High Performance Mindset | Learn from World-Class Leaders, Consultants, Athletes & Coaches about Mindset - 20: How to Create a Compelling Vision

Episode Date: December 8, 2015

High achievers and successful people have big visions. They know what they want and every day they work towards that vision. If you don’t have a clear vision, you will most likely feel trapped by your own limitations. But a clear vision can unlock your power. You become what you envision yourself becoming! In this episode, Cindra explores what a compelling vision includes and how to write one for your future.

Welcome to High Performance Mindset with Dr. Sindra Kampoff. Do you want to reach your full potential, live a life of passion, go after your dreams? Each week we bring you strategies and interviews to help you ignite your mindset. Let's bring on Sindra. Welcome to the High Performance Mindset Podcast. This is your host, Sindra Kampoff, and thank you so much for joining me today. Today's message is about having a compelling vision for your future. And having a compelling vision makes you want to get out of bed every morning, makes you want to jump out of bed every morning.

I was thinking quite a bit on Sunday about this message, the message that I wanted to record this week, and you, the podcast listeners. On Sunday, I ran, which I think was my 12th marathon, the California International Marathon in Sacramento. And what I really tried to do in this race is have a heart and a mindset of gratitude. If you listened to the message last week about the gratitude effect, I was really just working to have a really grateful perspective as I was running these 26.2 miles. It worked. I smiled a lot and I really enjoyed the experience. One of the things I thought quite a bit about during the race was what it really takes to train for a marathon, to commit to running a marathon, and then actually doing it on race day. And it's such a race of courage that you really have to commit to a big vision to run the race. And then in the race, you have to commit to this vision. And so that's what I'd like to deliver today is a message about having a

compelling vision. And when I think about a compelling vision, you know, a vision is really a detailed description of where you want to go. Think about what that looks like and what that actually feels like. And a compelling vision can include many different areas in your life. It could include your career and what you want to do with your career, but also your health and your fitness. What do you want to, how do you want to feel? What are the habits that you want to do every day related to your health and your fitness? It can include your relationships and how you want those relationships in your life, especially those near and dear to your heart. It could include your personal goals, what you'd like to achieve, and then your contribution to your community. But once you have a compelling vision, a vision that is really, really moves you, that's vivid

and powerful, what happens is you keep showing up to accomplish that vision. And that's why having a crystal clear vision is so important in your life. And we know that high achievers and successful people have big visions. They know what they want. And every day they work to move towards that vision. And sometimes if you don't have a clear vision, you're likely to get trapped by your own limitations,

your own limited thinking. And you can get stuck in your head instead of thinking big about your future and really going after your big goals and your big dreams. So clear vision can really unlock your power because what happens is you start becoming what you envision becoming. And you need a compelling vision to feel fully alive. Each of us needs something that we're working towards to make us feel happy and flourishing in our life. You know, you need a vision that makes you want to jump out of bed every single morning. So how do you create this compelling vision? First, you should pick a date, maybe five years, 10 years, 15 or 20 years from

now. Pick a date that you'd like to be thinking about and starting to develop your compelling vision. So again, 5, 10, 15 or 20 years from now. Make sure you grab a piece of paper out because when you write it down, your vision becomes more powerful. So write down your vision. Think about what you'd be doing, you know, in that date. If you were flourishing, if you were living the life that you really wanted, what would you be doing in 5, 10, 15, or 20 years from now? What would your finances look like? What would your health and your fitness look like? What would your relationships look like and how would they feel? What personal goals health and your fitness look like? What would your relationships look like and how would they feel? What personal goals would you be accomplishing? What would you be doing in your

career or what you do for your work? And what contributions would have you made to your community? It's really important that you're specific with that vision because the more specific that you are, the more likely it's going to direct your behavior and writing your vision down will give it power and you'll be more committed to your vision after you write it down so it could again a personal vision could include what you want to do how you want to be how do you want to feel who do you want to associate with and what's the impact that you want to have in that date that you have chosen you know 5, 10, 15, or 20 years from now. Once you have that compelling vision written down

I have a few other tips for you. First share it with a good friend or a family member that you you know really supports you. Someone who you know would be excited about your vision because each time you share your vision it becomes more real and more possible for you. After you get done writing your vision down, consider writing your WHY under that vision. Why do you really want to achieve your vision? What good is going to come out of it after you achieve this vision? When you have a compelling why, what that's going to help you do is help you keep going despite obstacles like get in your way. I have my vision written by my bed, right by my bedside. Every

single morning I wake up and boom, there's my vision. So consider writing your vision down and then framing it or maybe framing a goal within that vision. Sort of like a certificate of achievement that you've already accomplished it. Hang it somewhere that you can see every day. Maybe it's by your bed. Maybe it's by your bathroom mirror. Maybe it's in your planner that you open up every day.

You know, my friends, you are capable at any time of doing what you dream of. The first step is to create this vision. Decide what you want so that you can go after it and as Michelangelo said we need a compelling vision and the reason we need that is because the greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and that we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it. So today, my friends, spend some time over your lunch hour. Maybe tomorrow morning, grab a cup of coffee and sit down and write your vision out.

Pick a 5, 10, 15, or 20 years from now, pick a date, write your vision down, and then share it with a good friend or family member that you're close with. Write down your why. Why do you want to achieve that? And then frame it somewhere or put it somewhere you can see every single day so you move towards that vision. Thank you so much for joining me today. I'd love to answer your questions. So if you have a question you'd like me to answer or a topic you'd like me to explore on this podcast, shoot me an email at cindra at cindracampoff.com or you can also tweet at me at mentally underscore strong. I'd love to hear what questions you have that you'd like me to answer.

Make it an outstanding day, my friends. Make sure you have your compelling vision written down. And I will see you back in a few days. Take care. Thank you for listening to High Performance Mindset. Are you signed up for Sindra's weekly email with free mental tools and strategies for high performance? Why the heck not? Text MENTALLYSTRONG, all one word, to 22828 or visit sindracampoff.com.