You Must Know Where You Are Heading
To know what you want is so important, far too many times we see others chasing a dream that is not really what they want, they merely believe it is what they should have for fear of missing out!
Say What You Want…Or Get What You’re Given!
Having a clear Vision or plan for your future is one of the most important things you may ever do in your life and the life of your family. It is very important to do this separately from husbands wives and business associates and then share these visions together with your families or business partners so that everyone can clearly see what each other’s plans are for the future. This is not an easy project and like most, our family struggled with this process at first, BIG TIME!
Rural businesses are for the most part all about the operational type stuff and having the time to just sit and ponder what it is you really want to do just doesn’t happen a lot of the time. Let’s face it most people off the land work very hard and by the time the day is over all you want to do is crash into bed!
It is true that if you don’t control your own destiny or have your own dreams and goals that you could very well end up living a life that you never intended or having no way of measuring your success or destination when you arrive!
Yes we know there are people out there that think that Visions and goals are just a waste of time and pie in the sky type stuff, however there is scientific research proving that writing down goals gets results!
Don’t worry we were pretty anti Vision and Goal setting as well when we first were introduced to it however we have had far too many successful outcomes over our life time and with such consistency and accuracy to deny that it doesn’t work. Getting clear about what it is you want out of life and how you are going to make that happen is a sure way of getting through a successful succession outcome and living a life that you design.
Call it what you may, have your opinion, but please be brave enough to give it a go and see what happens.
Have you ever thought that maybe what you think you want is not want you really want at all?
Are you forced into wanting something because you are worried you are going to miss out or be giving away what you think is rightfully yours?
When we all really delved into the nitty gritty of exactly what made us each happy including Peter’s Mother and Father and took the focus away from land and assets and concentrated on a life that we all wanted for the future not only for ourselves but each other and all our children, we began to see things in a different light. We all spent a lot of time working on our own Visions which we know made for some huge changes in our family and our business. It was only then that we could all start to move forward with a plan.