Discipline: self-imposed standards for the sake of a higher goal. A leader needs to be self-disciplined. A leader does not need external discipline.
The key to achieving one's vision is discipline. Discipline is key to achieving one's vision.
A man without a clear vision of their life lives a very loose life. A man with a vision leads a very narrow life. Vision controls your choices. Once you know where you are going, you know what roads won't take you there. Once you know what you ought to do, you know what not to do.
Vision defines your what to do in life.
Vision gives you a permanent address. It shows you the destiny. With a clear vision, it's easy to say no.
Your destiny dictates your decisions.
You were not born to do everything.
Stress comes from not knowing what to do.
Vision is from God.
"Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed - or indeed only one..."
"...you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed..."
All things are permissible for me, but not only things are beneficial.
You become a leader when you find the thing you are supposed to master.
Everything you do is supposed to be motivated by your vision. Vision is the primary motivator of human action.
Most people are poor because nobody knows who you are. Vision helps you identify yourself before the people...and because they know who you are, they know what to come to you for.
If you want to be successful, do not seek success. Seek to become a person of value.
Make yourself valuable, and they will pay for you.
Gold, silver, jasmine are valuable. Make yourself valuable like gold and people will be willing to pay for you - just like they pay for gold, silver, gasoline, water etc.
Develop a gift so valuable that people will pay you to perform it.
If someone had to think of something, that reminded them of me, what would it be? If they never think of me, I've never made myself valuable.
Become so good in an area that they can't ignore you.
For the next 20 years, I gonna curve a niche for myself that they cannot ignore me.
All true visions will be tested for authenticity.
- Challenges didn't come to stop the vision, they came to prove its true.
- Sometimes vision will take you to prison, like Nelson Mandela. His vision was so authentic to him. How much are you willing to pay for your vision.
True vision is discovering something to die for not just to live for.
Visionary leaders ask the question, "what kind of history do you dream of making?"
Do something they cannot erase from history. You were not created to just make a living and pay bills. You were created to give life and make a difference with your gift.
Vision chooses one's:
- future
- friends
- library
- use of time
- use of energy
- movies
- priorities
- hobbies
- diet
- investments
- to-do list
- attitude (if you know where you are going, it tells you what to think)
- lifestyle
- plan
- values
People with no vision in their lives throw off restraint
The Impact of Vision on Leadership
Vision:
- clarifies purpose
- gives direction
- empowers beyond assets
Wise people make choices that protect their vision
Vision attracts resources.
Once you know where you want to go in life, it decides your company.
You can outgrow your friends.
- If you are the smartest in your group of friends, it's time to leave the group.
- People who are going nowhere, want you to go with them. People who are doing nothing, want you to do it with them.
The Power of Vision
Vision is seeing the future before it comes into being.
Vision means:
- you expect more of your world;
- to take bold steps of faith;
- to venture with risk-taking courage;
- to dare to hope for something beyond yourself.
