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Everyone tells you that you must have a clear vision of where you want to go and who you want to be. Not everyone tells you exactly how \u2013 and how not \u2013 to get to that vision. <\/span><\/p>\n

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For example, suppose you want a life in which you are well paid and appreciated for your work. You want warm relationships and the time to pursue them. <\/span>

But suppose your nagging belief is that it\u2019s simply not possible. After all, you\u2019ve spent years piling up evidence to tell you that. <\/span>

So you sit down, meditate, and envision in exact detail what you want. You then open your eyes and everything is still the same. <\/span>

Vision isn\u2019t enough<\/strong> <\/span>

A fellow coach tells the story of a woman to whom he was talking. She had a serious weight problem, and he asked her what she was doing to challenge it. She replied that she sat on her sofa every day for thirty minutes and visualized herself losing weight.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That, of course, was the problem. Vision should be the carrot that draws you forward, taking the steps necessary to reach that dream. It should not be a dream in which you submerge yourself in fantasy, waiting for things to happen. <\/span>

It\u2019s not enough to dream; you must walk the walk.<\/strong> <\/span>

So you say, \u201cOK, I\u2019ve tried that, and I\u2019m exhausted. I mapped out all the steps, followed them carefully, and it still didn\u2019t work.\u201d Maybe that was the problem. <\/span>

Throw away the list<\/strong> <\/span>

One of the reasons we fall into despair over the seeming impossibility of meeting our vision is that we believe we have walked the path leading to that vision \u2013 perhaps many times \u2013 yet we\u2019ve never reached that Promised Land. <\/span>

What probably happened was this: you made a list of the logical (to you) steps you needed to take to get there. \u00a0 <\/span>

You started to follow those steps. You brushed aside distractions. <\/span>

At some point, you were blocked, or exhausted, or rejected, or disheartened. You lost your dream. <\/span>

It\u2019s a little like taking a path that\u2019s edged with a tall, thorny hedge. That hedge gets in the way, and you can\u2019t even see the fields on either side of the path, fields filled with blooming flowers and sparkling brooks. All you can see is the rocky path ahead and the thorny hedge walling you in. <\/span>

Maybe some of those “distractions” were not actually wrong paths at all, but alternate, pleasanter, and faster ways to get to where you want to be. <\/span>

So don\u2019t make that rigid plan. An inspiring vision opens you up to all the possibilities in your environment that you haven\u2019t seen before. <\/span>

Truly creative people don\u2019t use lists:\u00a0 they pay a lot of attention to their vision and notice everything in the present that confirms its reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lynette Crane is a Minneapolis-based nationally-acclaimed speaker, writer (author of The Confident Introvert), and \u00a0Executive Coach for introverts.. She has more than 30 years\u2019 experience in the field of stress and time management and personal growth. She now focuses on helping \u201cquietly brilliant\u201d people (aka introverts) thrive and not just survive in an extrovert culture \u2013 without becoming extroverts.<\/span><\/p>\n

She is currently doing research for her next book, The Introvert CEO, and welcomes suggestions as to who might be a good person to interview.<\/span><\/p>\n

if you want to “thrive and not just survive” as an introvert, contact me at Lynette@QuietBrlilianceConsulting.com.<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit her website at http:\/\/www.QuiteBrillianceConsulting.com\/<\/a> to learn more about her company and to see more articles.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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