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It is All About the Stars
0"We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship." – General Omar N. Bradley, American General
Look at the Stars, Not the Lights
In old days, when compass and other complex instruments weren’t invented, ships used stars and constellations to navigate their path. There are stories of travelers on road navigating to their destination without GPS. Ever heard of the term guiding star? Now you know where that originated from. These sailors and travelers knew exactly one simple thing – to use stars not the lights.
What does this has to do with Personal More >Why You Don’t Live Your Personal Values and How to Change That
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Almost everyone wants to grow, everyone wants to be successful. In an ideal world people like to live their personal values. They would like to be truthful and honest in all the dealings. They would like to work hard, they want to do the “right thing.” Unfortunately, most people don’t.
Why People Don’t Live Their Personal Values
Although everyone would like to have great values, most people don’t live them because of following reasons:
1. SacrificePeople want to be called for having great values but they do not want to sacrifice their comfort. If you want to live your core values, be
More >Personal Vision and Core Values – A Kaleidoscope
0A mosaic or a chemical mixture or a kaleidoscope, whatever you may want to call, this post is exactly that. I wanted to look at how other bloggers see personal vision and values and add a little different flavor to Chat at the Cooler. Tell us how do you like this experiment in the comments below.
Picture Source: Lynn (Gracie’s mom)
Personal Vision and Personal Values – Different Shades
- How to Define Your Personal Values, Vision and Goals – This is a great article by Rachel Walker. Rachel talks about discovering values, pairing it up with vision and setting up goals. However, I do not
Discover Your Personal Values with Your Personal Vision
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by NC
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You can create your personal vision in less than 15 minutes by using vision exercises and by asking vision questions. You can use the same exercises and questions to discover your personal values. Previously, we have talked vision exercises and vision questions, in this post we’ll use these two tools to discover your personal values.
Vision Exercises
Vision exercises are great tools for creating a personal vision. These vision exercises can be used to discover personal and core values too. Vision exercises mentioned in Create Vision Statements with Vision Exercises – Part 1 and Part 2 can
More >Personal Vision is Useless Without a Good Ladder
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In today’s world we all do things and we do it with all our heart in it. We blog, we use twitter, we engage in social conversations, we have a Facebook account and we try to be productive. We use gadgets and Firefox extensions and mobile productivity tools. We are busy reading articles and busy searching all the information in the world and we are really busy. And we become busy to keep ourselves busy with things that don’t matter in life. Take a step back!
You Think You Can Succeed With a Personal Vision?
Create your vision and then work on all these things. Write a blog, tweet all you
More >Create Your Personal Vision Series
0In last couple of days we posted some articles about why and how to create your vision and vision statements. This post summarizes all the articles and may help to review anything you may have missed.
- 3 Ingredients of Success – Vision, Core Values and Mission Statement – What is a secret for being successful? What does success look like for you? Have you given a thought how you would achieve it? (Continue Reading…)
- Why you need a Vision for Your Life? – Do you know where you are going? Do you what you want from your life? (Continue Reading…)
- Start Creating A Vision to Transform Your
7+ Powerful Questions to Ask Yourself For Creating Your Personal Vision
0We discussed about vision exercises in great detail in previous posts. Part 1 of creating vision using vision exercises presented two exercises and part two presented four more vision exercises. While these exercises are very powerful and very effective each of them require some time to be spent on them. In this post we present a shorter and quicker way to discover your vision – by asking questions. We discussed how to create vision and why should you have a vision and now we present 7 powerful questions that will help you to create your personal vision.
Asking Questions
Asking questions
More >Creating Vision Statements with Vision Exercises – Part 2
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Vision exercises, as we mentioned in the earlier post, are great tools for creating your vision. Part 1 of this article discussed the four requirements to use vision exercises and two vision exercises. This post present four more vision exercises for discovering your personal vision. Before continuing further it is recommended that you read how to start creating vision and vision statements.
Before you Begin
Again, as in the previous post, do the required preparation and get the four important things before you start the vision exercises:
- A Quiet Place
- 15 minutes for each exercise
- Calm
Creating Vision Statements with Vision Exercises
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Vision exercises are simple and interactive way to create your personal vision. Vision exercises are fun and can help you get focused. These exercises provoke some thoughts and help you understand yourself, your vision and your values in a more comprehensive way. This article presents two vision exercises in detail that will help you discover your vision. Once vision is discovered and the mental image is sketched, transfer this image to paper by using vision statements.
Vision Exercises
You can use any one of these exercises for identifying your personal vision. I would recommend reading
More >Dr. Martin Luther King’s Vision Statement – “I Have a Dream”
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Dr. Martin Luther King was one of the people of modern world who made a huge impact on mankind. He had a dream – a dream of equality, a dream that all people would be equal, that people will not be judged by the color of their skin. He dreamed of a world where everyone will be truly free. Dr. King’s dream is now a reality. He was successful because he understood the need of a clear vision and a strong and compelling vision statement. These two things were the fundamental requirement for his success.
In this post, we present excerpts from Dr. King’s vision. It was his vision and the other More >