Customize Your Vision.

Do you realize just how powerful you are? One of the most blessed things about living in the United States is that, with a little bit of ingenuity, honed communication skills, and a dream, you can accomplish just about anything. Many of the greatest entrepreneurs and inventors throughout history have become successful without unlimited wealth and resources — at least at first. So, how did they do it? They had a vision.

Alexander Graham Bell believed that he could create a means of communicating with people from enormous distances away by simply inventing the telephone. Henry Ford had a vision that you could create a combustible engine that would propel a vehicle without the aid of horses. Charles Lindbergh had a vision that man could fly cross the Atlantic in an airplane. Walt Disney believed that he could tear down some orange groves and build something so grand that people would come from all over the world to be entertained.

When these men started out, they didn’t have enormous amounts of money. In fact, Walt Disney went bankrupt twice before he opened his first theme park. But what they all did have was a vision; they had the ability to see into the future and visualize what their respective idea would look like. And they had one more thing: The drive to keep going and never give up, no matter how difficult the path to success seemed.

As you hone your vision for what your contribution to the world will look like, customize it in such a way that not only will people want what you offer, but that it will be nearly impossible for them to get anything as great from anyone else. You do this by making what you do 10% new. Often, the best ideas are not something completely different, but just slightly more innovative, practical, or convenient.

A good place for you to start is to imagine people and what they are currently complaining about. Why is their current method not working as well as it could? When you can find the answer to that question and provide a better solution to solve their problems, then you too may be seen as a visionary.

“Why do anything unless it is going to be great?” – Peter Block

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This excerpt is taken from the seminar entitled Organizational Excellence V: Tracking Your Way to Success.  I encourage you to click here to register for the exclusive live Zoom presentation of Organizational Excellence V: Tracking Your Way to Success on Thursday, March 2, 2023 from 9 AM to 12 noon Eastern Standard Time.