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Top 3 Reasons You Need To Have Vision

October 19, 2008 , 3 Shawn

Do you think that you need to have a vision?

What is vision anyway? If you look in Wikipedia, vision is something most often refers to visual perception, but may refer to vision (spirituality) (i.e., inspirational experiences or perceptions believed to come from a deity or other supernatural source) or hallucinations.

For me, vision is just your dream, your long-term goal. Is it important to have vision in your life? Of course! You need to have vision if you want to live a better life, a quality life and a wealthy life.

So why do we need to have vision?

1. Every Leader Or Successful Person Has Vision

As you know, every successful business and every leader have vision. Why? This is simply because they know the importance of having a clear direction of where they are heading. Take the world’s richest man for example, Bill Gates, do you think that he has vision?

Of course! Do you know what is his vision? To have every computer in every house uses his software. And this is the vision that made him a billionaire, the world’s richest man. Therefore, do you think you need to have vision? The answer is obvious. If you want to be successful but you don’t have a vision, how are you going to achieve it?

A vision is just like a target in your life. It creates the road map for you, it tells you what decision you should make and it shows you the right direction in your life. You must be able to foresee your future, dream about your future. Many people overestimate what he can do within one year, but underestimate what he can achieve in 10 years.

Your vision is your most powerful tool that you will need to design your destiny. You must be dare to dream, dream it big and dream it far away. When you envision your future, don’t limit yourself, don’t worry about money or time or relationship, dream envision your future as a perfect one, don’t limit yourself.

2. It Helps In Decision Making

If you know what you want, do you think that it will be easier for you to achieve it? Yes, definitely. Do you know what makes a successful person successful? It is the decision that he made in his life that made him a success. When the opportunity comes, he knows exactly what he should do and what kind of decision he should make. This is why he becomes a successful person.

And if you have a vision, it will help you in decision making, why? Just like if you’re driving in a car, if you know where you are heading, you will know which route to take even before you reach your destination. However, if you don’t know where you want to go, do you know which route should you take? No!

So you see, once you knew exactly what you want in your life, you will automatically tell your mind to act according to what you want, you’ll automatically make the right decision that will lead you to the place you want to go. This is why having a vision will help in decision making.

3. It Helps To Drive You

Your vision also helps to motivate you. It is just like your goals, whenever you think about it, it’ll get you ‘hot’ and motivated. Do you still remember my previous post about references? When you visualize about your future, it’ll create references for you. If you miss this post, you can always read it here, Life References: How To Change And Improve The Quality Of Your Life.

What I mean by creating references for you is that it will form a strong solid belief within you. There is a saying that best describe this, “Fake It Till You Make It”.

You’ll Become Who You Think Of Most Of The Time

When you think of your perfect life, do you think you’ll feel motivated? When you think that you are a millionaire, money is not a problem for you, you drive in your dream car, you have a perfect family, you have a great relationship with your love one, everybody loves you, you are fit and healthy, you are a successful person, do you think that by imagining this you will get yourself motivated?

Of course you will. So start from now on, keep on visualize about your future, envision your perfect life 10 years from now. You can do this when you are free, when you are bathing, when you are jogging or when you are traveling. Make use of the free time to dream about your future and create goals and plans of how you can achieve them.

Your Assignment Before You Go Off

This is an easy assignment for you. Take out a piece of paper, go to a quiet place so that you can keep away from distraction. If you are in your room right now, close the door, you need to be 100% focus to do this.

Now, let your imagination goes wild, dream about your future, create your vision, this is the first step in designing your life. Write down everything that comes to your mind. Don’t limit yourself, dream as if you have all the resources to achieve them. Keep on writing. If you need 3 hours to do this, just do it. This is about your future, it is about your life.