VISUALISE AND REALISE

Helen Keller has observed, I would rather be blind, than have no vision. !hose who
"an see in a visionar# wa# be"o$e trul# su""ess%ul. &reat 'eo'le are attra"ted to
(reat ideas. &enius too %inds a ho$e where enthusias$ and 'ossibilit# lin) ar$s.
*hat 'aths would #ou li)e to (o down+ Adventures in livin( are not livin( to %arawa#
'la"es. !he# are at #our own doorste'. ,ou $ust have a drea$. I% #ou don-t have a
drea$, how #ou are (oin( to $a)e it "o$e true+
*here does a vision "o$e %ro$+ Vision 'ro"ess has %our "o$'onents. "risis,
in%or$ation, serendi'it#, and intuition.
I%, in the $iddle o% a "hallen(e #ou (et totall# involved in the 'roble$, be o'en to
un%oreseen 'ossibilities, and learn to listen on the inside.
Hardshi' "an )no") #ou out o% #our "o$%ort /one and (ive #ou the $otivation to see)
a solution. 0or so$e, the i$'etus is loss o% a 1ob, %or others it is loss o% a loved one.
*hatever the "risis, it serves as a wa)e2u' "all. It "o$'els #ou to e3a$ine what #ou
are doin(, wh# #ou are doin( it, and how #ou are (oin( to (o on.
,ou are %or"ed to o'en #our e#es and stare in the %a"e o% #our "urrent realit#. !he
"risis "reates the ener(# #ou need to 4uestion the status quo, and to 'ro'el #ou
%orward. *ith te"hnolo(# and 1ob s)ills in a %lu3, $an# are e3'erien"in( "rises. So$e
are %inan"ial, so$e are e$otional, so$e are 'ro%essional, and so$e are 'ersonal.
5ost 'eo'le who are out2'la"ed, downsi/ed, or dis'la"ed %ro$ their 1obs are a"tuall#
ha''ier a%terwards, althou(h not initiall#. Even when the# are $a)in( less $one#,
ulti$atel# the# are ha''ier.
Important
!he "rises in #our li%e "an $ean new be(innin(s. 6ut #ou have to be willin( to ste'
outside o% #our "o$%ort /one, or be shoved out o% our "o$%ort /ones be%ore #ou usuall#
loo) around %or new solutions.
So$eti$es #our res'onses are li)e those in the table about the little "hild who had
never tal)ed. !he 'arents su%%ered the 'roble$ until one $ornin( the bo# loo)ed at his
'arents and announ"ed, !he e((s are "old7
8arents loo)ed u'. *hat did #ou sa#+ He re'eated, !he e((s are "old.
!he# lea'ed u'. ,ou "an tal)9it-s a $ira"le7 *hen did #ou start tal)in(+ :h, I-ve
alwa#s been able to tal), the bo# re'lied. 6ut until now ever#thin( has been 1ust
%ine7
Dr ;.S. 6runer o% National A"ade$# o% S"ien"es, USA, who has $ade e3tensive
e3'eri$ents in this %ield, sa#s that one o%ten solves 'roble$s throu(h intuitive
thin)in(. Intuitive thin)in(, a""ordin( to hi$, ta)es a $ental short2"ut. It is di%%erent
%ro$ lo(i"al thin)in( in whi"h one (oes a ste' a ti$e. !he s"ientists, the writer, the
"o$'oser, in %a"t, all those en(a(ed in "reative a"tivit#, have a")nowled(ed the vital
hel' the# have (ot at ti$es %ro$ the intuitive %lash whi"h "o$es li)e li(htnin( and
illu$inates the $ind.
Intuitive thin)in( is s'ontaneous. It "annot be %or"ed. Nor "an it be turned o%% or on at
will. *hen %or"ed, it re%uses to %un"tion at all.
Genuine
He has an interest in aestheti"s. His e3'ression is $ar)ed b# a rare brevit# and "larit#.
He is a stron( individualist, not (iven to see)in( se"urit#. He is willin( and read# to
ris), ro$anti"all#, $entall# as well as 'h#si"all#.
Dee' e$otional involve$ent in whatever he ha''ens to be doin( is his hall2$ar). He
is neither a%raid o% his %eelin(s nor those o% others. He throws and a""e'ts "hallen(es
readil#. He is eas# in his un"onventionalit#. He ta)es "riti"is$ in his stride.
!hose who thin) the# are intuitive but, in %a"t, are not, are in a di%%erent "lass. !he#
are wild (uessers. !he# are usuall# an3ious and sense, "#ni"al and obstinate. In their
4uest %or intuitiveness, the# a"t un"onventional. In short, the# are driven to be
di%%erent.
In the third "ate(or# are those who are not intuitive at all. !he# are "onvention2ridden
and "au(ht in ruts. !he# seldo$ (o o%% the tan(ent in their 'ersonal or so"ial
behaviour. !he# never a"t on i$'ulse.
