John Maxwell has said, “A leader sees farther than others. A leaders sees more than others.” However, when Nick Vujicic said, “Our plan is to be in Nigeria in 2018”, John’s words have never been clearer.
What will you be doing four or five years from now? Nick knows what he will be doing. He will be in Nigeria. In fact he has a plan to visit and speak in several African countries in 2018.
It made me think about my plans. I can confess I do not have concrete plans that stretch four or five years in the future. But I would also guess that very few of us do. Nick Vujicic does.
It has made me think, and I hope it is making you think too.
Nick is a very driven, focused, determined person. His goal is to reach and speak to 7 billion people. He is determined to change the world, to make a difference.
Where is your focus? What is your message for the world. We are not Nick. Our message is different, but just as important. Nick said it himself. We are as influential as him. We can touch people he can’t touch.
One of Nick’s points from his talk with us was to “Dream Bigger”. Nick dreams big, but it is not just a dream. Nick follows through. He is turning his dream to reality. He is planning five and ten years into the future. It is so important to have plans and goals. For big dreams, you need big plans that cover the future of that dream.
We all need to dream big. We need to follow that dream by mapping our plan and working our plan. I want to be as driven and purposeful as Nick, and now I have more insight on how thinking big becomes real.