Is your future uncertain to you?
Was your first thought when you read the title either: “Are you crazy?” or “Do you think I’m crazy?”
The kind of vision I am talking about is not mystical but it can have a magical effect on your life. The vision I am talking about is the ability to say with certainty: “This is where I am going!”
The number one requirement that anyone needs to accomplish anything in their life is vision – a picture or knowledge of what they are going to accomplish and who they will be when accomplish it. How good does the vision have to be? It depends. If you have accomplished something similar already or it is a simple task you don’t need crystal-clear vision.
If I ask you to take a walk around the block then it doesn’t require very clear vision. You know where your front door is. You know your neighborhood well enough. Even if you can’t picture the entire route you know the beginning and end. With that “vision” you believe you can take a walk.
Let’s say however, you have never run for more than a few miles since high school and I ask you to run a marathon for charity in six months. You will have to develop a mental image of YOU being able to do it. Sure you know lots of people (crazy people) have done it and that you could do it. But will you? You can if develop a vision of yourself doing it. Vision for a new activity happens in stages.
- I think that this is possible.
- I like the idea.
- I think I want to do this.
- I think I can do this.
- I have learned enough to see how I can do this.
- I can “see” myself doing this.
Study those who get things done and you will find that they have a profound vision of what they are going to do. Do you want to do something new and exciting? The first step is vision.
“You can’t hit a target you can’t see and cannot see a target you don’t have” Zig Ziglar
We can’t all be lucky but we can all be successful.
Wishing you the best,
Jim