It is 'ossible %or a 'erson to )now whether he is intuitive or not. He should )ee' tra")
o% his hun"hes and see whether these "o$e out true. S"orin( a hi(h 'er"enta(e o%
su""ess, will assure hi$ o% havin( the intuitive 'ower.
Another ele$ent that o%ten "ontributes to the un"overin( o% a vision is serendi'it#. ,ou
want to learn what #our o'tions are be%ore #ou "hoose a 'ath, but in the 'ro"ess #ou
$a# end u' "reatin( new o'tions. It is easier to identi%# new o'tions i% #ou believe
new alternatives are 'ossible, even i%, at the ti$e, #ou don-t )now what the# are.
As #ou "onsider new 'ossibilities, #ou $ust be o'en to the une3'e"ted. !he solutions
#ou %ind $i(ht not be ones #ou had ever drea$ed 'ossible. !hose who a"t with this
orientation are said to e3'erien"e serendi'it#.
Choice
5a)e #our "hoi"e. &oal $ust be rea"hed i% #our a"tivities and a"tions are to have
%o"us< i% #our 'assion is routed towards worth# out"o$es.
:ne =E: sa#s, *hen we %a"e a "risis, I (et all the data I "an (et< I (et all the
in%or$ation I "an "olle"t that bears on the 'roble$. !hen I 'a# the 'ri"e, b# doin( $#
ho$ewor), b# resear"hin( ever#thin( I "an that relates to the issue. At the sa$e ti$e
I )ee' the door o'en to new, un%oreseen o'tions. 0inall#, I sit in $# o%%i"e, all alone,
and 'ush all o% the do"u$ents awa#.
!hen...+ I don-t )now how to des"ribe this other than I 1ust listen on the inside. And i% I
don-t (et that tin(l# %eelin( on the ba") o% $# ne") I don-t do it. !his 'ro"ess has
seldo$ %ailed $e.
!his intuitive sensin( is di%%erent %ro$ lo(i", in%or$ation, serendi'it#. I% #ou 1ust sit
around waitin( %or war$, enli(htenin( %eelin(s, #ou $a# be %ired or lo")ed u'. 6ut
when the inner i$'ression "o$es a%ter resear"h, thou(ht, intros'e"tion, and the
"o$$it$ent to o'enness, it "an be 'ower%ul, 'assionate and a "on%ir$in( e3'erien"e.
Best Bet
,our %uture is not (oin( to de'end on e"ono$i" "onditions or outside in%luen"e or
"ir"u$stan"es over whi"h #ou have no "ontrol. ,our %uture is (oin( to de'end on #our
own 'ur'ose in li%e7
,our 'ur'ose in li%e is #our (uidin( vision. It is not ne"essar# to "reate or loo) %or
"rises in 'ursuit o% a vision. =rises see$ to %ind us, i% we are in the thi") o% li%e-s
"hallen(es. As the# o""ur, "olle"t all the in%or$ation #ou "an, be o'en to 'reviousl#
une3'e"ted 'ossibilities, and be re"e'tive to ins'iration and intuition in their $an#
%or$s. I% #ou want to in%luen"e others, "lari%# and "ultivate #our own vision.
A#n Rand has noted, !hrou(hout histor#, brave $en and wo$en have (one down
new 'aths ar$ed with nothin( $ore than their own vision.
Are #ou willin( to (o down new 'aths, and not 1ust drea$ about the$+ It is said,
5an# have the abilit# to loo) at events and trends and des"ribe a %uture state.
However, %ew are willin( to ta)e the ris)s o% a"tin( on that vision unless the "urrent
state is bad. !o re%or$ or "han(e ta"ti"s when thin(s are wor)in(, based on #our
vision o% the %uture, re4uires "oura(e.
Risks
=oura(e $eans that #ou are willin( to ta)e ris)s. *alter 6. *riston, %or$er =itiban)
"hair$an and one o% the $ost ad$ired business$en o% $odern ti$es, wrote about ris)
in the "onte3t o% (overnan"e and e"ono$i"s. His observations %ro$ a worldl#2wise
'la"e %ro$ whi"h to develo' an understandin( o% the ne"essit# and 'ower o% ta)in(
a''ro'riate ris)s. 8onder his belie%s develo'ed over a li%eti$e o% su""ess%ul business,
and 'eo'le.
8la# it sa%e< i% there was ever a 'res"ri'tion %or 'rodu"in( a dis$al %uture, that has to
be it. Un"ertaint# is o''ortunit# to $a)e the world a better 'la"e. I% we observe the
world around us, 'eo'le as individuals see) out ris). !he $odel %or 'er'etual $otion is
the $arria(e o% $ana(e$ent with entre'reneurshi'. !his re4uires the willin(ness to
ta)e ris)s.
I% wa(es "o$e %ro$ wor), rent %ro$ real estate, and interest %ro$ savin(s9where do
'ro%its "o$e %ro$+ 8ro%its "o$e %ro$ ris). *e $ust be willin( to ta)e ris)s9
"al"ulated, deliberate, %aith2%illed ris)s. *e %eel sa%er i% we sta# in the 'a"), sta# in the
$ainstrea$, not $a)in( waves7