The Pain of Vision Creation, How Much Exercise Do You Need? Movie Recommendation!
Business
Why Creating a Vision is So Difficult!
Creating a compelling vision for your life or business is the best thing you can do to create a life of meaning and significance. But, the work is hard! Why?
A Vision Requires Saying No – If you say yes to a compelling vision, it will force you to say no to a lot of “great opportunities” that you could pursue. Ford’s focus on their vision to “democratize the automobile” required a lot of hard choices. To make a car that was affordable to the masses, Ford had to cut costs wherever possible. Ford famously told his early customers that they could have any color they wanted, “as long as that color is black.” Painting his early cars one color kept costs low and sped up production. Both of which were required to chase the vision of “democratizing the automobile.”
Vision Upsets People – If you are a people pleaser like I am, saying no or upsetting people is very difficult! Henry Ford upset plenty of potential customers when he told them the only color they could have was black. When the United States got behind the vision to “put a man on the moon,” our leaders had to say no to a lot of other ways to spend that money. Putting a man on the moon cost around $170 billion in today’s dollars. Those dollars could have been spent elsewhere. Plenty of people were upset when that money went to the moon chase instead of their cause.
Vision Requires Sacrifice – A compelling vision demands the best of everyone involved to accomplish it. When we put our entire selves behind achieving a great vision, everyone has to make sacrifices to achieve that vision. Chasing a great vision stretches everyone involved. A lot of people in your organization or life would prefer that you leave things the way they are. That is OK for lots of people, but not vision chasers. Chasing a great vision will attract the right people to your team and probably repel the wrong people.
Visions Cost – They cost you the “opportunity cost” of not chasing other options or clients. They cost you money to fund the chase. A compelling vision will cost you some of your current clients and plenty of your current friends and co-workers.
But, great visions build extraordinary lives, extraordinary people and extraordinary impact. They attract the right customers and the right team members. They are worth the risk. They are worth the cost.
Don’t give up in your pursuit of achieving or creating your compelling vision. Next week, we’ll talk more about the benefits of a compelling vision which make the costs worth it!
Health
How Much Exercise Do You Need?
According to the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association, we need 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise five times per week. What is “moderate intensity”? Jogging, ballroom dancing, biking or swimming done at an intensity that allows you to hold a conversation during the exercise.
Don’t have 2.5 hours per week for exercise? There is good news! Intensity counts and allows you to almost cut your time in half and get similar results. High intensity training means you are huffing and puffing and having a conversation during exercise would be difficult.
According to Dr. Jordan D. Metzl, exercise is the most efficacious drug known to humankind, works for everyone who takes it, has no side effects and is free. Exercise promotes health in mind, spirit and body. Like saving for retirement, exercise is an investment for a better, longer life. Make the time for it. You’ll be happier, healthier and live longer. Great article from CNN on the topic here.
Life, Fun, Whatever
The Song
I really enjoyed this movie! It takes the Biblical books the Song of Solomon and Ecclesiastes and weaves them into a country music drama. The acting was much better than your average Christian movie. In fact, if you were not listening for the Biblical references in the narration you could miss them. The movie was very entertaining and brought those two books of the Bible to life in a modern way.
And…I have a shirt just like the guy is wearing on the cover. I think Jill has let me wear it two times in public!
It is currently free for watching on Amazon Prime. Check it out!
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