Having a future vision requires a change in mindset, objectivity and passion - I personally want to surround myself with passionate people that are interesting and interested in achieving those things they did not think were possible – to effectively Breakthrough!
If nothing were out of reach, what would you want to accomplish within the next year? Challenge yourself and write down two specific things that have to happen in the next year for you to be satisfied with your progress in life. Put your thoughts into affirmative, narrative sentences that create passion.
Breaking through is about progression, forward movement, not getting caught up in your own head with thoughts of negativity and pessimism – we need to move from “complaint to commitment”. Constantly innovate and prototype your future vision or what a friend and I say...rapid prototype, road test it.
Don’t forget to reset as you are bombarded – quiet the mind.
Make it a point to read your future-mindset statement every morning and night and speak it out loud as if you were confidently telling it to someone else. When you do this, eliminate fear, negative emotion, and doubt from your thoughts.
With the daily deluge of emails, meetings, phone calls, homework, music, video and other mass media it is easy to get lost in the static. Focus the mind and focus your purpose by changing your mindset.
Thoreau said “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler”. The quote is more than dynamic and inspirational it is hinting at the amount of focus we place on what we should have versus what we truly need.
By teaching yourself to believe in your future vision—you don’t just accomplish one thing; you accomplish everything. When things don’t go your way, you’ll pick yourself up, because more powerful than any failure is this vision you have. Eventually, you won’t even have to plan each day’s activities because you will do the things you should be doing—you’ll be moving toward that vision.
We could sit back and let things just happen to us and live day-to-day however we please. But we were meant to grow—to elevate ourselves. When you determine what you want your future to be, you have decided to grow—to live—not just exist! The ball is in your court. The power to succeed or fail is yours.
Define your future vision, before your future defines you – Breakthrough!
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