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Category Archives: 6: Create an Inspiring Vision

These posts contain extracts from the chapter, real-world examples, and other related material.

Star in your own Oscars

Posted on February 23, 2015 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Oscars

Once a year, every year, the world turns to Hollywood to find out which was the best movie of the year, who was the best actor, the best director, and so on. Continue Reading →

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The Churning: Making happen what you want instead

Posted on November 14, 2014 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Noam Chomsky

“As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted by consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they please, and those who survive will Continue Reading →

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Seven building blocks of an inspiring vision

Posted on November 11, 2014 by The Churning — Leave a reply
JFK We choose to go to the moon in this decade

Great visions are never easy. When John F Kennedy committed his country to take an astronaut to the moon, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration had no idea how to achieve Continue Reading →

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Teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea

Posted on November 4, 2014 by The Churning — Leave a reply
If you want to build a ship teach people to long for the endless immensity of the sea

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pioneering aviator who died in 1944, on active service somewhere over the Mediterranean. He understood the power of vision. Giving direct orders might Continue Reading →

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Seven building blocks of an inspiring vision

Posted on October 29, 2014 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Martin Luther King Jr

As I work on Chapter 6, I have uncovered seven key building blocks required to “Create an Inspiring Vision”. Used in different orders, to varying degrees, these seven building blocks seem Continue Reading →

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Vision makes the difference…

Posted on October 28, 2014 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Are people laying bricks or building a cathedral

Vision is what makes the difference between ‘laying bricks’ and ‘building a cathedral’. Vision is what gets people out of bed each day, to do the tasks that build the long Continue Reading →

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The people who change the world…

Posted on October 24, 2014 by The Churning — Leave a reply
People who change the world seem crazy, until they are right and then they are geniuses

Don’t waste time trying to over-define your vision. And don’t waste time trying to convince everyone about it. The bigger your project, the more different it will be from what exists Continue Reading →

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Create an inspiring vision

Posted on October 22, 2014 by The Churning — Leave a reply
If you are working on something exciting you don't have to be pushed the vision pulls you Steve Jobs

As I start to work on Chapter 6, the reason why it matters is obvious. “If you are working on something exciting, that you really care about, you don’t have to Continue Reading →

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“The Easy Ride”

Posted on July 30, 2014 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Seth Godin

As Seth Godin posted yesterday, “We know what you want to accomplish. We know how you’d like everything to turn out. “But the real question is, what are you willing to push Continue Reading →

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