Just Believe, And It Shall Happen...

The future intrigues me very much and there is not a day that passes by when I do not think about my future for extended periods of time. It has been said in the video that was shown during the lecture that a vision without action is just simply a dream, and I always fear that this is valid for my case. I am afraid that dreaming is all that I am doing presently due to the lack of keen understanding of the necessary steps to transform my visions into realistic gains. At the same time, however, I am just glad today that I can even dream while many others do not have the luxury to.
Recently, I have learned an important lesson in life. This lesson is that one's happiness is only dependent on those individuals around him/her. A very simple lesson indeed. However, learning via experience allowed me not only to just simply comprehend this lesson intellectually but also feel it emotionally which embeds this lesson much more deeply into my core. Therefore, the first vision that I would like to share with everyone is my vision of family. A lovely wife and gorgeous children. Unfortunately, human relations is something that cannot be solved mathematically so I do not have any set plans to make this vision into a reality.
The next vision only exists to supplement my first, and greatest, vision of family. Many people define being rich as having a surplus of capital and wealth. I define being rich a little differently. To me, a man who has a million dollars in his pocket is not rich, but a man who can consistantly find one-hundred thousand dollars without trouble every year is. Being rich implies that the individual can circulate his/her wealth so that it always returns to him/her in the end. A steady flow of income with a limited amount of work is a beautiful thing, and that is my second vision. A very good balance of work and life so I can always be physically present for my family. To make this vision into a reality, I plan to save aggressively early on to invest those savings into assets that will yield steady periodic incomes.
The last vision that I would like to share with everyone is my vision of the true meaning of success. Of course this is highly subjective. To me, a man who reaches success while his closest loved ones linger behind will never be happy. Therefore, my last vision is that should I ever become successful, then I will work hard to bring my friends and family with me to that same success. In the end, my family and friends' happiness is my own so in order for me to be truly satisfied, then everyone I love must be happy. A little farfetched but it is my vision and I believe it can be done!