Mindful Monday - Creating Your Long Term Vision

About This Talk

Chris builds on last week’s talk about priorities to look at setting a long-term vision, whether for work, family, health or anything else that matters. He suggests watching the documentary The Secret first, and argues that what holds people back is rarely the unknown future but the fear of repeating a known past. He asks listeners to learn from that past, stretch beyond their comfort zone and keep trying.

Key Ideas

• Your daily priorities have to line up with your vision; late-night chips and a morning workout pull in opposite directions.
• What holds us back is rarely the unknown future but the fear of repeating a known past.
• Learn from past experiences by naming the lesson, analyzing it and applying it, and look at them neutrally rather than labeling them good or bad.
• Set your vision in the stretch zone, list three to five steps, write them down and adjust as you grow.
• Don’t be afraid to fail, be afraid to not try; every attempt adds to your knowledge base, whatever the outcome.

“The past is a place for us to learn from. The past is not a place to live in. The past is where we learn, it’s not where we live.”