What is a Vision? An Accomplishment to be Achieved A Measurable Outcome A Specific Date and Time to Accomplish something The way of getting from here to there

Anatomy of a Vision WHAT (Goal) Why How (Benefits) (Strategy)

Why a Vision is Important Establish a direction & goals for life Goals measure results If you have no vision, how do you measure success A vision challenges you to grow A vision improves your self image A vision setting gives you confidence A vision prompts you to be motivated

Why is a vision Important? Critical to success Motivates us to action Turns dreams Into reality Achieve personal and professional desired results Joel Barker

Thoughts Influence Action Thoughts Feelings ACTION Positive Thoughts / Attitudes are the key to success

Negative Attitudes A Negative Attitude: Keeps you focused on what you don’t have Makes you blind to your own talents & abilities Creates problems that don’t exist, and exaggerates those that do exist Is a guaranteed recipe for low self esteem God’s Glasses

7 Questions of Goal Setting to Achieve your Vision 1: Your Vision /Dream - What do you want? 2: Your Priorities - What’s most important? 3: Your Design - What does it look like? 4: Why - Why do you want it? 5: When - When do you want it? 6: How - How will you achieve it? 7: Who - Whose help do you need?

Start With the End in Mind What do You Want to Happen? Business and Career Goals Financial Goals Health and Fitness Goals Family Goals Personal Goals

Areas to Set Goals Improve Your Competence - Upgrade Skills Develop Systems to Simplify Your Life - Clutter Improve & Maintain Health - Diet, Exercise Insure Financial Independence Start Your Own Business

Decide What You Really Want What are the three most important goals in your life right now? Are you making progress to achieve them? What are the three biggest concerns in your life right now? Are you taking steps to solve these worries?

Steps to Set a Goal 1.- Choose a Goal 2.- Intensify Your Desire to achieve your goal 3.- Develop a strong belief that you can achieve the goal 4.- Set a deadline for your goal 5.- Write your goal down 6.- Break your goal down to mini-goals 7.- Define the tasks for every mini-goal 8.- Start – Take a small action 9.- Follow up on your progress 10.- Take corrective actions if needed 11.- Reward yourself for progress

Intensify Your Desire to Achieve Your Goals Have you ever failed to achieve your goals? Reason: You didn’t have a strong enough desire! Desire is more important than thinking or action. How committed are you to achieving this goal? Can you see yourself actually achieving it? List the benefits from reaching your goal How will you personally benefit?

Develop a Strong Belief That You Can Achieve Your Goal If you don’t believe you can reach a goal YOU WON’T Use your Imagination. Create your own movie. See yourself accomplishing your goal. Experience the benefits of success. How do you feel as you accomplish your goal? Visualize your goal and experience the feelings.

Where Goal Setting Can Go Wrong Goals can be set unrealistically high Goals can be too vague Goal setting can be unsystematic, sporadic, & disorganized Too many goals = overload Trying to do too much too soon Failing to begin - to act ( procrastination) Beat Procrastination

Questions When Meeting Obstacles Did you try hard enough? Was your process, system approach effective? Did you have the right skills, knowledge? Did you seek help from others? Was the goal unrealistic? Did you take regular, small actions? Were your actions - results focused?

Vision What can you do to achieve your Vision?