do you feel like you need a little more direction in your life, perhaps you need
some sort of guidance GPS system, well I have the solution for you, and that is
your very own personal vision statement, and if you stay tuned to the end of this
video, I'm going to share with you a really cool technique on how you can
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notified of a new video every Wednesday, so welcome to this two-part series of
creating your own personal vision statement, really step-by-step detail
instructions like I'm here with you, pretend that I'm right beside you as
we're going through this, this is part 2, this is the actual, the nitty gritty us
getting into drafting your vision statement, so let's get to it,
all right, personal vision statement part 2, we're gonna take a look at the last
three steps of creating your own personal vision statements, so step
number four is personal vision statement preparation, step five is drafting your
vision statement, and last but but not least, the really fun part,
creating your visual vision statement, so let's get to it,
so step 4, personal vision statement preparation, we've already done a lot of
the heavy inward lifting work that we needed to do in part one, which was all
the inward reflection, we're gonna start using this information in the creation
of our personal vision statement, so vision 101, let's first figure out, and
make sure we're all on the same page, what is a vision statement, it is the
what we aim to achieve, a depiction of a desired result that motivates, energize
and helps describe a desired destination, what do you see yourself doing 10 years
from now, that's what a vision is all about, and a good example that I use all
the time that people resonate is JFK, he had a vision to land a man on the moon
by the end of the decade and return him safely back, that was definitely
motivating and energizing, and really that tenure aim, what did they see, so
even though they were nowhere near close, it was a vision
statement that what to motivate, the bar was high and that's what we're gonna do
here, so why do you need a vision statement, well think of it as, that it
guides your life, it's like your Google Maps in life, it's your beacon in the
night, it's going to allow you to do the things that are really gonna resonate
with you, so it provides a direction necessary to steer your course each day,
and enable you to make personal and professional choices, it is an amazing
tool, and this is what I love about vision statements, to allow you to say
yes, or no, to your chosen path, and it is to guide you to your authentic self, so
there's very specific things a good vision statement will have, it will be a
means by which you describe a desired outcome, that evokes a vivid mental
picture of your goal, it inspires and energizes you, it's, be what you return to
whenever you get confused about your professional, personal goals, and this is
a really important one, because we can get sucked into the white noise of life,
and we can get sucked into wanting to have someone else's dreams, and desires,
but it is meant to guide you back to what really is truly important to you,
and your authentic self, and last but not least, it's gonna tell you where to go,
just like a ma,p google map, right, we want to know where to go, and it's gonna guide
you in your life, how cool is that, so the vision embodies people's highest values,
and aspirations, and inspires people to reach for what could be, and to rise
above their fears, and preoccupations, with current reality, so this is where
you want to now pause the video in a moment, but we're gonna do a really good
reflection, we're gonna visit everything that we've done in part one, so we want
to take a yellow highlighter, or blue highlighter, or whatever color have, just have
like two that are two very specific colors, and make sure you know what
you're assigning, so one highlighter color is going to be for the things that you
love, and the other ones are for things that you want to change, again you're
doing an analysis on yourself, so as time has passed, and these reflection
exercises are occurring, you're now really figuring out
what's truly important to you, and as time progresses, is it still important to
you, so keep all of this in mind for the next exercise, so pause this video right
now, take a look at all the stuff that you did in part one, and really pull out
the things you're connecting with still, and those that you really would like to
change, okay, dare to dream, I love this, so this is
where we get to break things down, you just did a full analysis, you've
highlighted things, now you get to dream, you're gonna pick categories that
resonate with you, and you're gonna write down your future dreams in point form, so
for some people they may want all of this stuff, this is here strictly for a
guideline, so you may have some very specific financial dreams, or physical
dreams in regards to your physical fitness, family, spiritual, work career,
mental intellectual, fun, social relationships, others, again, here is your
opportunity to go, what category do I like, I usually call this the bucket
phase, so we want to bucket things now, don't forget to reflect on the past
exercises, so stop this video, take a look at your past stuff, pick your categories,
and based on the data that you had from part one, go start in point form, what is
