We are living in the age of rapid deployment. Ideas become reality within minutes as new technologies emerge. Content, web applications, service offerings, product advertisements, and endless forms of entertainment all compete for your attention.
How is it that some people remain focused while others are stifled by the noise?
Clarity is more important now than ever. Without it, the tide of the times will sweep you away. With it, anything is possible. A clear vision, your north star, becomes both guiding light and protective beacon, allowing you to fully own your days.
Vision comes in many forms: values, goals, mission statements, vivid visualizations. It defines a future state and sets the framework for executing on what matters most.
Take a moment and close your eyes. See yourself five years from now.
What do you see? Who have you become? Who surrounds you? What is your reputation? What do you do daily? Where do you thrive?
How did that make you feel? Excited? Anxious? Did the exercise energize you, or did you find it difficult to stay focused?
Daily practice can make this simple exercise second nature. When it becomes second nature, your vision has become clear.
Where do you begin? Setting a vision is an important yet often overlooked practice. Most of us know what we want in life but haven’t architected the blueprint to achieve it. Sure, amazing things can happen by chance, but that’s a dangerous gamble. Instead, invest. Invest the time to set your destination and free yourself to navigate toward it. Below is a simple plan to get you started.
Three Steps to Setting Your Vision
1. Brainstorm.
Let the most violent storm of thought, emotion, and desire unleash in your mind. Create an environment where ideas can flow freely, no distraction, no boundaries.
Spend ten to fifteen minutes with your eyes closed. Examine your current reality and acknowledge your daily actions, feelings, and motivations. What inspires you? What do you lose track of time doing? What do you naturally excel in?
Then shift your mind to the future. Some parts of your current life may spark anxiety; others may energize you. Capture what inspires you and release what doesn’t serve you. Envision a calm future where you’ve achieved everything you’ve dreamed of, you made it.
Before going any further, close your eyes and let the thunder and lightning begin. No judgment. Anything goes.
2. Organize.
Clarity is not just knowing what you want, it’s knowing what you don’t want.
Get everything on paper. If possible, use real paper. Create two columns: Signal and Noise.
Signal holds the activities, goals, people, feelings, and projects that guide you.
Noise becomes everything you will eliminate.
Write everything down. What inspires you goes in Signal; what stresses or confuses you goes in Noise.
3. Solidify.
Now that your Signal is clear, lock it in.
Create a statement that embodies your signal elements. Write it repeatedly until it becomes compelling, something that gets you genuinely excited. This statement becomes your anchor, your reminder, and your prompt for productive vision sessions.
This step is crucial. Without it, your daily visualization risks becoming nothing more than sporadic bursts of desire without substance. You must see yourself living the behaviors that serve you and moving toward the future you want. One must do something to achieve something.
Congratulations. If you followed the steps above, you’ve just increased the odds of living out your wildest dreams by a factor of ten. Be proud of yourself.
If you skipped it, return to step one and actually do it. Then give yourself a well-deserved pat on the back. If you gave it an honest try and still find it challenging, comment below and I’ll help you through it.
Give yourself the gift of clarity, and you’ll find that “luck” becomes a way of living, and every future moment holds a pleasant surprise.
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