An Invitation to Thinkers
“The positive thinker sees the invisible,
feels the intangible,
and achieves the impossible.”
– Winston Churchill
I am often asked: Who is STRIVE’s target audience? The answer is thinkers. Those who ponder the greater
possibilities and imagine the previously unimaginable. Those who are driven to seek and manifest something
better than the current circumstance. Their vision can be as simple as a community garden or as grand as a
solution for global hunger, an idea for a new business or a way to transform an existing industry.
I prefer the term thinker over leader because while not everybody views themselves as a leader, few will
deny they have ideas. Also, the term leader is too often confused with age, seniority, title, or wealth, none of
which, in and of themselves, ensure an individual will be able to deal with the change and resulting possibilities
that lie ahead. Moreover, many in such positions may resist change and preserve the status quo, defending the
conditions that helped build their authority and success.
This issue marks the sixth publication of STRIVE, as well as the second anniversary of the magazine and its
digital platform. Envisioned as a one-time marketing tool, STRIVE and its mission to share first-person stories
of positive leadership and innovative solutions has grown well beyond the original idea.
That’s the magic of ideas. Rather than being diminished when shared, their power and potential expand
exponentially when embraced by the enthusiasm of those who ultimately become their cocreators. This has
been my experience when sharing the idea and intention of STRIVE. I have always known the enthusiastic and
positive masses outweigh those with a negative view. However, I never truly appreciated to what extent until I
began to share STRIVE’s vision: to create a platform that aggregates and gives voice to positive experiences and
innovative ideas from thinkers of all backgrounds.
There was a time when people and their ideas were separated by geographical barriers, natural and man-
made. That is no longer true. Barriers have been removed and communication time compressed. Today, our
world is a smaller place. An individual can quickly and easily
communicate their ideas to one person or millions through a
global network at the speed of light. It is STRIVE’s mission to
take advantage of this transformation and to promote a conversa-
tion that will advance ideas for positive change and connect those
ideas with their cocreators.
Rick Thomas
CEO & President
The STRIVE platform currently engages thinkers throughout The STRIVE Group
North America, as well as in 29 countries, and continues to grow.
Please consider this your invitation to join the conversation.
JOIN THE CONVERSATION:
thestriveproject.com/theconversation