Walt Hampton, J.D.

Creating the Work & Life You LOVE

What’s Your Destination?
August 14, 2014

Where are you going? And why?

What is your destination? Will you know it when you get there?

Do you know? Do you remember?

A common question that we ask little kids when we first meet them is, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

And they know! Teachers, fire fighters, astronauts, doctors, secret agents… they know.

When we’re growing up, we have these grand visions for our lives: what we want to do, where we want to live, how we want to travel, who we want to do it with. They are exciting, compelling visions filled with joy and adventure.

Then one day, we wake up, driving a nice care from the nice suburbs where we live in a nice house with a nice partner to nice work that more or less pays for our nice lifestyles. One day melds into the next, one day the same as the last, over and over again. Until we have forgotten what it was we really wanted in the first place. We lose sight of the horizon. We lose sight of ourselves.

If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.

Without a vision, the people will perish, Proverbs says. Without a vision, you will perish.

At the very least, you certainly won’t thrive.

You cannot hit a target you can’t see.

  • Business growth stagnates unless you know exactly what value you’re bringing to the market place; exactly what problem you’re solving; and exactly who you’re solving it for.
  • A career change or job search will most certainly derail unless you know exactly what you want to do, who you want to do it for, and why.
  • Your productivity will drop and your stress will skyrocket unless you know exactly what it is that you want to achieve, and why.

When you know your destination,

  • Your marketing becomes simpler and far less expensive.
  • Your job search will become laser focused
  • You’ll get a lot more done in a lot less time

Knowing your outcome – your precise outcome – is key to your success. In everything: Health, wealth, relationships and careers.

I just consulted with a brilliant young professional with an impressive resume who couldn’t seem to get a job to save his life. When I asked him what he really wanted to do, he hemmed and hawed and bobbed and weaved and hedged. He was sending out resumes into the universe without any clear notion of what it was he really wanted to do. The result was that his energy signature was muddled and confused… and potential employers could smell that like rotting leftovers.

As soon as he got clear – as soon as he reclaimed the vision of what it was he really wanted – he found the job he loved.

An entrepreneur I work with has an exciting new business model for delivering professional services. He hasn’t gotten any traction yet because he doesn’t yet know who his ideal client it. As soon as he does, he’ll be unstoppable. Screenshot 2014-08-11 19.49.59

If you don’t have a plan, any plan will do. And that’s the fast track to nowhere in particular.

With a clear vision, you can go anywhere. And life becomes exciting and joy-filled again.

The GPS in your car will take you to within 30 feet of your destination so long as you’ve locked in your coordinates.

Lock in yours today.

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