I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence.

I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.

The country is now universally recognised as a nation on the move and takes its place amongst the successful economies in the region. The future potential is enormous but the country's destiny is in our hands. The time has come to move from small increments to bold, large initiatives. The time has come to stretch the envelope and set goals which were earlier not seen to be possible. The time has come for performance to be measured and for allocated funds of the government to reach the people for whom they were intended.

Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.

There is nothing like a concrete life plan to weigh you down. Because if you always have one eye on some future goal, you stop paying attention the the job at hand, miss opportunities that might arise, and stay fixedly on one path, even when a better, newer course might have opened up.

The lesson I've learned the most often in life is that you're always going to know more in the future than you know now.