Much how Corporations use Mission Statements, Solo Entrepreneurs can define their purpose by developing a Vision Statement.
A vision statement is a story of how you paved your own unique road to success. I personally learned about this extremely powerful exercise from Brian Buffini while at one of his Mastermind Summits in San Diego, CA over 10 years ago.
Now this exercise has become one of the most powerful pieces that I walk my own coaching clients through as part of their business planning process year after year. And, year after year, my clients are always astonished at just how much of what they wrote into their vision statements comes to pass in a mere 12 months.
If you’ve never written a vision statement before here are 10 great questions to answer that will help spark this creative effort. Once you have completed the questions, go back and string it all together into a cohesive narrative and make it the first page in your 2017 Business Plan.
Quick tip before you get started: Write as if you have already accomplished these changes. So, answer these questions as if it’s December of 2017 and you are looking back on all that you have accomplished.
1. What tasks have been taken off of your plate and delegated to someone else?
2. What do you spend 80% of your time engaged in, in order to continue to grow your business?
3. Who are your clients? Describe your “best” client. A client profile, so to speak.
4. What juices you up about starting your work day?
5. What systems helped you get to where you are today?
6. Who are your referral partners today and how did you go about making and cultivating those relationships?
7. What positions have been filled in order to expand your team?
8. What new avenues have you paved to increase your wealth?
9. What worries have been lifted from your mind?
10. How have you celebrated your victories? What “toys” have you purchased? What memories have you created with friends and family? What dream gift did you get just for YOU?
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