Vision Vision is our ability to see beyond present. It resides in hopes and dreams. It expands our horizon and reframes our world. It is through process of visioning that we make experiences, as we want then to be.

All of us have vision. Some are dreams; some are hopes and others come to us as expectations. But what’s important is to understand that they all have a sense of possibility impregnated in them. Even though we do not know but it resides in it. Vision has power to change and coupled with strong purpose and aligned values anyone can do miracles as miracles are nothing but a possibility of impossible.

“Another way of viewing our way home is to describe our universe as a big jigsaw puzzle, with a unique shape cut out for very living being, little space in cosmos that only one person can fill. The miracle comes when, as you find your place in jigsaw puzzle, you form pattern for me to find mine. We serve each other powerfully by finding our place” Alan Cohen

In this respect, success in speaking takes much same course as success in any other field. It requires intense belief in what one is doing and motivation, based upon that belief, to stay committed to doing whatever it legitimately takes.

No doubt some mistakes will be made along way. I once told Sherry that I knew I would make it in speaking business because I had already tried and discarded everything that wouldn't work. But, I never quit trying. The dream had me, and I had dream.

BARBER-OSOPHY: To succeed in any worthwhile endeavor: (1) Know what you're doing, (2) be natural while doing it, (3) believe in what you're doing, (4) be willing to do whatever it takes, (5) and don't be afraid to make mistakes.

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