Is It Time to Grow?

Achievability. We must be successful if we are to beget future success. But the big goals often aren’t achievable. The nonprofit where I began my career had a higher-than-achievable $6 million campaign goal to fix leaky buildings (uninspiring). We did not have the donor base or the community visibility to reach that goal, let alone our ultimate vision that came later. What we did have: passion and commitment; and we were clearly focused on the goal. We also had one critical volunteer who simply would not give up. We persevered, exceeded the goal and our next goal — the vision — was 10 times higher for new, bigger, better buildings (inspiring).