Make Every Decision Lead Towards Your Vision

Notes to Young Leaders | 27 July 2022

To young leaders.

Every single decision either leads you towards your vision or leads you away from it.

So every decision you make matters – from what new project you commit to, to whom you have coffee with on a Sunday afternoon.

But, for that to be the case, you must first have a vision.

Here are the three big mistakes most people make when it comes to their vision:
1. They don’t develop a clear vision;
2. They don’t write down and visualise their vision; and/or
3. Their vision is not ambitious enough.

Write and visualise a clear and inspirational vision, and you are already in the top 10%.

Regularly track your performance against your vision, and you are in the top 5%.

Ensure that all your key decisions are consistent with your vision, and you are in the top 1%.

So why do most of us fail to do it?

Because committing yourself to a clear, ambitious vision makes you accountable to yourself – and most of us fear accountability.

F@&# fear. Seize the day.