How to Practice Vision
 
When I coach organizations and individuals on the importance of vision, I tell them to start their visionary thoughts with the words “I see…”  “I see…” statements are followed by vision thoughts that are:

• Intense – vision invokes strong feelings.
• Personal – vision is unique to the one envisioning.
• Vivid – vision often takes on the properties of a mental picture.
• Passionate – vision is something that we must do. 

Stepping back and contemplating vision has birthed businesses, started great philanthropic works and helped people like you and I understand our own personal life mission. Jonathan Swift wrote “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.”  I have found this process to be nothing short of POWERFUL!

Jack Welch, who started on the shop floor and later ran General Electric, had this to say about vision: "Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion."  Never underestimate the importance of focusing on vision.