We’ve let ourselves be neutered of any real desire or grand
ambitions for change by heeding the advice of the “realists” and the standard
bearers of the status quo, who tell us to set 'smart' goals.
But these types of attainable goals never spark the
imagination or fire the will.
We are now a culture flooded with goals and spreadsheets and
work plans that inspire no heart, no drive, no courage.
I say, you want to change?
Then do not, under any circumstances, allow yourself to
settle on a vision or a calling or a change in any arena that is uninspiring.
If you’re going to have clarity on something in your life,
make it something so big and bright and meaningful that you will get out of bed
and chase it until you grasp it or die.
Bring forth a desire that knows no safe boundaries and even
scares you a little bit, that will demand all the best that is in you, that
takes you out of your own orbit and into the stratosphere of the remarkable.
That kind of desire changes your life, and it changes the
world.