Posts Tagged ‘Vision’

How does Intention Work?

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Jacque speaks from Edmonton

Jacque speaks from Edmonton

Video Link: Divine Divorce Journey 1

Setting an intention and having it come to fruition can be easy or hard depending upon how you approach it.

For years I did it the hard way.   I would sit down once a year with myself for a planning session, set goals and then start diligently working towards the goals, being disappointed when I fell short of the goals.  What I missed seeing was all the work and progress that I had made along the way.  I was judgmental of myself for not producing the results that my mind planned twelve months prior.   I usually did a great job of keeping the target in focus and worked hard to take the appropriate actions to get there, the results just weren’t the planned ones.  Life often has a different plan for us than the one our mind makes up.  If we use our intuition to pay attention to what life is showing us we can produce amazing results in a relatively short time with ease and have more fun.

Over the past two years after going through divorce I changed the way I approach life.  I made the change because I did not have the energy to keep pushing myself while I was going through the divorce.  Life showed me that to survive, let alone thrive, I needed to cut back, stop pushing and take things one step at a time.  Using the Emotional Hot Button Removal Techniques I released the emotional energy that got in the way of me using my intuition.  I started to let my intuition guide me on where to focus my energy and how much energy to expend in any particular area.  I started to say No to activities where before I felt like I had to say Yes.

In conjunction with using my intuition, I set my intention for how I would like to” feel and experience life.”  My intention is to have fun, be vibrant and have a thrilling business.  I used this intention to help guide my direction and actions.  My intuition has made it clear that I am to write a book about my experience going through divorce and I am to share the Emotional Hot Button Removal techniques.  As a result of this knowing I started to write my book in January of 2010.

I also know that life for me is about adventure.  I went to Belize in December of 2009 and had the best vacation ever.  On the vacation I was being vibrant and had a ton of fun learning how to scuba dive and meeting the local people.  Because of this experience everyone asked when I was going back.  I just shrugged my shoulders, I had not thought about it.   Within three weeks all barriers that might prevent me from going to Belize to write my book disappeared.   I would now have to manufacturer a reason why I couldn’t go.  Which after being a coach for ten years I know this is a common occurrence for people, called sabotage.   So instead of manufacturing an excuse I used my wonderful mind  to figure out how I could have a virtual business and set this as another intention.   I figured out the technology required to continue coaching my clients and then I just let the rest unfold.

Over the next several months all the pieces for the adventure fell into place with ease.  Here is a video clip from the first leg of my journey.  Video Link: Divine Divorce Journey 1

Leadership and Vision

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

This morning I reviewed an on-line conversation on Vision that has been running for 2 months and over 200 posts.   Here is the conclusion.

Optimism + pragmatism along with determination = vision

Vision is knowing where we want to go.   It might be something that we can visualize and see or it might be something less distinct that we can sense or perceive.   We can get into semantics about vision and mission, but what is important is that there is some purpose, some why, something that calls us or drives us forward.

As we move forward to the perceived future and check in along the way with both what is known and what is perceived the vision can be updated to bring greater clarity.  What is important is that movement must occur.

What is the role of leadership and vision?  Does the leader have the vision or does the vision occur in some other way?

The conclusion indicates that vision is a dynamic process that comes about from the interactions and synergies of the people associated with the organization.  It is bigger and has a broader scope than just a set of planning sessions.   It emerges from the collective consciousness of the people within the organization.

The leader’s role is to tap into this collective consciousness and then to bring the vision to life within the hearts and minds of the people in the organization.   A leader brings optimism, pragmatism and determination to the execution of their role.  They ensure that actions takes place as the vision unfolds and gains clarity.  A strong leader communicates the vision constantly, directs the action of others and provides a strong role model through their own actions.

Jacque