We can all learn from WWE's vision

It seems that most people I talk to live in a regional mindset.

In university, for example, there was the proud Islander, who loved everyone and everything from PEI. There was the Alexander Keith drinking Nova Scotian.

24 years later, I observe the same regional level thinking going on with pre-Internet babies. Will the millenial generation will save us? The world is at their fingertips as they tap away on their internet ready devices at lunch, supper, movies, and no doubt during sex.

It's always been at our fingertips too. We lacked the vision to see it.

Before smartphones, 24/7 news, the Internet, and even before pay-per-view some had a vision of a global economy. The ones that did got insanely wealthy.

In the 1980's, wrestling companies thought and operated regionally. Vince McMahon inherited his business from his father. There were territorial lines in which a wrestling company wouldn't dare breach in fear of the retaliation from another.

Vince McMahon thought differently. He had a vision. He saw potential in a world class wrestling company that could make all the others look like amateurs. A packed arena of 300 people was small potatoes in his eyes. He wanted to fill football stadiums. 100,000 people in one venue was his dream.

In our communities, we regionalize our problems. Every few years, there is some community publicly looking for donations for a playground. "We need a place for our kids to play so that they stay off the streets". Turning the problem upside down, I see the real problem. The real problem is that the community doesn't have enough tax revenue to support it's infrastructure. I see a community not looking past tax dollars to increase that revenue stream. I see an opportunity for that town. Why couldn't the town buy a playground company, move the manufacturing to the town, create jobs, hire great people to run it. Then work with leasing companies to provide reasonable terms to other towns and schools looking for playgrounds. I'm sure there are problems with this idea, but why can't we do something instead of doing nothing.

All problems are opportunities turned upside down. Great opportunites have never been regional.

If McMahon can do it with a bunch of grown, steroid infused men acting like clowns with just enough cloth to hide their junk, then why can't you?

You need two things:

1. A dream for a better tomorrow.

2. The first step.

The path you choose is up to you.

Be a settler or a pioneer.

Follow others and you will be clear of danger.

There will be little fruit on the trees,

As others have already picked it clear.

Survival is almost certain, but you will be hungry. 

Create your own path,

Be bold. Be strong.

Danger is lurking everywhere.

Safety is no where to be found.

If you survive, you will be famous 

And your kids will never know what hunger is.