We must become the change we want to see

Mahatma Gandhi

Tain't the things we don't know that makes us so ignorant. It's the things we know. That ain't so most of us dislike changes and we oppose them in most cases. Every improvement ever made was done so reluctantly Nothing new is considered practical or possible until someone with broader vision than our own does the things that can't be done and gets better results by methods that won't work

Little Lulu Comic Strip circa 1959

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather the wood, divide the work, and give the orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

Antoine de Saint Exupery

1. Crystallize your thinking – Determine what specific goal you want to achieve.  Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader.
2. Develop a plan for achieving your goal, and a deadline for its attainment – Plan your progress carefully; hour by hour, day by day, month by month.  Organized activity and enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power.
3. Develop a sincere desire for the things you want in life – A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action.  The desire for success implants “success consciousness,” which in turn creates a vigorous and ever-increasing “habit of success.”
4. Develop supreme confidence in yourself and your own abilities – Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat.  Concentrate on your strengths instead of your weaknesses… on your powers, instead of your problems.
5. Develop a dogged determination to follow through on your plan, regardless of obstacles, criticism, or circumstances or what other people say, think or do – Opportunities never come to those who wait; they are captured by those who dare to attack.