How to create a compelling vision for yourself, so you can start to live life on your terms!7/25/2016 How to we create a compelling vision and start to live life on our terms. To start with a question that usually gets asked when we have an appraisal or when we have an interview is where do you see yourself in 5 years time? This is where we should start creating our vision. You all know that his is a pretty stock question and most of us usually come back with something like. Well, I would like to be a manager or become more technical in my role (that is become more knowledgeable about your profession). The problem with this question is that most of us just don’t think that far ahead, we just think, well my job is okay, I am doing okay and we all just do enough to survive. We also sometimes just think of a stock response, or what we think we should be responding with (this is called people pleasing!). Instead we should be really searching deep inside ourselves to really find out what really drives us which will lead us to what we really want to do. That is what creating a vision for ourselves is about. It is not about satisfying other peoples agendas, and even the business you work for agenda. The reason for this is that if you are not totally engaged with what you are doing you are not doing yourself justice and likewise the organisation you work for is not seeing you at your best! Searching for deep meaning about what drives you is something very personal to you and connects with you at such a deep level that by creating this vision gives you the energy and drive to start making that vision come to life! What if I told you there was another way to create an exciting vision for yourself, to go beyond that stock question and to really vision where you would love to be? Would you be excited? What if I told you that you can create anything you want be envisioning something so powerful that it would pull you into action to start to create the life you want to live? Would you be interested? So where are you right now? How do you feel about your life and where you are and what you are doing. Is it exciting? Is it what you want to do? Or are you in a place where you are going through the motions and just existing? Just remember your life is precious, when you came into this world and were growing up do you remember the dreams you had as a child and what you wanted to be? I know a lot of children say they want to be an astronaut or a fireman etc. We all know that some of those children did achieve that; take Tim Peake the astronaut! How inspirational has he been to all of us on earth when he was in space living his dream! Think of all those children now who have seen this and have now seen a model that this in fact POSSIBLE! You see, whatever you want to achieve there is probably someone out there who has achieved it, and if someone has achieved it then we know it is possible and there is some way to get there! All you need to do is follow that map and start to take actions to move toward that vision. Of course there could be some things that people have not achieved, but you could be that one person who achieves it. Think of all the great inventors that created something just by having the thought that it may in fact be POSSIBLE. Think about it, what if the Wright Brothers gave up their dream of inventing the aeroplane? No one had created it and they did it before anyone else! What an amazing example of bringing a vision into reality!! So don’t think just 5 years ahead, create a vision for your life and how you truly want it to be and start living it every day. You do not have to settle for a life of mediocrity, this is your life and you only get one shot at it, so live it, and be what you want to be. Be a force for good in the world and bring joy to other people by creating a vision so vast and so exciting that you cannot but help that you want to achieve with every fibre of your body and being! So you may ask where do I start? First of all you really need to get to know yourself, ask yourself these questions. 1- What do I really love doing? 2- Once you have answered this question you then need to ask yourself. If I was doing this 24 hours a day for the rest of my life would I be amazingly happy? 3 - When you think about what you love to do, how does this make you FEEL? Do you feel excited thinking about it? Are you compelled to do what it is you love? 4 - Create a vision of what you love to do and how this will contribute to your life and that of others? Does this vision create passion inside you? 5 - Write down this vision, or create a picture, record a voice message. Whatever works for you and put it somewhere where you can review it everyday. With these questions it is important to go really deep, what really burns inside you. It may be that you know what it is, it is just you have been hiding it or are worrying what people think if you reveal what it is. If this is something that will truly be your calling then this is something you must do. Don’t let the limiting beliefs of others limit what you want to do or what you want to become! Be brave, bold and live the life of your dreams! I would encourage you to continue to test whether you have found your passion, a great test for this is when you are going through a tough time, review the vision for yourself. If at that tough time it is still exciting and it pulls you through that tough time then you have found your passion and what you want to do! You will have found your voice and your true calling in your life, which will help you through even the most challenging of times. Just another side thought on this, perhaps many of you have downloaded the new Pokemon Go App? Now there is all sorts of press about this good and bad. My daughter has gone crazy for it, but this game can relate to how you live life. For your Pokemon to become stronger and more resilient they have to evolve; that is so true of life in general and how our species evolved to become who we are today. By doing your self work every day and living your vision you will be evolving and going to that next level in your life; this will ultimately lead to living life on your terms and living the life of your DREAMS! So get to it! Wow, another week has passed already. Ask yourself the question, am I living life on my terms and have I found my passion? Is what I am doing now making me truly happy? Why not share your thoughts and comment below; part of living life on your terms is affirming what you want out of your life. Start now by commenting below, you can come back to it later to see how you are moving forward. I would love to see hear about what you guys are up to, Keep evolving, go to your next level and be awesome out there!
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