Visions and the Big Hairy…

July 31, 2007

I’ve watched the first DVD in The 7 Figure Code. The basis of the first DVD is to get you in the right mental framework. 

It started with the general conference administrative stuff that really didn’t apply to me and then went into some concepts from Jim Collins author of Good to Great. 

Some of it reminded me of Stephen Covey. Covey is best known for his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and his time/life management empire FranklinCovey.  His name wasn’t mentioned, so it was probably overlap especially in regard to holding to your values.

I am fans of both of these mens’ work, so the concepts were not new to me.  It was helpful to hear them laid out in this context though.

Mike Filsaime and his friend/business partner Tom Beal began the discussion with the concept of a vision statement which is future focused as opposed to a mission statement which is more about identity and practices.

Writing these statements has always been difficult for me because it is so hard for me to narrow things down.  This presentation of the idea was a pretty short and simple overview, so it wasn’t a life changing “Oh, now I can write a vision statement!”  It’s still going to be a work in progress for me.

The next thing he talked about was BHAGs.  That stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goals.  These are goals that are bigger than you can imagine, but they are still attainable. I’ve tried to set these before, but I never can get the right focus. 

Even though I’m familiar with these concepts, it is helpful to address them in the context of a course where I am working toward something.  So many of the things I have learned kind of float out there in the ether only to materialize in a thought or conversation. They are rarely part of a cohesive whole.

That is really what I am searching for…a unity, a system, a focus.  That’s why I keep working at it. 

I will tell you more about the first DVD in the next post.  Some of Jim Collins’ concepts are very encouraging to me when I think about the path I’m on.

To Your Best,

Deborah

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