Most of us are aware of the value of setting goals. We've been taught this throughout our lives, so I won't go too in depth into goal setting. However, how many of us have a vision? What is a vision? How does it differ from a goal.
I will define it this way...a goal is what we do to ensure that we achieve our vision.
This is a very simplistic definition, so let's dive in a little more. Many successful business people set goals and achieve them. Then they move onto the next goal and become absorbed in achieving goal after goal ignoring their families. 40 years later they wake up divorced and looking back at all the things they missed in their lives. Blindly, yet successfully running the treadmill much better than their competition.
I believe the reason for this is the lack of vision. Goals motivate, but vision inspires. Visions change lives and even sometimes the world. There are many examples of this.
Our founding fathers had a vision and they created a nation. The vision is what caused them to sacrifice and fight through against overwhelming odds.
Great athletes have vision. It keeps them pushing their bodies and minds to unbelievable levels. It inspires them to sacrifice all to break records or win the Gold.
I'm sure in our businesses we all have goals. X number of sales, x number of phone calls, x number of blogs and so on. I challenge you to peel back the layers and go deeper. Ask yourself why. What do I want? What am I leaving behind? What am I teaching those around me by my example?
Once you've asked yourself these questions and gotten some answers, then define your vision. Make it specific. Find pictures, see yourself living the life you want. Feel that life, smell that life...taste it. Be very, very specific. Focus on it daily.
Then take a look at what you are currently doing. Do the things you do move you closer to your vision or take you further away? Eliminate the things that take you away from what you want. There are time thieves everywhere. Life is short and we don't have time to be drawn away from our dreams.
I will leave you with these thoughts for now. There is more to be said, however I will do a second edition of this if there is enough interest. Thanks.
Hello! Great post... life has a way of dragging us off and then before you know it months even years have past. Thanks for the reminder... you have given me a job for this week-end; to really think about this post and life. Thanks again! Brenda :)
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