Here is today’s Game and what’s going on.
Here is what I discovered today in our Dadly Daily Declaration reading from The Perfect Day Formula by Craig Ballantyne.
The title of today’s reading is “How to Focus on What Really, Really Matters.” This is the second part of this chapter, which focuses on creating and starting your vision. These highlight will help you create your vision. Let’s get started:
Step #1 – Write a First Draft:
- Creating your vision is not the same as goal setting. Crafting your vision requires writing as if you were living in the future, three to five years from now, and have already achieved your goals. Knowing the end of the story will allow you to write the chapters that get you there.
- Set aside an hour or two when you are most creative and free from distraction and write your vision without editing. Do not reject any ideas. Do not hold back. Create a big, bold, clear, concise and specific vision.
- Here’s how to get started. Answer the questions as if you were responding from the point in the future when your vision has been reached. Start by identifying what you really want.
- Is it more money or do you need more time, stronger relationships, or better health?
- How do you measure success? Be specific.
- What do your family and career look like? Be big and bold.
- What does your family not do and what do you refuse to do in your career?
- How do you feel about your family and career?
- How do your family members feel bout you and how do your peers feel about you at work?
- What are the three most important things you offer your family and through your career?
- What is your role in the family and in your career?
- Who are you helping in your family and through your career?
- What kind of people will you need to hire or connect with for your family or business?
- What reputation does your family have and what reputation are you building at work?
- What are the three most important accomplishments you want your family to achieve?
- What are the three most important accomplishments you want to achieve in your career?
- What is your mission in life?
- What do you want your life’s legacy to be?
Step #2 – Share Your Vision
- Your next step is to share it with those who will help you achieve it. This means showing it to your spouse, your mentors, and anyone else who is both supportive of your vision and can provide meaningful feedback. Do not share your vision with those that will denigrate your efforts or dreams.
- This is your treasure map. And you wouldn’t share a treasure map with thieves that would steal your gold, so you must not share your vision with thieves that would steal your dreams. Ask your positive social support system for feedback. Take their recommendations and create a second draft.
- If you do not have anyone who you can trust with your dreams, simply set aside your vision for at least twenty-four hours and then review it objectively. Question your decisions. Make sure you are creating your vision around what you truly want for your life, not what others want for you.
- This exercise will give you tremendous clarity and optimism. It will give you a blueprint for success and it will right your sinking ship if you re struggling. This is the treasure map you’ve been looking for, and it was inside of you all along.
Those gems lead us to today’s Dadly Daily Declaration:
Remember this: The vision for your life is to be written as your roadmap for success and to keep you on track. It prevents you from doing things that don’t count, from worrying about what doesn’t matter, and from trying to impress others. Your vision delivers you from evil and keeps you safe from harm. It is that powerful. You cannot have a rich and full life without it. You cannot win more freedom through structure in your day if it does not exist to guide you.
Your vision must inspire you, your family, your partners, and your employees (if you have them). Put your passion into it. Create your vision for what you want to accomplish, and act in congruence with it. Print it out. Keep it with you. Never waver. Use it to get through the tough times and dark days.