it that you want, from each category, that you've chosen, okay, now that you've done
that, this is where we're cleaning things up as we go, they're all building blocks,
this process of cleaning things up, not just having the perfect version for the
first time, it's actually building off of each one, because it's going to just make
things even more specific, which is what you want, so now that you've done
everything in point form in the previous exercise, so let's take a look at this,
all of this was all point form, you now want to take those categories that you
picked, and again this is with your pen and your paper, take those categories, and
you can have as many as you like, so put your category, and now write the
statement, you put everything in bullet points, but now write it so it's a story,
so in two to four sentences, and you can have as many categories as you like, so
stop this video, create your summary statement for the category
that you've chosen, all right good old reflection time, you're gonna read your
summary statements daily for the next couple of weeks,
tweak them if needed, and just make sure that they still resonate with you, take
notes on the days you reflect on your statements, how do you feel,
write it all down so again, get your paper and pen out, and do all this, so
stop this video, put it on hold, reflect, understand, is it's still connecting with
you, is there anything that you want to change, sometimes a simple word is what
needs to be changed, a technique I use is, I actually record everything, and I close
my eyes as I am listening to it, because you'll be amazed when you listen to it,
you hear things that you would not have seen, quote-unquote, by reading it, alright,
think of your vision statement as your Google Maps for life, it will guide you
to make the right decisions, hey that's me alright, let's talk about step five, so
now that you understand and are preparing your vision statement, we're gonna be
drafting the vision statement, because making dreams a reality, it is time to
write it, and how cool is that, so you're gonna take a look at your values, you're
gonna take a look at your category summary statements, read them all out
loud, what words or sentences popped out, write them down here, and now we're gonna
start writing our vision statements, so just a few reminders, you want to write
everything in the present tense, so describe what you feel here, think and
saying, and do, as is if you reached your vision, now there's very good reason for this,
okay, if you're constantly thinking about the future, only things are gonna happen
in the future, but if you take something that you really desire, and want, and you put
it in the present tense, there's more of a reality to it, so I really want you to
start thinking in that mindset, describe the best outcome you can achieve, really
important to use simple language, evoke the emotion, and make it obvious, and
unashamedly passionate, build a picture in your mind, like a story, have a
beginning, middle, and an end, and write five to ten sentences, so stop
this video, get your piece of paper and your pen,
and really take a look at everything that you've created to date, and start
creating your vision statement, again, five to ten sentences, we can always pare
things down accordingly when we're ready, but I really want you to take this time,
and just write things down, okay, so now that you've done that, you've written
your first draft, it is reflection time, so remember how I said earlier on about
recording yourself, it's really important to start recording yourself with your
vision statement draft, so record yourself reading your second draft
of the vision statement, relax, close your eyes, we play the statement back again,
what feels right, what needs to change, tweak, and finalize your statement, so the
goal here now, is you want to use your other senses, to really connect with the
vision statement drafts that you've been creating, so we've already created one
before, we're now cleaning it up, and we're ensuring that we're reflecting on
it, and it still resonates with us, okay, once you've done all that reflection,
you're gonna have your final vision statement, write it here, so take
everything that you've tweaked, erase switched, change, whatever it may be, and put
it now right here, stop this video, and take a look, and give yourself that
moment to finalize your vision statement, because if your dreams don't scare you,
they're not big enough, and that's exactly what your vision statement
should be, you should be totally excited, but slightly nervous, because you know
you're not going to achieve it today, but it's pretty darn exciting, because it is
about the future, and you are putting it down on paper to make it a reality,
all right, let's now go to the final step, step six, this is creating your visual
vision statement, a picture is worth a thousand words, I said this in part one,
and I'm gonna say it here again, I do have a TED talk, which talks about
listening to your whisper, so if you went to TEDx slash Adriana Girdler, you'll
see it there, and I really talked about the importance of having a vision
statement, so this is, that could be another reference
for you, so, but it is so critical about pictures, and a lot of times, and the
reason why I even came up with this idea, is because I had my written vision
statement, but I was glossing over, and it was just becoming a bunch of words, and
