Maps tell you where you are and how to get to where you're going. Few people have the ability to sense their direction in life and take all the right turns. These people know who they are and where they're going. They are usually the ones who become the CEO's and wealthy entrepreneurs we read about in Forbes magazine. The truth is, you don't have to be a wealthy CEO or entrepreneur in order to be happy, but you do need a road map of where you're at and where you want to go in order to build your prosperity in any area of your life. The vision statement is our road map.
In order to write a dynamic vision statement, you must first look at the areas of your life you would like to change or create. These areas could fall into the categories of your finances, career, relationships, spirituality, health, or recreation. Here is a short list of questions you can ask yourself. Make sure to write down your answers as this gives your thoughts added power and helps to begin the creation process.
1. What areas of my life would I like to change (relationships, career, etc.), and in these areas, how would they be different? (Be specific)
2. What would I like to attract in to my life? (Be specific)
3. What are my values? (Things that I consider to be worthwhile, my driving forces) Examples: motivated, empowered, compassion, nurturing, friendly, ambitious, driven, etc.
3. If I had all the time and money available to do whatever I wanted, what would I do?
4. What actions am I willing to take in order to make this happen?
These are very basic questions, but the idea is, to ask yourself questions that stir your imagination and your emotions. The more you truly feel and believe your vision, the faster it will come to fruition.
Once you know where you are now, and what your destination is, writing a vision statement you can read 3 times a day, is a reminder of what you're aiming to build. The vision statement helps to reprogram the subconscious mind and assists you in mapping a plan of action towards your goals. Your vision can be the beginning of a new way of life if you dare to honor your feelings and commit to do the work.
Writing a vision statement can seem like a daunting task for some people, but if you take your time and don't get bogged down in over thinking, you are sure to come up with a solid written vision of your desired outcome. The following steps will assist you in writing an effective vision statement.
1. Know what you want to achieve, and write your future destination so that the end result is crystal clear.
2. If you're writing your own vision statement, write it in first person. If someone else is writing your vision statement, they may use second person writing style. Some people respond better when they feel someone else believes in their vision, and feel supported by another person.
3. Your vision should be written in present tense and it should read like your living it now.
4. Use positive words and phrases, such as transform, amazing, excellence, awesome, powerful, awe-inspiring, I'm now experiencing, I have reached, I have implemented, etc.
5. Using the word because at the beginning of a sentence can help you write a well written affirmative statement.
There are many good web sites on the internet that have well written examples of vision statements you can print out for more ideas, or if you don't like writing, you can hire someone to write one for you. You can try a vision statement writing service, or you can ask a life coach to write one for you for a small fee.
When I was young and I tried to visualise or dream about my future, like where I might be in 10 years time, not too much happened. It was like scrambled eggs. I was all over the place. I often wished someone would just jump in and do it all for me. Yeah right, and that's going to happen. Actually each time I met someone, I thought that maybe this new person in my life could help, but it was not to be the type of help that I was looking for.
What type of help was I looking for? I did not know the answer to that either. Was I lost? No, not really. Was I interested in finding something meaningful? Definitely yes, to that question. So, what did I do about this on going saga, my life. I read. I haven't stopped either. I read everything that I could possibly get my hands on that moved me towards a clear vision of what I wanted (which I still didn't know).
Let's define a vision. For me, a vision is like painting a picture. You draw it step by step only adding things to your picture, your future vision of your life, as you desire. As I am not a great artist, I will use anything including "cut-outs" from a magazine and even stick those cut out pictures onto my visionary canvass of my life. It is similar to making a picture book for yourself.
Here is three tips to get started..
Tip 1- Choose to start. Decide to just go and get yourself a big piece of paper. Maybe one of those large art pages you can buy from a paper shop.I think the bigger the page the better.
Tip 2- Get a pen and write three things at the top of the page that are important to you. At the bottom, write three things that are holding you back from having them right now.
Tip 3- Find a quiet and still place and take 15 minutes to quiet your mind. In this time, allow yourself the opportunity to let your mind wonder, stopping to jot down any thoughts that "pop into your mind".
Bonus Tip- Just do the first thing that you can do right now. This is how you can start to create your master piece.
After you have completed these preliminary steps, you can begin to dream about what your life will look like. How do you do that? Ask yourself questions. Maybe questions like, "What do I enjoy doing?" Where do you prefer to live? What are the top three most important things that I value in my life? Do I want to be close to those things each day, or just each month?
Asking questions is a great start to trigger the direction of your thoughts because it is your thinking that will help create your vision. If you want some guidance, I can help you.
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Anthony is the estrategist. He uses the world's best success strategies to help clients solve their problems. He has been doing it off-line for many years, including many years as a Lawyer, and has just launched on-line coaching programs to help clients get better skilled learning in their own time. The foundation of his coaching programs is teaching the world's best success principles, and how anyone can use them to achieve better solutions.
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There is this popular saying, "Two heads are better than one." Whoever coined the saying must have had experience on the power available to tap from talents of more than one individual in trying to solve problems.
This apt saying equally applies in the pursuit of wealth, fame or recognition in life. It is simply not possible for one man to have the solution to all problems. He needs the co-operative effort of others, whether their time, talent or other resources.
For the purpose of this piece, we limit it to talents. In a study conducted in a University on students of a particular class, five of the most academically intelligent students of the class were separated to form study groups.
Three of the students were to study together throughout that semester while the other two students were to read individually on their own. At the end of that semester, the three students who studied as a group had better grades than the other two who studied individually.
The study showed that if two or more persons are united together with a definite purpose or mission, they are able to come up with solutions and achieve results faster than if they tried it individually on their own.
In your pursuit of genuine wealth or achievement in any field, you need the co-operative effort of others, particularly their mind power.
Note that the people with whom a group is formed MUST be united in vision and purpose; otherwise confusion would result when they are at cross purposes and this would defeat the aim of the group.
This is one reason why musical groups usually break up with their members pursuing solo careers. They were never united with a vision and purpose. Some members had their plans in their minds and were able to leave easily to carry on on their own.
Some may want to argue that at times those who pursue solo careers from such musical groups also do well. But let us not forget that the work is not done by such a person alone.
He or she still needs the co-operative efforts of others in his or her vision before the world notices that such individual has become a success.
Great achievers and exceptional leaders are able to produce better results in their fields because they surround themselves with people who are united and whose vision aligns with theirs.
The value of surrounding oneself with people who are united in purpose and vision cannot be over-emphasized. Even sacred scripture attests to this fact in the story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11 verses 1-6.
In verse 6 it is written (Good News Bible), "And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs."
Even if you have to start on your own with your vision in life, at a time you would surely need the co-operative effort of others if you have a very large vision. The bigger the vision the more one needs others to be able to achieve it.
Again, remember, such group must be united in vision and purpose. I really need to emphasise this particular point. If you doubt what I've just said, please take a study of the reasons behind all successful organisations.
One thing you would SURELY find common to all of them is unity of purpose and vision of staff. Very important!
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