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October 29, 2004
Finding Your Personal Vision
Interview
with Martha Lasley, author of the book, Courageous
Visions
Mike
Carruthers:
Everyone should be living their dream, well it just makes
sense. What on earth could be more important than living your dream?
Martha
Lasley:
You
would think, what I noticed though is a lot of people have their dreams squashed.
Usually by well meaning well-intentioned adults who try to steer them towards
certain professions or outside of what they really care about. Martha
Lasley, author of the book, Courageous
Visions says if you're not really sure what your dream or vision is… Imagine
that you're on the front page of the paper, what does the headline say? Imagine
that you're quoted in the article, what do you say in the article? This gets people
in touch with some of the things that matter most to them. Martha
says when you look at some of the great visionaries and their visions or dreams… Typically
visions start with some kind of dissatisfaction some kind of discomfort. Walt
Disney when he went to a carnival in his hometown with his young daughter took
a look around and he thought, this place is pretty dirty, it's a little seedy
and I think I can do better. A lot of visions come from dissatisfaction. So, I
think it's important to explore what's missing in our lives. From there we can
come up with great visions. And
every great vision says Martha is really just a series of small steps. Even
if they're only working on their vision five minutes a day that's how novels get
written, that's how companies get created. And eventually they build momentum
to create even more time for building their vision. At
somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm
Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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