Six Keys to build vision (overview and point one)

Have you ever considered why some things succeed and others fail? Well the answer is in those few words. "What is success, and what is failure?"

To one, success is money, prestige, fame and more resources. To another, success is measured by contentment, peace and wellbeing. To another, failure is loss of the same. However you view success or failure, one thing is assured, it can never be truly evaluated by some one else. It can only be honestly evaluated by your self.

"When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder, a second seems like an hour. That's relativity." -Albert Einstein, on relativity.

Empowering vision is as profound as Einstein's theory on relativity. Pain and passion take their toll on us and building vision will is both pleasurable and at times painful

Some definitions of vision:

a) Seeing the invisible and making it visible

b) An informed bridge from the present to the future

c) Sanctified dreams

d) Foresight with insight, based on hindsight

e) Vision for our lives mission is a clear mental image of a preferable future

f) Vision is based upon an accurate understanding of self and our circumstances.

Imagine what building a house without the appropriate plans and resource consents would be like. The whole process would be fraught with obstacles and frustrations. Many of which could have been avoided, had we taken the necessary precautions of planning within the boundaries and according to a plan.

Few of us would start out building our Homes like that, but tragically, many people take this approach when they go through life like that. I have been involved in counselling and coaching people now for over twenty years and I can assure you most of the personal tragedies I encounter in the lives of my clients can be attributed to not taking due care and consideration as to how they live their lives.To some it is excusable, yet for others it is a sad fact of life. It is my considered opinion, people don't make plans to fail, and they simply fail to plan. They take more care in choosing their clothing than they do in choosing the future that they want to live in. Consider this:

The only thing that grows in your garden without planning is a weed! If you want roses or cabbages to grow, there will need to be some serious planning, and some considered activity. Try wishing the weeds away as hard as you want, I can assure you they will not turn into roses.Now take the same thought about your life! Wishful thinking will not turn your life into a life of quality and provision for an individual born outside of such an inheritance. It will require clearly thought out strategies, plans and action.As we move towards an improved quality of life, there are some keys that will ensure your plans will do better than waiting for weeds to turn into roses or investing your time and energy into wishful thinking.

Empowering Vision:

I have worked for the past twenty years advising and assisting people to find their personal and corporate vision. It never ceases to amaze me how many people can meander through life from one situation to another, without taking the time to define their life purpose.

Living life without a defined purpose is like setting out on a journey without the use of a compass or map. It may well provide excitement for the first few days or weeks, but after thirty, forty or fifty years! Whew!

Unfortunately though, how sad it is to treat life as a daily existence. So many people live life that way, and this is living life at its poorest form.

6 Keys to Finding vision and keeping it on track

1. Keep focused on the task at hand

Write it down in plain understandable language (strategy)

The best way to keep an idea fresh and full of life is to capture it at the point of conception. Many a dream, invention, discovery or idea has been lost to humanity as a result of our inability to remember it. I would suppose I am not unusual when I say some of my greatest ideas and thoughts have come at the most inappropriate moments. Driving the car, out on a jog, swimming or paragli