It's Okay to Find Your Vision

The idea of finding a vision is one that I learned about recently in a book I read called, "Together is Better," by Simon Sinek. You may have read that sentence and thought to yourself, "That's not very groundbreaking. People talk about vision all the time these days." And you would be correct. However, when most people talk about vision, they are usually talking about creating a vision. In the business world, we talk about a company having a vision statement, and on the person level, we talk about individuals creating their own mission statements. Let me tell you why, what I'm talking about here, is different.

I'm not talking about creating a vision. When people think that they need to come up with some earth shattering, eloquent phrase that represents their future hopes and dreams, that can be incredibly stressful! Some people have been gifted with the ability to paint inspiring pictures of the future for others, and we need those people. Think about people like Martin Luther King Jr. and his "I Have A Dream" speech. Or, how about Steve Jobs and his vision for the personal computer? How about Gandhi and his vision for peace? All of these people had an amazing gift for casting a vision. But, some of us have not been blessed with that ability and THAT'S OKAY! It is okay for the rest of us, to find or choose a vision that someone else has come up with and decide that we are going to buy into or adopt their vision. There are two major reasons I say this.

First, when you accept that you are allowed to adopt another persons vision, a wonderful thing tends to happen. You will read and study and absorb all you can about that vision, and you'll realize that you want to modify it slightly to fit you. You might want to change a word or two here and there. And guess what happens? You end up developing you own vision statement, without much effort at all! And even if you don't, that's okay, because there is a second, much more important reason, why it's okay and even good to adopt or buy into another person's vision.

Think about each one of the people I mentioned above. Dr. King was not able to carry about the civil rights movement on his own. Steve Jobs couldn't build and run Apple by himself. And Gandhi wouldn't have had the impact he did if he was the only person with the vision for peace. The beauty of vision is that, while one person creates or casts a vision, it takes many more others, who come along and decide to adopt that vision, before it can be brought to life. People who see someone else's vision, and choose to follow, are the people that will create the tangible results from the intangible vision. Vision Finders are absolutely essential to make any vision come to life. Without them, it remains nothing more than an idea.

I encourage you all to look for someone who's vision you can adopt. And from that, be the one who creates life from that vision and in so doing, you may find that you develop a vision of your own.

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"Together is Better" by Simon Sinek