Monday, April 4, 2011

Your Vision vs Your Future

    As the video portrayed, the idea to have a vision for your future followed by an action so it can have a substance in reality down the road is the engine which motive individual towards their  goals.  Sometimes a person can dream as far as to rich a stars, but there is an unseen power of destiny that intervene to pull one out or to push one forward, so often we referred to it as “ it meant to be that way..” and this was not the aim of the video. Of course a person must be and stays positive regardless of the circumstances that may shift ones goals to a different direction. Soccer was my dream and my goal since I can tell how old I am. I grew up such goal in society that left with no right to dream higher more than the wall surrounding it house or home! .In any case , my first step was to engage in professional team so I can move forward which I was able to  do when I was in high school. Unfortunately I was not able to continue because it has conflict schedule with my school and I made decision to stay in school instead of dedicating all my time to my dream. See here is an obstacle that pooled one out from his/her main goal’s path.
      Well, navigation was my second dream I was looking forward to grasp because travelling around the world was my goal and still, so working in commercial ship or cruise ship is a great opportunity for me to see the world. So I went to Antwerp Navigation School (25 miles north of Brussels) but my financial situation was deeply falling which forced for me to withdraw completely. These are my two main personal goals I was looking for to reach.  
  One historian said: “if you want to be the way you want to be, then stay where you are, and if you want to be somebody else you come to America”. Indeed it is where you can be somebody else in many different ways, but you have to made a decision so you can have a destination then you can draw your plan
(or your direction) towards your future.  I decided once to go into restaurant business and I invested my saving in opening one in Brooklyn. Then I realized that Manhattan is more likely to expend my business without considering the risk of such business that  required a big capital. so I did open one in Hills kitchen area where competition is -no joke- required strong management skills which –in part- I was qualified for. My long years of experience in restaurant business was not enough .However, I still attend to restart again this business when I have the  necessary resources for it. Knowledge in business is one of these resources which I’m about to grasp throughout my college career. I'm willing to work hard in accomplishing my goal ande enjoying my way in moving forwards to it as much as I can.

  Again management is life learning ......

4 comments:

  1. I support your want for traveling! I have not traveled a lot and in 2 weeks it's going to be my first trip to Europe. I'm really excited and I believe that this vision plan for you to travel will make you very well-rounded and versatile.

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  2. One of my goals also is travelling around world. I have a plan to go Europe before graduating school even though i have a finacial problem. I think If we have a vision we can do anything becasuea a vision give us positive power. I believe that your goals,especially secnd dream, for which you are looking can achieve because you have a visoin.

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  3. I guess it's always good to have a second goal in life in case the first one doesn't work out. I always had one goal at a time, and if that didn't work out, I would try to plan another goal from scratch.

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  4. You know, Raymond, Having a second goal is good only if it will not interfere unenthusiastically or diverges you from your main goal. More important is to never give up and we have to move forwards towards the future.

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