If you don’t have a vision you’re going to be stuck in what you know. And the only thing you know is what you’ve already seen.
Lyanla Vanzant
What’s it all about?
We often spend considerable amounts of time wrestling with organisational vision and mission statements, yet we seldom take time to step back and think about our personal vision. Being a freelancer tends to mean it is even less likely you will have had time to consider your own vision.
What’s it for?
This tool will allow you to create or review your personal vision statement. Going through the process can help you:
- Clarify what is important to you
- Ensure your values and purposes are aligned with your work
- Make progress towards longer term goals
- Understand your aspirations
- Celebrate your strengths and achievements
Using the tool
The personal vision tool gives you a number of prompts to help guide you through the process of developing your vision statement. Ideally, you will do the exercise on your own but it can help to have someone you trust to share your answers with. The tool can take as much or as little time as you have available. Ideally, you would set aside an hour for the first responses. You can then come back and review your responses at a later date.