John,
Thank you sir!  Great inspiration for the day!  Goal setting is good, plans are essential, but dreams are the stuff that the embody the essence of living!  Kevin Costner said something one time very similar... he said, "“I dream of big things. I work for the small things. If you're going to dream, you might as well dream big. A lot of that came from my mother. She was adamant about the work ethic---about how you can't just dream things.”  Dream for the big things, work for the small things!  Great counsel!

I think you nailed it... as leaders we have to be dreamers... Not just goal setters, managers or bosses.  Even as we manage those tactical and strategic changes, it's the bigger picture that keeps us inspired and moving forward.

My favorite "dream quote" is from Mark Twain... only the author who captured our imaginations with Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court could spell it out this clearly for the rest of us...

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”