“Since you feel so strongly about this part of the planning process, tell me more about your musing?” I asked.
“Some people get stumped by starting on the wrong foot,” Lauren explained. “They sit and try to think of all the things they could do. My problem is that, as fast as I can think of something I could do, I can also think of about five reasons why it’s not possible.”
“Yes,” I replied. “One of your strengths is to anticipate obstacles before they occur, so we can take evasive action early. Tell me how you keep your mind from killing your ideas before they can take off. It must be a struggle.”
“That’s the thing. I don’t struggle. I just skip it,” she continued.
“Skip it?”
“Instead of trying to figure out what I could do, I just skip to the end, to where I have already completed the goal. And with that goal already accomplished, I simply imagine the world, then. And as I imagine, I ask myself if that is the world I intended to create?”
This idea of skipping to completion and imagining a world that is intended to create is a wonderful form of entrepreneurial goal setting.
By matching your ideal world with the reality you are creating the strive towards completion becomes evident. Creating a congruence of person goal and organization.
“Instead of trying to figure out what I could do…”
The idea behind this isn’t new to me, but something about the way you’ve phrased it just hit me like a ton of bricks. I think you’ve just broken a long standing logjam for me.
Thank you!
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