Dare To Think Differently
Posted on June 02, 2009 by Ronald T. Brown, Ph.D.
“Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.” - Robert Jarvik
Leaders pioneer and initiate change. Leaders do not follow the traditional paths of life. They instead create new paths that bring the future into the present. This is because leaders see what others do not, they dare to think differently.
** Because of their willingness to think in a new way, visionaries often experience resistance from many with closed minds. Consider the following…
“The flight be machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible” – Simon Newcomb, an astronomer of some note, 1902
“It is an idle dream to imagine that . . . automobiles will take the place of railways in the long distance movement . . of passengers.” – American Road Congress, 1913
“The odds are now that the United States will not be able to honor the 1970 manned-lunar-landing date set by Mr. Kennedy.” – New Scientist, April 30, 1964
“There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.” – Ken Olsen, president Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
** Dare to Think Differently!
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