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Mind Alchemy Day 4
Okay, after yesterday’s mammoth exercise it’s time for something a little easier, just a little.
Today we are going to be looking at your personal vision statements. These will added to your outcomes worksheet on day 5, and work to help keep you focused and motivated toward your outcomes in life.
What are personal vision statements
A personal vision statements is a statement of intent with regards to your outcomes in life. It’s similar to a mission statement, but whilst a mission statement encompasses ALL that you stand for in life, a vision statement covers specific outcomes.
Look at some of these vision statements from some famous companies:
Macdonalds:
“McDonald’s vision is to be the world’s best quick service restaurant experience. Being the best means providing outstanding quality, service, cleanliness, and value, so that we make every customer in every restaurant smile.”
Nike:
“To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete*
in the world”
* If you have a body, you are an athlete.
Your vision statements are going to be personal to you and apply to each individual outcome you will achieve in life. As mentioned before, an outcome is something you want to achieve in the future, and we’ll discuss this at length tomorrow.
For now I’d like you to go back to day 2′s exercise. You should have written down 4 outcomes you wanted to achieve. We are going to use these 4 outcomes to practice writing your vision statements.
Today’s exercise
Download today’s exercise sheet here
Vision statement guide
The aim of a vision statement, in this course, is to write a concise statement, 2-3 sentences long that will capture the essence of what you do to achieve your outcome and the feelings, and emotions you feel when have achieved your outcome.
The aim is not to be specific here, the aim is to capture the whole, rather than the pieces that make it up, in other words we are not concerned about how you are going to achieve the outcome we are concerned broadly with the feelings and emotions you have when you have achieved it.
Example vision statement
As an example I will share with you one of my vision statements:
Outcome: I feel amazing, have a deep sense of freedom, and satisfaction as my business is generating, at least, £10,000 per month in profit, whilst helping others realise their dreams in life.
Vision statement: I provide high quality information products that are affordable, exciting, and help everyone who reads them, whilst building up genuine and amazing relationships with my readers and partners. I wake up every morning bursting with energy, excited, and grateful that I have the ability, knowledge, and deep motivation to keep writing better products.
You’ll notice, in the example above, that the outcome is a little more specific, whilst the vision statement looks at the way I feel when the outcome has been achieved.
Purpose of vision statements
The purpose of a vision statement is to energise you, to stimulate your creativity, to motivate the hell out of you, you feel the outcome, see it, smell it, taste it and it gets your blood pumping. The feeling is like Christmas morning; you’re all pumped up ready to run through to the living room to open your presents, you can see the presents in your mind, you can hear yourself ripping off the wrapping paper, you can feel the elation as you can see what you asked for from the big man in the red suit, it’s all too much, you feel overwhelmed, and almost burst like a water filled balloon. That is the purpose of a vision statement. (sorry, got a bit carried away there 
)
Get outside your comfort zone
When I first started writing my outcomes (I used to call them goals) down and keeping them in a folder, in my money category I used to say things like ‘I am earning £1,500 per month doing something I love’ and do you know what, I am earning £1,500 per month doing something I love; an addiction worker. However I was way inside my comfort zone. Now I am a little more specific and think about what I could comfortably live on and realise all my dreams at the same time. I don’t want to win the lottery, I want to do something I love doing and get paid well for it but still be my own boss, and take care of my family. £10,000 per month is a figure I came up with, as I originally thought ‘it would be great to earn £5,000 per month’, then I doubled it and said ‘I am earning £10,000 per month’, then I took off all the overheads I would have to pay and added ‘I am earning £10,000 per month, in profit’, so I got a little outside my comfort zone.
I once read a quote from a story:
“You don’t get million dollar ideas from a ten dollar vision”
Something amazing happens when you do something like this. Originally I could see no way of earning £5,000 per month, however when I doubled it and then made it a profit of £10,000 per month, the £5,000 per month did not seem that big an outcome to shoot for. When we expand our level of expectation, we demand and expect more of ourselves and our minds begin to work for us in ways that we couldn’t have imagined. Your mind wants a challenge, Give it one!
Tomorrow
Tomorrow is going to be another massive day for everyone. This is when we will be working on our outcomes for 2011 and beyond. I promise this is going to be amazing for you. We will tie together everything we have learned over the last few days and wrap it up into something we can work on every day for the next lifetime. Until tomorrow my fellow Mind Alchemists……..
Action follows a thought…
This course is about taking action, and to become pro active in changing your life. Take time to do this exercise and really think about it throughout the day. You don’t need to wait until tomorrow to take steps to improve your ‘Wheel of Life’, but with the support and encouragement from all the members we can help each other and support each other, but ultimately ‘you have to bring something to the table!’
Your thoughts
As always it’s good to talk about your experiences and share it with the rest of the members of the course, so let us know how this exercise went for you and if you gained any insights or had any revelations about yourself or your life.
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Thanks for sharing your out come and vision statement. It help me a lot and and a way for making vision statement.
Thanks
Glad you enjoyed this one Jacob
Once again a great work. I’ve gone through the full exercise and written down my four outcomes and vision statements. My life is getting clearer and clearer and I’m enjoying every bit of it. Thanks Steven for doing so much for us, we will never forget it. God bless you always:)
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Hi Sayantan, I am so happy that your life is becoming clearer. thank you for your kind words.
hi steve,
i am actually falling short of words to convey my thanks and how much all this means to me…this is somthing i was utterly in need of…somthing to direct me and show me what way my lifes going …i am so very much thankful to you …with lotz of warm regards …………….
