Noah & the Ark

Back in my university days my lecturer often said, “If you want to be rich business owner or investor, you need to understand the story of Noah and the Ark.”

Being a Costing lecturer, he did work diligently on improving his ability to see the future. In training his students to be business owners and investors who could also see the future, he would often say, “Do you realize how much faith it took for Noah to go to his family and say, ‘God told me there is a great flood coming, so we need to build an ark.’”

He would then chuckle and say, “Can u imagine what his wife, kids and investors must have said to him? They might have said, ‘But, Noah, this is a desert we live in. It does not rain here. In fact, we are in the middle of a drought. Are you sure God told you to build an ark? It’s going to be tough to raise capital for a boat-building company in the middle of a desert. Wouldn’t building a hotel, spa and golf course make more sense than an ark?’”

In teaching us the importance of having a vision of the future, he would often say, “Always remember that Noah had vision…but more than vision he had faith and courage to take action on his vision. Many people have vision, but not everyone has the sustainable faith and courage to take action on their vision…so their vision of the future is the same as their vision of today.”

In other words, people without faith, courage and vision often do not see the changes that are coming…until it is too late.