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think that by limiting your ambitions there will only be 7 meters
left.
This reasoning is false. Rather than getting closer to a vision that
is easier to attain, you will on the contrary move away from it, as
shown by the diagram below:

DRAWING 4

Continue with this way and your present reality will be again
identified with the original one.
You must maintain your course at all costs. When a difficulty
crops up, deal with it in a positive way.
To illustrate this fact that may seem obscure, we will take the
example of a sailor. A weak breeze slowly pushes his boat
towards his destination harbor: Athens. Suddenly, an adverse
wind blows up. An unskilled sailor can choose to go towards the
closest harbor.
In fact, an experienced sailor knows that he can use this wind as
a lever. He adapts his sail. He beats windward and he knows he
will reach Athens quicker than if he were pushed by a weak
breeze.

Lesson summary
The first and most important step for starting a business is to
create your own vision.

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