A Clearer Vision
“I never learned anything by talking.”
These simple words with a powerful meaning changed my life in a profound way. A little over ten years ago, a good friend who was excellent at building business relationships was explaining his formula for successful networking. But his incredibly effective formula was not a formula at all. It had only one element.
“Listen to hear.”
I will admit that I have always been a chatter. Anyone who knows me personally will understand what I mean. But those thoughtful words,
“I never learned anything by talking,”
changed me. I became painfully aware of the number of times I cut others off, butted into someone else’s thought, finished another’s sentence, and honestly, even spaced out when their story became a little long-winded. (Judging by the glazed over expressions when I tell the long version of a short story myself, I don’t think I’m alone in this behavior.)
Lately, I have been praying for an alien invasion. (Hang in there! I’m not going off track!)
I love SciFi movies, so in my imagination, the invasion is in vivid living color.
The more I think about it, though, we don’t need aliens.
We only need to listen—to seek to understand.
Now on to a happier topic, Jacky and I have been at it again! We developed a new program called A Clearer Vision. Visioning is a practical way to dream our way toward a better future. But this is not a typical vision boarding course. We have added a twist. Because we believe in the power of visioning, we have created videos intended to walk you step-by-step to a clearer vision of what you desire your life to be. Then, we’ll meet on Zoom on January 28th at 7:00 PM EST to construct our boards and share our hopes and dreams as a group. We believe our dreams more readily become reality when we pull together in support of each other. We hope you will join us. Click here for all the details.
So, now I have a question for you…
“What was the last thing you learned by talking?”
Let’s listen more, talk less, and work together to envision a better world. We can do this.
We hope to see you on January 28th.