What do you do to clarify your business vision?
Clarifying your business vision is one of the most powerful things you can do!
When you are clear about who you are and what you want you put yourself in the position of being the creator of your own life.
Check out my latest video on clarifying your business vision.
I would love to know what you do to clarify your business vision.
Post your tips, insights, strategies for clarifying your business vision in the space below:
Tags: clarify your business vision, creative spiritual entrepreneurs, nü business mentorship, throught-provoking questions
May 13th, 2012 at 9:08 am
Hi Laura, it looks like your way of clarifying has more fun built into it than mine!
My walls are covered in post-its of varying sizes and I use them to capture my thoughts and group them into themes. The only drawback is that when I move them around the sticky strip loses its grip over time and I sometimes find them on the floor. I take that as a sign I need to rework the positioning of that particular post-it, so you could say the system edits itself…
May 13th, 2012 at 9:21 am
Hi Leigh, I love how you include the natural flow of life in your editing process!
May 13th, 2012 at 9:30 am
Laura, thank you for sharing your creative videos. I love seeing what you are up to.
I clarify my business vision by working in my visual journal.
I begin by writing my intention. Then I paint, draw, gather photos and write specific ideas as they occur to me. I continue to paint and write until the vision is clear in my own mind.
I enjoy the process as the vision reveals itself to me. If I become so excited about the vision that I don’t allow the time for IT to show itself, then I seem to wind up doing a lot more revisions as I move forward with my vision.
I’ll be eager to hear how others clarify their vision.
Ann Bell
May 13th, 2012 at 10:05 am
Hi Laura,
I use a a Visual journal like Ann and Soul Art as well when I need deeper insight and clarity for my business vision. Then I meet with Michele from The Creative Healing Studio, and my fellow Soul Art Guide sister, and we hold each other accountable for our action steps. Not only is it great fun but it is effective too!
Thank you for all your inspiration
May 13th, 2012 at 10:05 am
I contemplate, feeling into my imagination. “What does this place I want my business to get to feel like? How do I want to feel and experience myself?” Then some pictures form. Depending on my intention, they can be big visions or closer-to-home ideas that clarify where I can go from where I am.
Then I start to explore them in my journal. New ideas and details come as I’m writing. I can feel whether they ring true or shaky. If they are shaky, that’s okay.
Now comes a trick I learned from Andrrea Hess of empoweredsoul.com. I make a list of the action-items I am thinking of pursuing. She says, since we pretty much always fear the next step, the fear itself is not a trustworthy guide to decisionmaking. Instead, for each action on the list, imagine what it would feel like to have completed it successfully. Would it feel exhilarating or constricting? For me, that’s where it becomes very clear which things to do and when.
As I’m doing the actions in a daily sense, I always do the things that feel intuitively better – that feel the way I want to feel in my success – because the result and the actions it takes to get there always carry the same signature.
May 13th, 2012 at 10:44 am
I meditate in nature, feeling into the energy of what is arising in me, then I allow the energy to move my body which I feel moves energy out of the way of the manifestation as well as helps to integrate the new incoming vision. Then I record the textures – the colour, imagery, words and innovations in my journal and indicate the action steps that are apparent.
May 13th, 2012 at 11:06 am
Getting clear depends very much on the universe and what area of my life is being touched in the present. Right now I am working in the relationship/partnership area of life, and it is showing up in both personal and business sectors and has been for the last 2 yrs. I have been using my intuition and gut feelings to guide me. If it doesn’t feel right, I dont’ do it. I wait, and it ususally falls away by it’s self, similiar to post it note story above, if it falls away then it is not meant to be. Spending time trying to make things happen that takes too much time and energy sucks the soul out of me. If I am working in the right direction but with the wrong people, timing always purifies the relationships and brings the right people onto the scene. So I guess, it’s all about timing and going with the flow. I think back over time, and if I had not been a patient persona and tried to rush things because others thought it was a good plan, I fear I would not be in business today. But my soul knows and always directs me.
May 13th, 2012 at 11:14 am
Wow thanks Laura and everyone for all the great inspirations and tools. It’s such an awesome question that I have been keep asking myself for a while now. So I got no clear answer to this one. So far my process has been setting an intention to find an answer. And it has lead me to really reconnecting deeper with my essence, my body, my family, feeling out my tribe and collecting all my skills and experiences to really feel my purpose and intention being here now. Somehow things magically unfold or unify themselves. I just listen to what ideas resonate with others and myself more when I share them with others. It’s like trying on different cloth… some look nice as designs but don’t really suit me well others that didn’t seem like much turn out to fit just perfectly… so to speak. I guess I am more experimenting with all the ideas until I get more clarity. Sometimes it a bit exhausting… so I am curious what everyone else will share.
May 13th, 2012 at 12:14 pm
This is a good question, because it’s something I need to do! But I just thought of an interesting analogy. There is a story behind everyone’s creative process and every story needs a good synopsis. A good synopsis starts with one sentence – can you describe your story/business in one sentence? Now you can expand on your process – describe how it starts, again in one sentence. Describe how it ends – you guessed it – in one sentence! What is the final result/the solution? Everything else is filler and readers and clients alike love the prospect of action!
May 13th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
This is a hard question! I have never really thought about it. But as I think about my work, It always begins with a goal for the work and my visitor….What is the purpose of what I am creating? Who is it for? How will they connect to it? Figuring this out usually requires research. The physical aspect of my work involves, a scale model, prototype or drawing.
May 13th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
One really powerful tool I use is going into retreat. I get nice food and flowers and plan with people in my life to be out of touch for a couple of days. Then I spend those couple of days alone, meditating and doing deep reflecting on business planning questions. I can go much deeper in retreat and get insights and answers when I cut off from the distractions of email, phone and conversations with people. Thanks so much for asking this important question!
