How Strong is your Vision?

I wrote this article for my Empowerment 4u! Mastermind group, and I wanted to share it with all of you as well.

My question to all of you fabulous homepreneurs is this:

How strong is your Vision? And, do you have a Vision Statement for your business?

Some of you may think that your vision for your company is so set in stone that nothing could deter you from it. Now there are others of you that change with every new thing that comes along.
Why do we do this? Well, because some times it is easier to learn something new than to stick with the idea that may take some time to cultivate. Our culture loves instant success and every new product and service will promise you this.

Really you won’t know how strong your vision is until you’ve found yourself in a position where you’ve been given a little less to work with, or perhaps you are at a position less than where you envisioned yourself to be. Family and friends have an amazing impact on how we think as well. Even if they think they are looking out for your best interest, many times this isn’t the case. What happens during these times is that we start to question our own vision that we originally felt so strongly about.

Working within your true gifts whether it be creativity, science, numbers, talking, leadership, writing, ministry or many of all of the above, no one gift is better than the other. However, if you are working within your gifts and are enriching them as you grow in life, with strong vision for yourself, I guarantee that you will be successful in whatever it is that you do.

One of the first exercises I do with my clients in my Empowerment 4u! Coaching strategy sessions is figuring out what you enjoy and what you don’t, as a child and as an adult. This really helps me in determining what may be holding you from your vision or taking that next successful step in your business.

Many of you are not ready for success -you are standing in your own way. How may you be doing this? Well, ask yourself some of these questions:

• Are you serving your clients and constantly giving them good service, product or content unconditionally? Or, do they always have to buy from you?

• Was there ever a point that you were so far away from your vision you just couldn’t fathom it coming true so you switched to a different vision? Do you do this often?

• Have you ever held yourself back because you just didn’t think you were ready or knew enough to follow your vision?

• Has a personal distraction or disaster come along that made you waiver on your vision? Or, completely give up that particular dream?

• Are you doing things just to impress “the other guy”?

• Are you really giving your business your best at this very moment?

• How strong is your Vision?

• Are you really giving your business your best at this very moment?

My opinion on this is this. . . Unless you have a strong vision for yourself and your business that you can fall back upon when you waiver, when things aren’t quite at there best, you will never be truly successful.

Whatever success you have right now, embrace it. No matter how small or mundane.
Once you do this then you can move to the next step of success. Have the mindset that your business IS successful and work from a place that coincides with your vision.

You’ve heard the old adage “Prosper where you’re planted” right?

Well, treat your business the way you want it to be, treat your spouse as though he/she is that loving, caring person you desire, start treating your body as though it IS healthy and fit, see where I’m going here . . . Start to work your business and live your personal life as you dreamt it to be and soon it will become what you envisioned. It’s the little things that you embrace that will help you get there.

It’s about giving it your best shot even when your vision seems the furthest away. It’s about going that extra mile EVEN when no one is paying attention. If you are constantly looking for recognition and promotion, you aren’t working towards your vision. Everything you do needs to work hand in hand towards building your vision, even if you aren’t getting a pat on the back. Is that hard? You bet it is? Recognition makes us feel good and if we don’t get it, self doubt tends to set in.

It’s funny, one of my mentors told me that whenever I started to feel a little uneasy, or maybe I handled a difficult situation without whining and complaining about it, I just handled it even though I felt a little uncomfortable, she’d say “Okay Deb, that was another test. You past and something great is about to happen. You are ready to go that next step.” And, it always works that way. I step off that cliff and somehow another bridge is built making me stronger and stronger as try new things.

So if you don’t have a strong Vision Statement for your company, or perhaps you change it frequently, I’d highly suggest re-visiting your Vision Statement and make sure that is true to you and who you want to be within your company. When you are working from the heart, it’s hard to waiver too far from the truth.