Vision needs to be real!! But why do businesses as well as individuals fail despite having visions?
Well, it may sound simple, but it is true. Visions may be inspirational but they don’t hold the passion, drive, energy and consistent enthusiasm one needs.
In the business world, practices are many times ineffective and the reason is not holding the vision as a core embedded lively force of energy. To make matters worse, a small or medium sized company may have a few directors, who don’t have the same level of energy and passion to make it a collective force to maximise value throughout the organisation.
Here are 7 tips to make your vision, effective, lively and full of passion:
1) Have a clear and specific vision: It baffles me to see vision statements not clear and too generic. If you are an individual or an executive, your vision statement must be clear and succinct with precise core values defined. Check your vision and recheck it again with some associates and colleagues.
2) Believe in your vision: to begin with, you must take a lead role and believe in the vision you have. Whether you are a business person or individual, the strength lies in how much you believe in it!! Immerse yourself fully and believe in your vision fully.
3) Show off your passion: It does not matter if someone else thinks of you as someone who has lost it!! so long as you walk the talk and show it in your physical appearance, you are making it happen..Someone once told me that a mantra is something that you repeat 10,000 times in order for it to be powerful.
4) Visualise your vision: Sounds silly but if you can form an image of your vision, you will be closer to making it a reality. A decade ago, I wanted to talk to a big group which I had never done before. Two weeks later, I was attending a professional function and was called on the stage (and this happened without any preparation) to speak on the stage.
5)Share your vision: You need to share your vision with your friends and family or your staff. By repeating and relaying the right message, you will be increasing the overall energy level. This is powerful as you will have more people believing in your vision. In companies, collective conducive force works when there is alignment in their long term goals and objectives. This is normally lost at times. A quick exercise: ask each and every director (and executives) what the company vision is.. (As a professional management coach, I was surprised with a company, whose unit directors did not know or forgot their vision statement).
6) Decisions: if you have your vision embedded and instilled in your DNA, you will be able to make decisions which will connect to the long term with ease. This is an art which has been forgotten as many end up fighting fires. Remind yourself of your vision before making any decision.
7) Celebrate at certain stages: progression leads you closer to your vision despite challenges. This progression must be recognised and appreciated. Take some time and enjoy your progression. It does not matter if you have had a few failures so long as you have learnt and are on the right track.
If you can work on the above with discipline, you will start seeing results which will amaze your ability. It takes hard work and dedication in achieving your vision but it all starts from the mind!!!
©Vijay Mistri Founder and CEO of rentadirector.com
email: vijay@rentadirector.com
