The Key To Vision and Staying On Track
"Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he" (Proverbs 29:18)
Can you imagine trying to do a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle without the ability to first see and often study the picture it is that you are trying to put back together? Sounds crazy, right?
Dr Stephen Covey says, "Good families, even great families, are off track 90% of the time! THE KEY is that they have a SENSE OF DESTINATION! They know what the 'track' looks like. It doesn't make a difference if we are off target at times or even if our families are a mess. THE HOPE lies in the vision and in the flight plan and in the courage to keep coming back time and time again"
But what if even that hope is lost? What if your "baggage" is so overwhelming and you just cant lift it anymore? Here are a couple more of Covey's principles. First, make sure you don't compare yourself and your situation to another. No one will ever know your real situation, and until you feel that they do, their advice is worthless. Second, the awesome thing about vision is that it is greater than baggage. Let me say that again. Your ability to envision the future, a better future, is much more powerful than whatever ugliness has accumulated in the past or whatever situation you are confronting in the present
Points to ponder:1) DO YOU HAVE A CLEAR VISION OF YOUR DESTINATION?
2) DO YOU HAVE A FLIGHT PLAN THAT CAN REACH IT?
3) WHAT IS YOUR COMPASS AND WHAT GUIDES YOUR PRINCIPLES?
Whether you are pondering the vision of your business, your marriage, your family, or whatever, you must create buy-in as that vision must be shared by everyone or at least your immediate circle of influences. When your destination is clear, it allows you to keep coming back to the flight plan time and time again for course corrections. In fact, the journey is really part of the destination. They are inseparably connected. How you travel is as important as where you arrive.
See yourself and others for who they can become, not for what they have been or even what they currently are. Envision your business and relationships as succeeding, even if they are in a state of failure and despair. You can't let your current reality rob you of your future. Don't say, "that's just the way it is". Never underestimate the power of your thoughts
I believe YOU are the creative force of your own life and that through your example and leadership you can become an agent of change in your business and personal life! My prayer is that each of you will recognize your gifts and develop your talents/abilities to bring about 'good' all around you!! YOU...YES YOU!!... are specifically blessed with uniqueness and gifts. Now go and discover what those are and then share it!
by Dave Nabrotzky, Mialisia Executive National Designer
