Your Pocket Life-Coach: 10 Minutes a Day to Transform Your Life and Your Work. Carole Gaskell

      Norman Vincent Peale

      

create a

       vibrant vision

       and genuine goals

      

picture what you want, explore possibilities then be specific

      Overview

      The fun starts here! Your vision is the overriding picture of the life you’re aiming towards. It’s an inspiring way of looking to your future. Having a vision brings you the opportunity to focus on what’s truly important to you.

      

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.

      Carl Jung

      The more ‘vibrant’ you make your vision, the more easily you’ll find it coming to life. It really is up to you what you paint on the tapestry of your life and how you want your transformation to look. Your intentions, dreams and desires are the very essence of you.

      The time you spend working on the assignments in this section will be invaluable in helping you to shape your destiny. When you’ve completed this chapter:

      

You’ll have developed a vibrant vision of your future

      

You’ll have set genuine goals, for your personal and professional life

      

You’ll have made your goals SMART and will understand the benefits, pain and strengths associated with each goal

      

You’ll have started to break your goals down into small steps

      

You’ll be paying attention to and taking daily action towards moving your goals forward.

      Quick Transformation Quiz

       Answer the questions below by ticking the appropriate box and calculating your score as follows: 2 points = Yes/Agree/Not Applicable, 1 point = Agree sometimes, 0 point = No/Disagree

      

Develop a Vibrant Vision of Your Future

      It can be difficult to see with any great certainty into the future. You may not know what your life is going to look like one year from now, let alone in three or five years’ time. However, the more you think about the way you want your life to be, the more chance you have of developing a plan that is going to bring you happiness. Many business people are familiar with the concept of vision from a work perspective, but surprisingly few of us actually apply it to our own life. I want you to be clear about your vision before you go any further.

      Put Things into Perspective

      Having a powerful vision helps you to put the rest of your life into perspective and will make the day-to-day pressures and small setbacks seem less important.

      When your vision is really compelling, you even find yourself being pulled effortlessly towards it, rather than striving to make things happen. You can let your own vision gently pull you forward to the future of your dreams!

      Develop your Three-Year Vision

      I would like you to start by focusing specifically on the next three years. Imagine you’re revisiting this book three years from now. Allow yourself to look back over the last three years of your life to the present day.