it was only until I transformed mine into pictures, did it really become even
more powerful than it ever was before, and something that I use every day as a
tool, because your vision statement, and values, have been created, you are clear
with what you want, you have your vision, and how you will be guided, your values
to get there, inspiration is what motivates everyone,
and this is why we want to turn things into pictures, because you're clear, you
want to know how you're gonna do it, you just need like a map in life to help you
get there, so seeing your vision daily, embeds what you wants, and
desires in your mind's eye, reminding you
what you're trying to achieve, it keeps you on your path, heading you towards
your heart's desires, because it is so easy in today's day and age to be lost
in the white noise, to get so caught up in the bings and the dings and, you know,
getting the likes, and social media, and I'm just gonna watch one more YouTube
video, yeah I know, I know, I got a YouTube channel, I get it, I get it,
but it's true, we can get so lost into it, and time passes, and we're like, what did
I accomplish, but not with a visual vision, you can get yourself back on
track, and this is why I'm sharing this with you, because a visual vision
statement will represent your words and feeling, it maybe direct, where a picture
equates to a specific word, or it could be used as a metaphor, where picture
equates to feeling, and concepts, but here is the key,
the beauty of a visual vision statement is that it only needs to be meaningful
to you, so who cares what other people think, it's only about you, and what you
think, and so it's you taking the words that you created in step 5, and putting
pictures, and words, and feelings in it, so when you see it, you fully resonate with
it, because by creating this visual representation, you'll be able to look
and see your vision, and instantly be reminded of what's truly important,
allowing you to start saying yes to opportunities that are going to get you
to your vision statement goals, okay I have some examples for you, normally I
don't like to share examples, because I think sometimes people just focus on
that, and they recreate it, but there is something to be said about understanding
it, so I got three specific ones for you, so one is from this individual, and for
her again, this is important to everyone, but she was able to kind of do it as
imagery with books, and very specific things that she wanted to kind of pull
out here from a value perspective, she's actually a writer, and one of her goals
is to write books, and really do this a full-time living gig, second one is for
another individual that was a little more compartmentalize, and they
were really about, okay, what do they want to do, they want to follow their
heart's desires, live in the moment, and then each symbol here represented
something very specific for them, and last but not least we have this other
individua,l who you know really created the words of their vision, and then
created an overall imagery, like a painting, experiencing or really
acknowledging what it is that was important to them, it does not matter
what you do, if you go to my website you would see I have a graphic design one, I
chose not to show this to you, my graphic design one, because I don't want you to
get, think, oh why is it look so nice, and it does look really nice, but this is
about you creating what's important to you, if it's really important that you
want to get it, give it to graphic design, there's so many things like canva and
stuff that you now can take whatever you draw, and you can make it into something
really coo,l so let's get started, yay, get your pencil, get your paper out, look
at everything you've created, and start really pulling on your imaginations, of
the things that are really important to you, and create your visual vision
statement, so stop this video, and start getting to your drawing, all right gotta
love this reflection, once you've drawn, fantastic, good for you, you want to take
a look at it for a few days, does it still feel right to you, do you want to
change anything, so here are your instructions, you
want to redraw the final version if there's anything that you want to change,
you want to be able to see it be embedded into your subconscious, that it
really resonates with you, and use color as well, that's something really
important too, so stop this video, and just really reflect, and see, is this
everything that you've created, is it everything that you want represented are
colors the right colors, the right imagery, this is your time to make the
change, okay, now that you have all the steps you need in order to create your
own personal vision statement, perhaps you're done, maybe you need more
reflection time, it's all good, I would love to hear from you, please share with
me what you've created, put it in the comments below, send me an email, by all
means I would love to see what you have done by creating this new direction for
you in your life, now I've also promised you some good reflection techniques, if
you go to the link below, I have some mindfulness techniques that you can use
at work, at home, that's going to help ground you, and allow you to stay
centered, particularly in times of stress, and challenges, so on that note, please
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