, salesman, manager, executive, or
entrepreneur is clear. It's not the money, it's not the age, and it's
certainly not what others think can happen. The foundation for
leadership success, be it in sports, business, or life in general is
dreaming big dreams and turning those dreams into a vision.
As Walt Disney said, "If you can dream it you can do it."
When a business starts without big dreams and a vision to go with
them, it has no direction, no vitality, and none of the driving force
needed to achieve success in the marketplace. Just as when a business
achieves success and then fails to dream bigger dreams, it soon
becomes bogged down in mediocrity. Legendary Leaders are by nature big
dreamers, goals setters, planners and action-oriented.
They take their dream, find their message and boil it down to its
essence so it?s easy to repeat, comprehend and get others to buy into.
Because of this, they act with a sense of destiny that helps build
some of the other factors necessary for Legendary, including
confidence and decisiveness. This in turn contributes to their
communication skills, charisma and trust.
Best Regards
Barkha Jain
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