Life's Like That : Vision & Mission

I was having dinner with a colleague. We were talking about ambition, our own future plan and the things in life that we want to achieve. I told him I want to be like those millionaires or billionaires. Owning an empire, luxury living, big cars, etc. He asked, how am I going to achive that? I was blank for a moment. He continued,

"Those peoples are what they are now because they have two things in mind. These two things are fairly easy to say, but doing it is hard. They have big cars, expensive condos, they can afford to eat bird nest and shark fin everyday simply because they have these. VISION and MISSION. They know what they want in life. They visualise themselves in that position. With that, they draft their plan on how to achive that vision. In carrying out that mission, they encountered many obstacles, they went through the ups and down, they continue on fighting and never give up. That's how they ended up being successful today".