Creating Your Vision

When you write down your goals, your primary aim is to create a new vision for what you desire to experience next in life, so that you can begin to make that vision a reality.

So what do you do when you sit down to write a vision for your life, and you’re coming up with a lot of blanks that you just aren’t sure about?

Guess.

It really is that simple. Just take a stab at it. Don’t even worry about making your best guess. Just make any guess that seems remotely reasonable.

Now take that guess and run with it. Write 1-2 paragraphs to describe the vision that pops into your mind when you think about that possible direction.

Completion vs. Perfection

There’s a big difference between completing a project and perfecting a project. Perfectionism frequently works against the drive for completion.

A final work product doesn’t have to be perfect to produce strong results. However, the project must be essentially complete.

A mediocre but complete film script can still be made into a movie. A beautifully crafted but half-finished script is largely worthless.

An unpolished but shippable software program can still provide value to customers and generate sales. A feature-rich but perpetually unshippable piece of software will usually generate zero sales (QuickBooks notwithstanding).

Completion generates results. Perfectionism delays or kills results.