Shawn Phillips, Well-Being - Written by Shawn Phillips on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:08 - 29 Comments

Your Blueprint for Brilliance: Setting Your Vision and Goals

Before you embark on the 90-Day FIT for SUCCESS Challenge, you’ll want to answer a few questions:

  • What goals do you want to accomplish during the 90 days?
  • What’s the vision you’d like to create for the next year and beyond?
  • What will you be able to accomplish for yourself, your family, your community?

Too often, people see vision and goals as one and the same, but they are not. Your vision serves as the compass, your “true north.” Goals, on the other hand, are your markers along the path of life moving you toward your vision.

Together, an inspiring vision and clear goals serve as a blueprint for your lasting success—your choice to live a strong life, however you define it. It’s the life you’re most drawn to live, a brilliant future that pulls you forward each day with great force.

With this process you take the power of transformation far beyond the physical realm. You’re not just increasing the effectiveness of your workouts, but also your ability to excel in life.

Creating Your Vision

Your vision is a gripping narrative or picture of your life one year from today, written in the present tense.

I often find that people tend to focus on the tangible rewards when creating their vision—a new career, home, car or dream vacation. All of these things are terrific, but it’s not just the things you want, but also the feelings and emotions that bring your vision to life.

What impact will your vision have on your energy, confidence, productivity and success?

For example, a one-year vision statement might look like this: I have the energy and stamina I did 10 years ago and my efforts have been rewarded through a salary increase and promotion. I’ve joined Rotary, shaved two strokes off my handicap and next month we’re headed to a beach vacation for 8 days. I feel more energy, joy and fulfillment in both my personal and professional life, with a growing sense of accomplishment.

Goal Setting: One of the Secrets to a Life of Success

With your vision in mind, it’s time to set your goals: the defined, measurable outcomes you intend to achieve in a given period of time, in this case over the course of 90 days.

Goals need to be separate, albeit supportive, of the vision and must be specific, challenging and meaningful, not vague wishes or fleeting desires.

It’s not enough to say, “I want to get in shape.” This is the traditional New Year’s resolution that has no power, no direction behind it. It’s not a goal, but a vague wish.

Instead, if you want to go from a size 14 to a size 8 or from a 38-inch waist to a 34-inch waist within 90 days, those are specific and measurable. Be ambitious, but realistic. What can you accomplish in 90 days?

Set at least two physical goals as judged by objective measurements that can be quantified, such as losing 10 pounds of fat, gaining three pounds of muscle, losing two inches off your waistline, lowering your cholesterol by 50 points, shaving minutes off your triathlon time, etc.

Set at least two goals that focus on your inner strength. These are mental and emotional goals subjectively measured and not as easy to quantify, but are no less important. After all, self-improvement is not just physical.

Focus on improving your outlook, attitude, mood, and information base. For example, you could improve your relationship with someone who holds a significant amount of importance in your life. Or perhaps you’re looking to advance your career or personal growth. You could set a goal of reading a certain number of books, taking new courses or hiring a professional coach to support and challenge you.

One-Year Vision:

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

90-Day Goals:

Physical Goal 1: ________________________________________________________

Physical Goal 2: ________________________________________________________

Inner Strength Goal 1: ___________________________________________________

Inner Strength Goal 2: ___________________________________________________

Dare to dream big. One thing is certain: If you fail to define your life, life will define you.

Use the comments section and share your goals. Putting them out there for other people to see often makes us more accountable. Post them in your home. Share them with a friend or your partner.

Until Next Week,
Shawn

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29 Responses to “Your Blueprint for Brilliance: Setting Your Vision and Goals”

  1. [...] with your commitments longer and enjoy higher motivation if you use a strong and clearly defined vision and set of goals, as you did at the beginning of the Fit for Success [...]

  2. [...] with your commitments longer and enjoy higher motivation if you use a strong and clearly defined vision and set of goals, as you did at the beginning of the Fit for Success [...]

