The Vision

Recently, watching the television show named Shark Tank has been on my to-do list for most evenings after a long day of work. My sister has been talking about the show for some time and I finally gave in to it and gave it a shot.  In a recent episode, cofounders Andrea Sreshta and Anna Stork from the company LuminAID was featured on the show.  They presented their company to the five investors, who are known as the "Shark" on the show, and all five investors offer to invest in the company.  At the end, business partners Anna and Andrea chose the investor Mark Cuban to work with.  All the other four investors believe in the company and the cofounders but the difference between Mark and the other Sharks was that he sees the same vision as the cofounders and that bought Anna and Andrea's favor and Mark was chosen for that reason. Anna stated Mark has the same vision as them and they appreciated that.

In the same way, we all want to be around and work with people who have and see the same vision as us.  As adults, we all want to be understood and feel connected to someone else in a grander picture. Gone are the days of just being around people and doing trivial activities that have no set purpose;  we don't want just to have someone to do something with us as we age, we want someone who sees the same vision as us and help us grow from the stage we are in life.  Cofounders Anna and Andrea did not just want someone to give them the money they need, of course this would help them a lot, they want someone who they can work with and who has the similar mindset as them.  Knowledge is power.  When hardships arrive, knowledge will triumph over the negative aspects of the situation.  The vision gives hope and it will give us the endurance we need in order to get through it.  Having someone who has the same vision as us gives us more strength and more empowerment to accomplish what we want out of life, no matter what that is.