Envision Your Vision
Vision is a picture in your mind or a “knowingness” that represents where you are going. It creates a basis for “being” and “doing” on the way of getting there.
In this post we are going to address a Nuts and Bolts AIM Coaching piece dear to my heart. We’ll cover the following….
- #1 of 3) How Vision in this coaching context works….
- #2 of 3) Tips to Envision Your Vision
- #3 of 3) What about you? — an inquiry for you to ponder….Please post in the comments!
#1 of 3) How Vision in this coaching context works….
Vision incorporates your values, dreams, and ambitions. Vision is an ideal to strive for when goal setting, commitment defining and strategically planning. Vision is a very personal experience for you. Vision pulls you forward. Envision your Vision.
Your Vision is a powerful focusing tool. While almost inherently based on your purpose in Life, or “Life Purpose,” your Vision for your business and personal life may change over time, or become worn out and dated. Your Vision must be kept current to serve you.
With heightened awareness of your Vision, you can modify it as necessary throughout your life.
Vision is an idea committed to memory so well, that in your daily human experience you can call upon it at any given moment to help bring perspective or balance to your behaviors.
Fulfillment begins with your commitment to practice and mastery, as both teacher and learner, guided by your Vision. Only then, is your Vision with you through pain, joy, fear and success.
When you choose to master your present Vision in your life, you develop your “vision muscle.”
Removing the fear from daily life, your Vision opens the space of the moment to just “be.” Part of the fear of just “being” is not getting that next goal done in the “doing” of life.
Ultimately, without worrying about your next goal every single minute, your Vision engenders your trust in the process of life. Even in between goals, you still have your Vision out in front. You can make decisions that lead you to your next goal with your Vision in mind.
#2 of 3) Tips to Envision Your Vision:
- Get it down in writing.
- Refer to it often. You may even want to have it right in front of you by your computer or on your desk pad. Another idea is to carry it around in your pocket on an index card.
- Decide the time line of your Vision — is it 3 years? 5 years? 10 or 20 years? Start with a 3-5 year vision.
- Define your Vision in specific areas of your life such as: Career, Money, Fun/Recreation, Family/Friends, Personal Growth, Physical Environment, Significant Other/Romance, Health. Include any additional areas of importance to you.
- Use your Vision to map out the necessary goals, actions and steps necessary to achieve it. In other words, what do you need to do right now and on an on-going basis to make your Vision a reality?
- Keep it current. Make sure your vision really reflects who you are as well as who you are becoming.
As you focus on your Vision, you aspire towards an experience greater than who you are at this very moment. What is your Vision? And how does it serve you in your professional life? Your personal life? It is worth knowing your Vision.
#3 of 3) What about you? — an inquiry for you to ponder….
What do you need to do right now and on an on-going basis to make your Vision a reality? Do you have a Vision?
Please post in the comments! I’d love to hear from you!
— Shannon Seek, B.Sc., CPCC, CPO, Focus Strategy Coach to Omni-talented Go-Getter Genius Types + www.seeksolutions.com Founder
I coach omni-talented, go-getter genius types like you to organize business success + lifestyle priorities to effectively do, be, have what you love every day. All day. I’ve also assembled a team of expert, vetted coaches to assist as needed.
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Shannon Seek, B.Sc., CPCC, CPO Credentials….
- Teaching standard — 90% pass rate over 32 10-day programs teaching new beginners how-to swim (normal for new swimmers is a 10% pass rate)
- Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics with emphasis in Organizational Development, University of San Francisco + Applied Design at the Academy of Art, San Francisco with Interior Design + Marketing Internships, Gensler Architects (1995)
- Certified Co-Active Professional Coach (CPCC) from the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) in San Rafael, CA (January 1997)
- 4th ever Certified Professional Organizer at NSGCD, now ICD (2004)
- Certification Program Trainer to Professional Organizers at NSGCD (now ICD), 2002-3 — Logistics & Administration of Phone Appointments with Organizing Clients; Strategies for Coaching Clients with Attention Deficit Disorder
- Committed Student of Life — Eclectic Private Studies — Extensive studies in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, healing, personality systems (Enneagram, DISC, Myers-Briggs)
- Teleseminar Systems Provider and Trainer since 1996 behind 1000’s of virtual training programs
- Cloud Seer — VaaS @seekcollab secure cloud-based online collaboration, video conferencing.
