Succeeding at a high level requires two essential ingredients: vision and action. Vision is the picture in your mind of the future you want to create or the dream you want to come true. If you read the biography of any highly successful person, you’ll find their journey to success started with a clear vision of what they wanted to make happen. The second part of the success equation is action–the willingness to do whatever it takes to turn your vision into reality.  Taking action can be scary, because it involves risk–you have to stick your neck out. On the other hand, there can be no success without action. As noted author and futurist, Joel Barker, put it: “Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. But vision with action can change the world.”