I held a small afternoon workshop/discussion at the home of a fellow zaadzster on Sunday.  The event was for local change agents, and several zaadzsters were in attendance (a few of them are pictured above).

The workshop was titled, Visionary Mind:  Living at the Level of Vision.  The next one will be January 14th and the link is here:  http://www.visionforce.com/workshop

Join us!

Something's a brewin' here in Austin, TX!

This evening I spoke to a revolutionary (and fellow zaadzster) with a vision for how human beings can solve the world's problems in the next 50 years and create a world that really works for everyone... through entrepreneurship!

Right now it seems that most people who are passionate about issues like the environment, global warming, social justice, extreme poverty, etc. blame capitalism and entrepreneurship.

And most people who are passionate about business, free markets and entrepreneurship consider the aforementioned causes and people who champion them to be adversaries.

These two sides have been taking positions and battling each other in order to further their idea of a better world and a just society.  What the man I spoke with tonight sees is how all of us as human beings can use our creative minds and entrepreneurial spirit to "flow" together and create a better world, a world that works for all of us.  In fact, he partnered with Whole Foods CEO, John Mackey to create an organization called FLOW, to promote this vision and facilitate a movement where people passionately take up the cause of creating a world that works for all of us throught creativity and entrepreneurship.

This is a movement whose time has come. 

More and more I see young people awakening to a vision of living a visionary life, a life without limits guided by their own vision, a vision that calls them into heroic action to create a better world.   I see the idea of a visionary life becoming a meme.  I see it becoming what's next and what's cool.

Zaadz is furthering this vision, this idea, this meme, this movement by creating a community where conscious, entrepreneurial people can come together. 

I am seeing more and more incredible parallels and synergies for Vision Force, FLOW, Zaadz and other organizations as we bring this new world to life, and on my drive home the thought again occured to me of how we can help bring this world to life right now by making such conversations available to the masses right now.  The kinds of conversations I am privy to, given what I do for a living, would be incredibly valuable for every independent thinker, dreamer, idealist and entrepreneur who still believes we can create a better world.  Ha!  Not just a better world... that's just it... I want to show you just what leading visionaries SEE for our future.  It's far beyond a "better world."

Put on your seatbelt and start with Michael Strong's FLOW vision.

Important news...

I just finished speaking with a Kenya native who will be helping to plan our trip.  After giving it some consideration, I am going to take responsibility for organizing this through VisionForce and a coming non-profit campaign inspired by clovis, and called One Million Visionaries.

A trip of the scope should be well-planned and I am committed to making it happen, provided we still have as many people genuinely interested as it appears we do.

Before Christmas, we will propose some travel dates and itineraries for your feedback.  Right now we are envisioning the trip being about 14 days.  With a day and a half travel each way, it just does not make sense to do it for less time.  If you'd prefer 3 weeks to 2, please let us know.

In addition to visiting Clovis in Uganda and working to help him build his Vision Cafe and reach his fellow Ungandans, we intend to visit and work with young visionaries in Kenya and also see what there is to see of the local life (human and animal).  We intend to include a few game reserves in the itinerary, so we can all get the full "Africa experience."

I personally know several people in Kenya and will be revisiting the students I worked with last June.  The work that has been making a big impact with them there is the VisionForce work, and I encourage you to become familiar with it.  Join our free Visionary Mind Shifts list here:

http//www.visionforce.com/course

More to come soon!

Just yesterday I found this incredible resource for publishing articles across the Internet.  It's going to allow me to share my work and my thoughts with a very broad audience in no time.  I highly recommend it to all of you who have a message to communicate with the world.

It's a great way to attract people to your web site or blog.  Your articles get published in ezines, on web sites, in RSS feeds, on blogs and more.  Check it out.

Michael
VisionForce.com

What if One Million Visionaries took a stand for humanity? And what if they each had the wisdom, power and skills to create a world that worked for everyone?

Several Vision Force Boot Camp graduates have been asking these questions after experiencing the power of the Vision Force methods. The result? A non-profit initiative called the One Million Visionaries campaign.

It’s being launched this spring in conjunction with the next Vision Force Boot Camp. If you’d like to receive more info about how you can be one of 30 impassioned change agents in attendance, get on this list.

What does it mean to live your life from a stand?  How do people who try to stand for something fall into the trap of forming a position, from which they lose their vision, passion, compassion and power to cause the kind of change they intended?  What does it mean to live a visionary life–to think, speak and operate from a place of authentic power?

Embark on this journey inside of our Visionary Mind Shifts program, and continue it with the Visionary Mind home study program, an experiential program of self-inquiry and visionary  thinking. 

Then if you’re ready to be the visionary change agent that the future requires, then go learn how you can be part of the emerging One Million Visionary Campaign and possibly be one of 30 visionaries to lead the way in 2007.