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What makes Shannon qualified to coach someone awesome like you? Her….
- 2 decades++ business success provides first-hand knowledge of the pressure you face.
- Stealthy, swift, in-your-face insight into what is working brings you deep inner clarity + tremendous energy.
- Personal “genius type” experience gives you the freedom to unveil all your gifts unabashedly.
- “Mini-obsession” with researching “how-to organize” everything provides you proven techniques — just for starters.
- Plus, her hand-picked team of expert, vetted coaches geared towards our omni-talented go-getter genius type clients (AKA for you boomers — high-achieving entrepreneurs, creative pioneers, radical executives and their direct reports :)).
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September 24, 2015 @ 3:11 pm
Foresight and visual awareness are something I pride myself on. Envisioning my vision as you branded it is an integral part to success and longevity in business. And knowing when to revise and eliminate parts of a previous vision are important too. Thank you for sharing your tips. I revisit my visions quarterly.
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September 24, 2015 @ 6:34 pm
Hi Shonda!
Thank you and you are sooo welcome for my tips! Love hearing how much your personally use vision and thank you for your acknowledgement and love! It sounds like you have some of your own. I’d love to hear what is the most important part of how you revisit quarterly and the difference it makes in your life. It sounds like it is huge and extremely motivational to me, for sure!
Shannon
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September 23, 2015 @ 10:03 pm
Great suggestions about the vision process. I create a new one for myself at least once per year — more often if I feel as if something isn’t working or has shifted.
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September 23, 2015 @ 11:59 pm
Thank you, C.J! I like how you revisit if something isn’t working or has shifted. Do you know how you recognize this when it is happening? And, when you redo it each year, do you update it going out 3, 5, 10 years, too?
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September 24, 2015 @ 12:45 am
Usually I notice something isn’t working/has shifted because I suddenly find myself uninterested in what’s in front of me. That’s almost always a sign that my vision needs updating — I’ve made choices in the past that led me where I am, and they’re no longer aligned with what’s true for me now.
I don’t create a 10-year vision for myself, because I know from experience that too much will have changed for me that far out. But I’ll look 3-5 years out at least once per year.
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September 24, 2015 @ 12:55 am
Wow! That is so cool how you look at it. I’ve had my vision locked in more at times (like future self). And, that is really freeing. Though my article suggests that level of freedom! I just never realized how much power I have to decide. It is really cool to know you only go out 3-5 years. Thanks, C!
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September 23, 2015 @ 5:14 pm
Hey Shannon, Terrific step by step tips here. It’s always good to evaluate and reevaluate vision as the seasons of life change. This is the way to keep on track. 🙂
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September 23, 2015 @ 9:01 pm
Thank you so much, Barbara! I am so glad you enjoyed the step by step tips for working with Vision here! 🙂 It truly is essential “to evaluate and reevaluate vision as the seasons of life change” – well said! Sometimes how we accomplish our vision shifts, too.
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September 23, 2015 @ 4:28 pm
Very useful tips, thank you!
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September 23, 2015 @ 9:01 pm
Trudy, you are so welcome! So glad you found Envision Your Vision tips helpful! Thanks for your appreciation! Shannon
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September 23, 2015 @ 4:02 pm
I keep to keep on keepin’ on, but at the same time I need someone to take a chance on my work.
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September 23, 2015 @ 9:02 pm
Hey Nick, So, is your vision for someone to take a chance on your work right now? Shannon
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