A visionary wins

To be a visionary is to be a victor. Because one with vision has one’s target clear. And clarity of purpose means half the job already done, writes PP Wangchuk.

To be a visionary is to be a victor. Because one with vision has one’s target clear. And clarity of purpose means half the job already done.

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Karan Sondhi, author of five inspirational books, quotes Hellen Keller, replying to a query as to which fate was worse than blindness: “ To have sight with no vision”.

In Total Victory, Karan defines a visionary as one who can foresee tomorrow and plans to make a difference. Great men like Gandhi and Lincoln could shape history because their vision made the difference that could get amazing results. Their minds were not confined to day-to-day affairs and problems alone. They could see tomorrow’s welfare in how we behave and work today. They had the vision to sow the seeds so that their successors could have a better future.

The difference between a visionary and an ordinary person is told through a beautiful story.

Two persons offered to supply water to a village hit by water shortage. While the stronger one used buckets, the other supplied water through a pipeline from the source. The former got tired soon and gave up, but the latter could relax and yet earn a lot of money.

The point, therefore, is that all great achievements have dreams at their roots. Planning with dogged pursuit is the way to go about. Only then one can step onto the ladder of success.