The hidden power of 'vision' in your personal goals
One of the thing I’ve been thinking about coming into the new year is the whole dynamic of how people set goals.
It probably got triggered by all the stuff you see on social media right now:
“Twelve months is enough to transform your life if you buckle down”
“2022 I was only going at half speed. Wait until you see me in 2023”
“It’s a holiday not a holimonth, make sure you get back on the grind for your goals”
et cetera.
What’s funny was it’s the first year there’s been that sort of vibe since 2019, when it was about to turn into the birds nest of 2020 and for most people they threw away their goals. So I think a lot of people were psychologically scarred from that. And still, people are positive but you never know what’s around the corner. I actually think there’s going to be some challenging stuff ahead.
Anyway, one thing I’ve realised is with any goal or project, you’re always in negotiation with yourself.
This kind of comes from the great Jim Camp, who was a pillar in our vision based sales stuff in Creator Club.
So if you have a goal of some kind, as you work towards the goal, you’re always negotiating with yourself.
We either keep going with it, or we slow down and quit.
Like I’m writing the second book right now, and if I wanted to, I could get stuck in that negotiation every day.
“Ah, I feel good, I’m gonna write some more on this book”
or
“Ah it’s never going to get done anyway… I’m going to quit”
So there’s this heavy negotiation that can be going on, without us even knowing.
Probably between your conscious mind (assuming the mission was something we consciously chose) and the unconscious mind. And certainly there’s an energy component under all of that as well.
But here’s the thing I wanted to talk about.
Camp also teaches us that “Vision Drives Decision.”
Meaning if we’re in a negotiation or sale, it’s our ability to ‘see’ the future that involves the product or service, that drives the decision to take action.
So if your car needs a service, you can see a vision of what will happen if you let it go. Not good right,? Imagine you break down on the side of the road somewhere, you sit there on the highway, you run out of food, you try and fix it, but you struggle, you have to get picked up, and you get all embarrassed. Plus, you miss the appointment you were going to. It sucks. Maybe you end up losing your job because of it. I know a guy who ended up homeless after he lost his job… It wasn’t good.
So, you make the decision to book it in.
So coming back to the goals stuff - the big driver I believe for the success in the goals, is to set a strong enough vision. To be really clear on what it is that you’re working on for the next 90 days, or 365 days.
Or even one day, right?
Do you know what your vision is for the next one day?
Something to think about for a lot of people.
Because if you aren’t clear, then what’s going to happen?
You’re just going to lose out to that voice in the head that talks about quitting.
You must have a current, or future problem to be solved.
With my book, I’ve got a current problem to solve, or transition to make:
To help people get a basic understanding of world building principles and apply them to their life.
With my marriage, same thing, how can I recreate or create a better marriage, with more excitement or adventure going forward?
If you get the vision clear, you can successfully ‘sell’ yourself on why you follow your system every day.
If you’re vision ain’t clear, you’re just going to drift around.
How can it go any other way?
And you can do this today. You don’t need to take a week out and do a big ‘vision’ board exercise. You can just start by going today, what’s the vision I have for the day? What am I working on? What’s the problem that I’m solving? When you’ve got that down, you can get to work. You’re going to be happier too, because happiness is a feedback emotion of working towards a vision that you create.
So there we go.
Write it down on a piece of paper.
I write it down on a little card that sits propped up on my desk.
Two or three things that I’m working on.
This is why you came into this world as a human. Not to drift. Not to push buttons, but to set a vision, and realise it.
That’s the definition of the Creator.