Purpose vs. Data

Never give up on what you really want to do.  The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. – Albert Einstein

Why?

What is it about “big dreams” that trumps having “all the facts?”

Facts, to some degree, are necessary, but they are indeed insufficient.

Without the emotional power of an authentic dream, there is nothing to actually move you.

And if you don’t move, if you don’t act, nothing changes.

Get clear on what you want, and gather the necessary facts, but don’t think that some mere data is going to 1) get you going or 2) keep you going when things get hard.

It won’t.

Dreams, clearly and authentically imagined, and intelligently chunked down to doable tasks is what works.

 

Similar Posts

  • Someday Never Comes

    There are seven days in a week and Someday isn’t one of them. – Unknown Whatever you want to do. Whatever you want to create. Whatever you want to become. Whatever relationship you want to start or repair. Begin now. Take some action now. The first step though, often isn’t the first step (at least…

  • One of the Beauties of Life

    It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely* try to help another without helping himself. – Emerson Everything is sticky, whether you’re generous or stingy, helpful and conniving, thoughtful or selfish, . . .  everything rubs off on you. Be very careful what you rub up against – whether it’s…

  • Why We Get Side-Tracked

    This Friday’s external resource is not a TED Talk, but instead from Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge blog. In a very interesting post Francesca Gino talks about how and why we get side-tracked. Why, despite out best efforts, we don’t follow though as we plan, or sometimes, not at all. Click here to read the post.

  • Creation or “Possession?”

    Creation is a better means of self-expression than possession; it is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed. – Vida Scudder I offer this for your contemplation. A mentor of mine is a big fan of “creation.” Meaning, it’s better to be creating than anything else. Not the sort of “creativity” that we so…

  • What is Fear?

    I was reading something from Michael Neill (his e-mail newsletter, if you’re curious) and he said something useful: fear is a function of the mind, not circumstance. So if fear is (just a) thought, and not anything real or tangible, then I can think differently. And not be afraid as much, or even anymore. I…