Success depends upon having a transcendent vision (defined as a mission statement), visible goals, and measurable concrete objectives. The Bible is full of examples of people with fervent vision including the father of the faithful Abraham. Vision and goals must be supported by incremental bite-sized objectives. The mission, goals, and objectives could be envisioned as a pyramid with descending levels of specificity, with incremental daily measurable tasks serving as the daily benchmarks of overcoming and character building pointing back to the big picture.