Category: Vision

Conclusion

To explore what it would mean to live fully...to be sensually alive and to live passionately on purpose...I have to drop my preconceived ideas of who and what I am.

— Dawna Markova —

To explore what it would mean to live fully…to be sensually alive and to live passionately on purpose…I have to drop my preconceived ideas of who and what I am.  ~Dawna Markova What an amazing run this has been! For the past five months we’ve been looking at what it takes to create and live…

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Champions

Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger.

— Muhammad Ali —

Champions aren’t made in gyms.  Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.  They have to have the skill, and the will.  But the will must be stronger.  ~Muhammad Ali I love the quote above because all of us have the ability to turn a desire into a…

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Mission & Doing

Promises mean everything. But when they are broken sorry means nothing.

— Unknown —

As I pointed out yesterday our Mission Statement is our commitment statement. In business, the Mission Statement is the promise to the customers. In our personal life, our Mission Statement is our promise to those who will be touched by our Vision as well as a promise to ourselves. I recently had one of my…

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Vision & Focus

Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.

— Adam Hochschild —

I mentor a fair share of young men…it’s part of my life purpose and vision today. I recently met with a gentleman who is in his early twenties.  He has a vision for his life and it is always exciting for me to hear him talk about it.  Every time we meet I ask him…

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Vision & Being Something

The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money

— Bernard Meltzer —

Did you fill out the BE-DO-HAVE document?  BE-DO-HAVE EXERCISE The reason I like this exercise is because it forces you to take a serious look at two areas of dream chasing that a lot of people don’t look at. For most people a dream or vision is more about having something than it is about…

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Vision & More Action

“The distance between your dreams and reality is called action.” Achieving our dream takes action regardless of what the dream is. A simple exercise I have those I coach go through is called, “BE-DO-HAVE.” This exercise is a great way to narrow down what you are aspiring to “BE” (your vision) while creating “DO’S” (your…

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Vision & Action

When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say, 'Wow, that was an adventure,' not, 'Wow, I sure felt safe.'

— Tom Preston-Werner —

We are focused on the vision/dream for our life right now. I’ll never forget the very first time I was exposed to dreaming/visioning.  I was thirteen years old attending basketball camp at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Our speaker for the day was a very successful Ohio high school basketball coach by the name of…

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Vision & Your Funeral

“Just because the past didn’t turn out like you wanted it to, doesn’t mean your future can’t be better than you ever imagined.”  A major breakthrough in my life took place when I read Stephan Covey’s book, “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.”  Next to the Bible, it is the book I’ve read the…

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