May 13th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
On a good/normal day, it’s “processing”, on a rougher day it’s “my morning mental flogging”. Either way, I have a habit of allowing myself a decent amount of first-moment-of-waking, in-bed, non-active (except for a bit of cat-stretching) morning mental processing. I list all the main tasks for the day, acknowledging which are most immediate, which less while also connecting those tasks with the overall vision. Sometimes I feel I’ve strayed from my greater goals in general and those mornings may have the scent of harsh realization, though are still productive as the spirit is the same.
Overall, it begins with a devoted allotment of time, space, intention and a question for clarity. Then regular commitment to create habit. And, of course, follow-through.
May 13th, 2012 at 5:14 pm
Love this question! I feel like the answer to this question often depends on what it is I am doing, but one of the juicy things I love to do is use my improv theatre background to pretend and role play! It’s so cleansing and healing especially if I am nervous or unsure of an idea. I find it releases those messages, and gives clues to the answers on how to move forward.
May 13th, 2012 at 6:30 pm
Great idea Andrea!
Going into retreat sounds like an Intensive. It is so important to have a sacred time and space to focus on our dreams and vision and let them take shape without interruption.
May 13th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Its interesting that you ask this question, as this is exactly what I have been working on for the past week or so. After the soul art day, I really began to look deeper into what I really want to put out there and share with the world. I often find myself getting lost within looking at what others do.
To really explore and discover my inner vision for my business I gather images and words that inspire me from the web, from books, magazines etc.
I dont always have exactly what I am looking for in a magazine, so the internet is a great place. As I am collecting, I create a vision board on pinterests. I like pinterests because I can take it with me anywhere I go, and add to it when the moment arises vs a physical vision board.
I do vision and inspiration boards so often that I don’t have a place for them all, so pinterests is perfect for me to do that.
I hope that inspires and motivates others to share their vision using the web as well.
Life is good, have a blessed day,
Aisha
May 14th, 2012 at 12:22 am
Hi Laura,
Great question as usual! I love your creative style and I love getting creative too…
One of the ways I work is to delve into my intuition through meditation or a simple intuitive exercise I learned from one of my mentors. From this space I tap into my inner guidance and really connect with my soul. Then I work with what comes up and get creative and see where this takes me.
I love sharing these ways of working with others too as there is such a beautiful power created with the energy of the group.
Love Juliette xxx
May 14th, 2012 at 2:26 am
All is sorted… RE: web link…
Really interesting video.
At the moment I am going through my past photographic projects and am putting them on my website. This is great since it is the first step in getting my work in one place.
May 14th, 2012 at 4:17 am
I, too, and currently working on this! Journalling and writing is how I’m approaching this right now, as well as some creative/art journaling to gain some visual clarity. Fun to read everyone’s responses and ideas. I loved Katarina’s idea of using the story/synopsis element to narrow it down–I will have to try that! Thanks Laura, thanks everyone!
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May 14th, 2012 at 5:17 am
Hi Laura,
I start with a foundation of prayer. Asking God for guidance, what my clients need in order to move forward in their lives and in their goals. I’m loving the soul art journey by the way! I just did a full day around my business in general, and now I’m doing another one getting down to more specifics. A really cool thing that happened for me was after I put my first soul art journey on my wall in my office and began really looking at it, thinking about what took place during my soul art day, I received a “divine download” into my heart for my next group coaching program. It was an incredible experience.
Thank you for all your inspiration – I love your work…
May 14th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Hi Laura, I have a combination of methods. If it’s beautiful weather, I love to walk by the water and invite visions and guidance, and I voice-record things on my phone that come through while I walk. At other times, I like to meditate with a journal near me and write what comes through.
I really, really love to make vision boards and collect images that inspire me as I see them. I regularly have signs coming to me as I’m living my life, and I collect those and eventually put them together on a board when I have enough.
I don’t have a consistent way to do it, it’s more like a toolbox that I go to, pulling out what fits best depending on the time of year, time of day and what I’m feeling. Thanks for the question, and another fabulous video – really loved the cool opening!!
May 15th, 2012 at 2:13 am
Hey Laura, I start on the inside…. I take time out and rest and see and feel on the inside what wants to come out, what is forming… I then start to see this more clearly each time I feel that I have to come back to it…. when its ready I then capture it on paper, in a word, a colour and image and use that to ground it…. during this time I exercise, do yoga or walk, to help it move around my body to clarify it and help it to come out…. I like quick methods – simple and easy… then I carve it out into a project, whether this is a document or a website… or talking to people, but bring it into life lx
May 16th, 2012 at 7:36 am
I have been keeping a vision/art journal for my business goals…if I see words or photos in a magazine that inspire me, I put them in a folder where I capture everything. When I am inspired, I open my journal and start manifesting by writing down goals, pros & cons lists, and hand-drawn illustrations, and paint…then, I go to my inspiration folder where I had captured the things that inspire me and continue to accent my journal pages with those things. I love the process…it helps me clarify my goals and it also inspires me to think of new ideas!
May 17th, 2012 at 2:37 am
I meditate everyday, and I also think about my goals and how it will feel when I achieve them. I keep a book/journal where I write down my thoughts/ideas and i’m in the process of creating a vision board. I had my first try at bodymapping a couple of days ago as well. Thanks for the inspiration. xx
May 28th, 2012 at 2:59 am
One of the things that really got me going, lit me up, and got me moving (and still does) is to hone down what my driving energy is. In other words, what is it that drives me? What would I die for? The answer you find is often strongly clarifying, it sets you apart from the rest, it’s what you CARE about! Apart from the other honing down techniques, I find this one is the really fire behind the rest of who I am and why I’m here!
In energy and light!