Last week we discussed the concept of having a compelling
vision for your business; a vision that will enable you to decide and create
the necessary culture needed within your business to ensure you to move towards
your vision.
Before we start to look at the “How” I just wanted to check in
with you that you have got your vision and it is compelling; does excite you,
will enrol people into your business?
I remember talking to a lady a few years back, she had a rather
good floristry business. When I asked her what her vision was, where did she
see her business in say ten years’ time? Her reply “I want to have the biggest
and best floristry business in my village." There was at the time only one
other floristry business in her village. Unfortunately, that lady has now gone
out of business. I’m not sure that she ever reached her vision. It is not for
me to judge, yet I can’t help thinking that maybe she was aiming a little low.
The danger being if you aim low you may well achieve your goal. Aiming high,
just this side of impossible, might be a better goal.
In our seminars I like to use the analogy of
climbing Everest because I believe it shows how a vision can be achieved.
Was Edmund Hillary out for a stroll one morning when he
happened to arrive at the foot of Everest and thought to himself, “I think I
will have a go at climbing that today...”
No! That would have been
a really bad idea and one that would be doomed to failure. Instead, he invested a great deal of time working
on a plan to achieve his vision.
Everest is 8,848 meters high, so reaching the summit was going
to be difficult and it would have been easy for him to think, "This isn’t
achievable, so I might as well give up on the idea." But, what if there
were a secret recipe to climbing 8,848 metres would it make the journey a
little easier?
There is a recipe and its 12.12 metres per day. Could you climb
12.12 metres per day? If you can, in just 2 years you will have achieved 8,848
metres; you will have climbed the highest mountain on earth.
This is the key to
reaching your business vision.
As a business coach, one of my primary
responsibilities is to help my clients define their Everest, and then break it
down to 5 year, 3 year, 1 year and quarterly plans. During our weekly meetings
we decide the steps needed to achieve their 12.12 metres per day.
Now some of you may be thinking “If only it were that simple!” My question to you is, “What if it was that
simple?”
Sometimes, when I speak with business owners, I am told that I
am being naïve and I just don’t understand their industry, their industry is
different! They are convinced that reaching their Everest summit just isn’t
possible. And yet, if they learn how to set aggressive goals and overcome the
barriers to achieving their 12.12 metres per day, it is surprising just what
they can achieve if they are fully committed to their goal.
To achieve your business equivalent of climbing
Everest you just need to make a decision to go there.
Thoughts:
“Discipline
is the bridge between goals and accomplishment”…Jim
Rohn
“When
it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust
the action steps”…Confucius
“What
you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by
achieving your goals”…Zig Ziglar
“Setting
goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible”…Tony
Robbins
“I
don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the
rest”…Venus Williams
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