How do you know where you are going without a vision?
Without a vision, you have no direction – no road
map.
A vision reflects purpose, direction and potential.
Every vision should honor the past, but prepare for
the future. Most importantly, a vision must be “lived”.
If your personal or organizational vision is not lived
every day in every way, it will be hollow and empty.
“Would you tell me, please which way I ought to
go from here?” she asked.
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get
to,” was the reply.
“ I don’t much care where---“ she said.
“Then, it doesn’t matter which way you go.”
Alice in Wonderland
Creating A Vision
Creating an effective vision is not a simple task.
To be effective, a vision should be succinct, clear
and exciting. It should guide you or your organization
while leaving wide latitude to pursue new opportunities.
Coaches help individuals and organizations create
a vision. They serve as a sounding board and
ask meaningful and “difficult” questions to get to
the honesty and clarity needed for
an effective vision.
Since a vision will guide you and/or your company
into the future, it is critical that is well crafted
and meaningful. To make it powerful and useful, you
have to work hard on editing it down to its bare essentials.
In other words, it must be boiled down to what is
memorable and poignant.
A vision is the first step to leadership. All true
leadership begins with self-leadership. Others
will not see you as a leader until you see yourself
as one. Leadership is not inherited or a personality
type –it is a choice.
As k yourself this question: “What is keeping me
from doing, being and giving all that I want and am
capable of?”
Stop fearing failure and Just Start ----- Create
Your Own Compelling Vision
Quote of the Day:
“I have missed more than nine thousand shots in my
career.
I have lost almost three hundred games. Twenty-six
times I have
been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed.
I have failed
over and over and over again in my life.
And that is why I succeed.”
- Michael Jordan