SHRUTI
hi Steve, the exercise of day 2, was asking us to write 4 shortterm outcomes, on the download today it says to choose 4 outcomes we wish to have in the next year. on your instructions above, you are directing us to use the 4 outcomes fo exercise 2. Can you please clarify which outcomes we do choose for this ?
thank you so much, for this, I have allready started acting towards my goals, I have finished something I should have done. I am approaching my old friends to feel love and connection with them, and I can actually see clearly now what do I need to focus and do it step by step.
Hi Koula, sorry for late reply. You can choose either, but for the sake of continuity use the outcomes you used in day 2 of the course.
You seem be be making a lot of changes which is fantastic, and glad to see you are re-connecting with old friends.
This is incredible and here’s why. I’ve been doing my best to finish this exercise and it has already teach me things which we often overlook like simplicity and focus.
I have also learned by doing this step by step, this is how things are done and if we want to do something, we always should have a plan. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. I believe the key is s i m p l i c i t y but we over complicate it.
I must say I have more clarity now and I really enjoy these vision statements my life right now is in more focus, even thought I have many ideas buzzzzzing in my head, the mind alchemy so far blows my mind and I’m only on DAY 4.
What is also amazing about this journey so far it’s like I am fueling my engines to be able to do things, instead of procrastinating. However, no shortcuts here I will continue to follow this course until the end because I really, really like it.
Steven, this kicks ass.. I’m so thankful to be a part of this opportunity and I’m really looking forward for DAY 5 this can only become better from here…
And to everyone who participate in this course, you should be proud of what you are doing and I want to use this opportunity and wish you the best in life.
P.S. I feel like you have “Hijacked” my brain Steven and are injecting it with more clarity, focus and a lot of positive energy. Thank you once again.
Engilbert, what a fantastic comment to receive. I am truly happy this is helping you in some way and may the journey continue
Steven, great post in an already great series. I love the idea of creating personal visions. And writing them down. This has helped me to conquer some amazing things in my life. And I have to have things written down. I can lose focus if I don’t. Thanks for posting!
Hey Bryan, writing down the vision statements really does help to clarify your outcomes. I am glad that you are enjoying the course so far Bryan and thank you for participating fully.
I’m really very impressed and inspired by todays exercise. Best one so far by far! To that end I’ve written again about it today on my blog. Thnak you Steve for this amazingly great project.
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Hey Marty, you’ve been a great support in the course so far. thank you for your kind words.
I have been doing visioning work and am currently teaching classes based on the program that I developed one year ago. I have got a short and snappy one: “I turn my vision into reality, inspiring others to do the same.”
I have been so busy that I have not managed to go through your materials yet. It will be great to have some added perspectives. Hope to get to them shortly! In the meantime, thanks for all the brilliant work!
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Hi Evelyn, thank you for your comment. I would urge all readers of the course to check out Evelyn’s blog using the link below her comment as she could really help you clarify your outcomes in life. Thank you Evelyn, it would be good to talk with you about the new course coming up in April/May and do some work together, I’ll send an email.
This was great. Having a vision statement really makes things clear. It’s like a magnifying glass over my outcomes, showing me why I want this and what my life will benefit from it. It’s a great motivator; something that I’ve been missing for quite some time. Thank you Steven!
Angel I like that ‘a magnifying glass over my outcomes’, it great to see you really getting into this.
Steven,
I am really enjoying these exercises in this series! I love how you take a new look at things, such as calling goals outcomes. Just using a different wording makes a huge difference in how we view them. I went into more detail in my blog post.
Thanks!
Stacy
Stacy recently posted..Creating Vision Statements
Hey Stacy. Thank you so much for blogging about this, I am going to get round all the bloggers today to leave comments, now that I have a few hours over the weekend
you’ve been a great support and I would like to thank you for that.
hello steve
how are you?
just wanted you to know i have found each series quite helpful.
thank you so much for challenging my mind with regards to expanding my mission
take care and enjoy the rest of the day
Dear Steve, I am grossly behind time because it is the Chinese New Year and I have visitors, but I am trying to catch up. Today is Day 6 and I am doing Day 4 work, but it was great! I completed my 4 vision statements and feel energized. I even feel like sending them to you to have a look! Now I am moving on and by tomorrow I should be on real time, I hope!
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Hey Haruki, it’s great that you managed to catch up. Post your vision statements here if you wish, be great for everyone to see.
Hi Steve, thanks for the encouragement. Here are my 4 vision statements, not perfect, but I try my best.
Career Visions Statement: I contribute to my company and add value to my team as I am able to lead them to provide products and services that help patients. I am recognized at work for my ability to lead and support the team; anyone who joins my team will be successful and supported.
Health Visions Statement: I have good fitness levels, good posture and grace; I show a good example to my children on living a healthy lifestyle and have the energy levels to tackle difficult jobs & do things with my family. I feel energized, ready to take on the world and ready to contribute through my better health.
Family Visions Statement: I teach my children well by spending time with them & letting them know that I love and support them. I guide them on the right path, so that they become spiritual, confident, generous and contributing people who make the world a better place. I am grateful for the blessings of my 3 children who will become loving and kind people through my guidance.
Outcomes Visions Statement: I am able to do the things that I am passionate about – reading, blogging, giving my time & money for children’s and other worthy causes, as I am financially independent. I create value by providing properties for my tenants to stay or do business and maintain my properties well so that I am able to help my tenants generate value for themselves. I build lasting, genuine relationships with my tenants through mutual understanding and win-win interactions.
Haruki recently posted..Training to be A Mind Alchemist with Steve Aitchison
Great vision statements Haruki!
This is a great exercise. Earlier, For whatever reason, I used to struggle creating 3-4 line action/Vision statements..today I could do it!
Here’s my Fitness Outcome:
I feel SUPER healthy, fit, beautiful, energetic and confident while successfully satisfying and fulfilling my ALL my life roles, happily, excitedly, joyously and with gratitude, and creating positive vibrations affecting everyone around me.