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How are your New Year's resolutions going?<\/p>\n

Have you formulated any? Have you managed to implement them well so far or is your inner bastard already creeping in?<\/p>\n

A big problem is often that the goals are too vague. A classic New Year's resolution example: weight. A friend of mine wants to lose weight. She had put on a lot of weight due to a knee injury, medication and lockdowns and wants to regain the weight she lost in 2019. Although the goal of losing ten kilos is very specific, it doesn't describe how to get there. She also lacked an idea of what impact this \"having less on your ribs\" can have: on fitness, on your appearance, on your health...<\/p>\n

It is better to define a precise plan and create an internal image.<\/p>\n

Why is it important to be specific?<\/h2>\n

Even the best plan is useless if it is not consistently visualised as the future. Without realisation, your project will remain a pipe dream or wishful thinking. Your motivation may be high at first, but experience has shown that it quickly fizzles out. Then you're back in your old rut and reaching for the bag of crisps.<\/p>\n

Let's take a look at your plans today \"Your vision for 2022\"<\/strong> call it. I think vision sounds much more powerful than just good intentions. Let's take the example of weight again. \"My resolution is to lose 10 kilos!\" or \"My vision is to fit into my favourite summer dress again in summer 2022!\" - what sounds more motivating to you?<\/p>\n

Try this with your plan and finish the sentence for yourself:<\/p>\n

\"binoculars\"<\/a>My vision for 2022 is ________________________________<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If you're still struggling to describe a vision, then I'll give you my Blog article \"How to develop vision\"<\/a> from July 2019 to your heart.<\/p>\n

Even though I don't know your vision for 2022, I'm assuming that you do: It is certainly not based on the status quo. You want to change or achieve something.<\/p>\n

Well, the sentence with the vision and the summer dress sounds more motivating, BUT the wording is still very vague and the inner image has not yet been created.<\/p>\n

Why does a vision help you<\/h2>\n

Firstly, let's look at why exactly it is important that you have a vision for your project. The vision is the future image of your project. A kind of compass for your everyday planning. It motivates you and makes it clear what the realisation is all about.<\/p>\n

I once sat in a caf\u00e9 with a good friend: \"I'm not a dreamer. I can't do that!\"<\/em> she said. \"It's not that difficult,<\/em> I tried to reassure her. You simply visualise the results of something you want.\"\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Because I knew that she was preparing a conference in which one aspect was to encourage people to take responsibility for something, I said: \"Imagine large seed pods hanging on strings from the ceiling. And every person at the conference takes one of them home and says: I'll water and water this. With my prayers and my commitment. Let it grow into a big tree!\"\u00a0<\/p>\n

When I had finished speaking, we were both deeply moved. The picture had unfolded its power. A rather abstract goal had become a powerful vision.<\/p>\n

What characterises visionaries<\/h2>\n

There are people with tremendous visionary power. Like Martin Luther King<\/a>whose \"I have a dream\" has moved countless people and changed the lives of millions of Americans forever.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not everything he dreamed of has become reality. Some changes have only taken effect on the surface, changing little in the depths of people's hearts. Racism on the one hand and feelings of inferiority on the other have still not been eradicated. But without his vision, America today would probably look much darker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Similar to its namesake Martin Luther<\/a>. You can't live off a truly reformed church anywhere in the world. Profound reformation is needed in many places. And yet: without his passion to stand up for what he dreamed of, we would not be where we are today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

People often have no idea what impact their vision can have.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gutenberg.\u00a0<\/a> Not much is known about the man who TIME Magazine named Man of the Millennium. However, we do know that he made good money from other semi-automatically produced \"mass products\" - such as mirrors, which were very popular on pilgrimages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This suggests that his new invention was more of a commercial interest than a revolution in the media that would have a lasting impact on the next few centuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Utilise the superpower of the imagination<\/h2>\n

There is a huge difference between thinking rationally about what needs to change for the better. Or whether you can see it in front of your eyes.<\/p>\n

You need a credible image of an attractive future. The best way to achieve this is to visualise your vision. Vision comes from \"videre\", meaning to see. Embellish your vision in the form of (inner) images, graphics, quotes, etc. This has a visualisation and reminder function. The image is more concrete and motivating. This makes you much more aware of your vision and more effective in everyday life.<\/p>\n

A picture of your vision provides you with additional orientation.<\/p>\n

There are always three aspects to life-giving vision:\u00a0<\/h2>\n