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Cass TellWhile waiting in airports during international business travel Cass Tell began to write stories on a laptop. This passion became a vision to leave the corporate... |
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John SchluterRecently John Schluter turned over the management of his coffee trading company to a family member and then embarked on a vision to relieve poverty among the rural poor in Africa. Reading Bring Your Vision to Life helped him articulate his vision... |
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Chris HillChris Hill saw the need for a different kind of exotic holiday experience, one that blends sight seeing with the opportunity to take part in Community Development projects, where tourists can interact meaningfully with local people. Chris took our Soul of the Entrepreneur seminar. It began by asking "what if?"... |
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Kent McClainAs a Christian educator, Kent McClain realized the need for adults to teach life wisdom and spiritual truths to the children in their care. This led to a personal vision that is evolving into a work that is providing significant support to parents all over the world |
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Phil SchluterA lot of traditional habits can build up in 150 years in a family owned coffee trading company. When Phil Schluter became the managing director, his vision was to transform the company while keeping the excellent reputation and valuable relationships it has built up with its suppliers and buyers; and to keep its Christian values. Schluter S.A. has become the premier supplier of gourmet African coffee |
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Anna ElkinsAnna Elkins, a poet, artist and editor had a desire to write her own books. As the lead editor of Bring Your Vision To Life she had the opportunity to work through the concepts in the book on her own. The book helped articulate her dream and to structure her writing project. She has completed the first draft of her new novel, a lovely story about triumph over fear |
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Linus MorrisIt started fifteen years ago when Linus Morris was deeply convicted when he saw the dying church in Europe. It became a vision where entire cities and nations could be impacted with the gospel through the multiplication of high-impact churches. Today Christian Associates International has started multiple churches in over sixteen countries in Europe with more on the way |
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In the 1800’s, Geneva businessman Henri Dunant took a trip to northern Italy. On 24 June 1859, he arrived at the scene of the Battle of Solferino, one of one of the largest and bloodiest military battles of that century. Countless wounded and dying soldiers lay on the battlefield with no one doing anything to help them. Back in Switzerland he started The Red Cross, which eventually established standards for the treatment of wounded soldiers and prisoners.
In 1955, African-American Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger and was arrested. Her desire for justice kicked off a movement that ended segregation in the United States.
Nelson Mandela had a vision for living in a country where every adult could vote.
Walt Disney had a vision to create a place where both children and adults could go and have fun and use their imaginations, so he created Disneyland.
In 1976, Anita Roddick started a shop to create a livelihood for her family. But she had a broader vision. She wanted her business, The Body Shop, to encourage social and environmental change. It is now a global operation employing and empowering thousands of people.
At a time when most computing was done on corporate mainframes, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak had a vision for a personal computer to sit on every office desk.
Martin Luther King had a vision for a country where children of different races would receive the same educational advantages and would be able to play together without intolerance.
