The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things.

It wasn't the accuracy of a forecast that led people to act on information from the futures work, it was the implications that the futures work had on a current issue that they could act on.

Friends are 'annuals’ that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a 'perennial’ that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect.