As I mentioned in yesterday's post I spent an brilliant day at a workshop all day and have so many things to share that I (almost) don't know where to start.  This morning I had the absolute pleasure and honour of facilitating an inspiring morning of what I call 'Creative Visioning' as a team building exercise for a group of relatively innovative people who work in an environment that traditionally lacks innovation and creativity.  The reason I mention this is that yesterday one of things I was reminded of strongly was that without clarity our visions aren't necessarily going to get us where we want to go and without imagination we are destined to limit ourselves in a bit way

The Italian Master Michelangelo said that "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low we reach it.”  That's a really powerful statement and considering it was shared in the 1500's that's a really innovative, insightful insight into human potential, something I like to think of as 'Creative Possibility'

How often have you spent time writing goals, creating a vision board or adding to your vision book, only to review it at some stage down the track and see that you 'sort of' met your goals?  I know I've done it.  I know friends who've done it and I see clients do it all the time.  In fact I often have people say to me something like "I don't believe in goal setting / vision boards / vision books / setting intentions / creating visions because they never come true!"

That is a pretty powerful claim to make.  What I tend to see and understand as I delve deeper into this statement and put some probing, curiosity driven questions out there is that the goal, etc did in fact become true.  Sometimes right down to the finest detail

What's the problem then?  The problem is that the goal (or whatever we are referring to) wasn't clear.  It wasn't clear and consice and detailed enough to really capture what the person setting the goal was wanting and it was also, often, limited in imagination.  What was 'captured' and what was dreamed were poles apart.  There is incongruency all over the place.  If you want something to become a reality then you need to be really, really clear on what it is that you want.  Actively engage your imagination and then write it out with as much detail as you can and ensure that you engage all your senses as you go.  Tap into what it will look like, sound like, feel like, be like when the goal has come true.  Capture where you will be, who will be with you, and anything else you feel captures the moment that your goal transforms from a dream into reality.  Simple huh?  It can be.  Choosing the path of ease as you travel through life can start with allowing yourself to get really clear, to imagine, to stretch your dreams and to express your dreams, your visions as boldly and clearly as possible

Your innovation challenge for today is to consider one dream you have, one goal, one vision, and to create a clarity filled goal to express it as though it is already a reality.  Let your imagination run wild with vision and clarity

Wishing you succulent, effortless success

Shannon