Write Your Vision Statement
What is your
vision of the future?
To have a
vision for your life is to see where you could be, not
where you are now. Great leaders move people not by what
they see today, but by what they see as the future. Your
vision may result in travelling down a different road
than your friends.
Many
corporations have clearly defined "vision" statements.
These statements allow the employees, and shareholders,
to see where the company wants to go, and what it wants
to achieve.
Do you know
what you want, and where you are going? A personal
vision statement allows you to look forward to the
future with positive expectations for yourself.
Before you
write your vision statement, think of it as a high level
statement about what you want from life. It is a
statement, one to two lines at the most. From your
vision statement you can then set your goals. Many
people set goals but forget about the vision statement.
Writing your
own vision statement gives you a high level statement
and will help keep you focused as you then think about
setting your goals. As W. Clement Stone once said, "The
world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will
move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize
their vision."
You can also
think about your vision statement as what you are
dreaming or wishing for. Joseph Campbell's quotes
summarizes this thought well when he said, "A dream is
your creative vision for your life in the future. A goal
is what specifically you intend to make happen. Dreams
and goals should be just out of your present reach but
not out of sight. Dreams and goals are coming
attractions in your life."
Predict your
future? Write your vision statement!
Catherine
Pulsifer