  3. Lisa Hall says:

    Writing my One-Year Vision was a challenge. This exercise forced me to really think about what I want and don’t want.

    One year from now: at 47, I am in the best shape of my life. I have unlimited energy and I’m healthy. I’m successfully managing all areas of my life: family, work, and physical fitness. I continue to grow spirituality so that I can become the best person I can be in this life time. As I’ve learned how to care for myself and maintain my own foundation, I’m now able to support others in their own development.

    Physical Goal I: Lose 11 lbs of body fat
    Physical Goa II: Wear a size 6 in women’s clothing

    Inner Strength Goal I: I will not procrastinate. I will be consistent in all my workouts and eating routine. I will use positive self-talk to get me through the next 90 days. I will be my own cheerleader.

    Inner Strength Goad II: I will take time for myself everyday to meditate and reflect. I will self-care.

    My Dream Goal: Model fitness clothing for Title IX catalog!!!!!!

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  4. drider says:

    Congratz to us all for steping out from the crowd! I am extremly excited to be starting this challenge. I have put on 40 pound over the last 3 years and am ready to get rid of it once and for all.
    In 90- days:
    I will be 220 pounds.
    I will be at 10% body fat .
    I will have more energy.
    I will be a great role model for my kids!!!!!!!!!!

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  5. dpinjuv says:

    It is perfect timing for me to take on this 90-day challenge exactly ten years to the day that my life was saved by undergoing a liver transplant. Like other transplant patients, I struggle a lot with health issues. I have always believed in the power of exercise to help keep a body as healthy as possible. Sometimes life hands us challenges that are out of our control. However, we do have control over how we deal with these challenges.
    In addition to the transplant, last September I was forced to undergo brain surgery when it was discovered that my brain was descending down through my skull and into my spinal column (chiari malformation). The part of my brain that was being crushed was the cerebellum, which controls a person’s balance, strength and coordination.
    I am confident the 90-day challenge will help me recover more health than I’ve experienced in a long time! I also hope to learn through this experience and share this with all of the other patients that I am lucky enough to work with.

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  6. SmittyDidIt says:

    One year from now…

    I will have a consistently healthy attitude toward food and drink, acknowledging a binge by getting over it immediately. I will have improved my skills with quiet commitment, gradually and consistently striving for a higher level so that I am now able to enjoy the rewards. I will have learned to “let it roll off”, so the unkind utterances of others no longer define me. I am strong, in all ways. I am calm, capable, quietly confident and in the presence of joy.

    In 90 days…

    My physical goals:
    1. I will decrease my body fat from 27.4% - 23.5%
    2. I will find “that line” and consistentely aim under it.

    My Inner strength goals:
    1. I will apply the skills I have studied and learned until they become second-nature.
    2. I will ask M & D to relay more messages for me, paving the way to serenity.

    Wow.
    This was really inspiring!

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  7. Griley says:

    My first goal is to show my family how important it is to be committed to exercise and maintaining a health vehicle to carry for the rest of my life. I’m going to encourage my wife of 25 years, 19 yr old son, 15 yr daughter, and 12 yr old son join me in this venture. I weigh 171lbs and I will weigh 160 at the end of the first 90 days - that’s the plan.

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  8. ladyliz10 says:

    My one year vision:
    I’min a position that I am fulfilled by and financially stable from. I feel energized and purpose driven. I have achieved my yoga certification and my personal training credentials.

    Physical goal 1: 27″ waist (starting point 31 1/2″)
    Physical goal 2: 143# (starting point 160.4#)

    Inner strength goal 1: I will live an authentic life
    Inner strength goal 2: I will organize my legislative campaign and move forward as appropriate.

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  9. yehudit45 says:

    90 Day Goals

    Physical goal #1: lose 10 pounds
    Physical goal #2: be able to walk up 5 flights of stairs to my office without needing to stop and catch my breath.

    Inner goal #1: renew knowledge of physiology (read at least 15 minutes of text daily, do 3 continuing education courses)
    Inner goal #2: make daily writing a habit

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