Vision

What is vision. The dictionary describes it as the act or power of sensing with your eyes; seeing. When talking about leadership, vision is described as a dream with purpose; goal aspiring to reach. there is definitely a difference in these definitions.

When a person has a good vision, they spend time to think about what they want to achieve in there life time, and how they can impact the people around them. that is what you call a dream. people should have goals and dreams, but there is a difference between those two. goals are short term, and they have a deadline to achieve it, otherwise it wouldn't get accomplished. a vision is a long term "goal" that is what you want to achieve in your lifetime. Dreams are a crucial part of a person's life. otherwise people wouldn't get anywhere with what they do.

In the movie "The Pursuit of Happiness" Chris Gardner ( Will Smith) has a dream to be a stock broker. His dream gets shot down by all the people around him, but he still has determination to strive to get the one job opening. after risking all he had: hitting rock bottom, and being homeless for months, he finds out he was offered the job. At the end of the movie, Chris is in tears because he finally had a dream, and the dream came true. And he will finally give his son a good life.

So what i got out of this week, is that when leaders want to achieve something, they need to have a vision in where they want to go, and where they are now. Leaders need to make small goals that will lead to a bigger vision.

I hope to impact the people around me with the visions i have.

"It is better to lose your life than to waste it." -John Piper