Today’s posting will tell about a second strategy you can use to help you find your vision. It is called my inventory. In this strategy we look at our abilities, in order to get a handle on our potential. We do this because the vision is the manifestation of our potential, the reason we were put on this planet. The vision is the most important of the three factors that determine your motivation.
Emmet Fox once wrote that you will never be content unless you find your true place, your heart’s desire, what you are uniquely qualified to do. This is what this strategy is designed to do.
My inventory involves brain storming, answering a question (in this case three questions) by intensely thinking about them. When we brainstorm we are tapping into our imagination and our creativity. The most important rule about brainstorming is we do not judge our answers, no matter how shocking, crazy or futile they may appear. We merely record them, for we are looking at possibilities. We write them down, and then, at a later time, evaluate and improve them.
The first question we brainstorm is “What do I do well?” In answering this question, we look to our strengths, our special talents and our blessings. These are the special gifts we have received.
The second question we answer in my inventory is “What do I love to do?”
To find the answer to this question we look at what we love to spend our time doing, our passions. We also look at what we consider to be the highlights of our lives.
Looking at just these two questions, “What do I love to do?” and “What do I do well?” will frequently reveal our vision. But just in case it doesn’t, we have a third question to answer that may lead us directly to our vision. This third question asks us to identify our heroes. Our heroes, the people we identify as having it all together, are frequently evidence of what’s important to us; they are doing what we would like to do.
My hero is Wayne Dyer. He is doing what I want to do, and is doing it well. He writes books that help people, and that are fun to read. I also love the low key way he has of presenting.
After we identify our hero, the next step is to make an inventory of our hero’s positive attributes. We then look to see which of these positive attributes we can see in ourselves. These positive attributes are keys to our vision, the reason we are on this planet. We also need to identify those positive attributes that may actually be hidden in ourselves. These hidden attributes are referred to as our potential.
Make sure to write down your answers to each of the questions you address as you prepare your inventory. Your inventory is not something you should finish in one sitting. By writing it down, when you come back to do further work, you can easily continue your journey.
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