

“The single most significant factor, he realized, was a sense of future vision—the impelling conviction of those who were to survive that they had a mission to perform, some important work left to do.1 Survivors of POW camps in Vietnam and elsewhere have reported similar experiences: a compelling, future-oriented vision is the primary force that kept many of them alive.”
― First Things First
― First Things First

“As explorer, writer, and filmmaker Sir Laurens van der Post put it: We have to turn inwards, to look into ourselves; look into this container which is our soul; look and listen to it. Until you have listened in to that thing which is dreaming through you, in other words—answered the knock on the door in the dark, you will not be able to lift this moment in time in which we are imprisoned, back again into the level where the great act of creation is going on.”
― First Things First
― First Things First

“The greatest battles we fight are in the silent chambers of our own souls.”
― First Things First
― First Things First

“The Main Thing Is To Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing”
― First Things First
― First Things First

“Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.” –Steve Jobs”
― Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
― Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
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