The Business of Authority

Declare Your Vision

Episode Summary

What's your vision for your business?

Episode Notes

What's your vision for your business?

Talking Points

• What's the point of having a vision for your business?
• What's the difference between vision and mission or purpose or big idea?
• What skills do you need to be developing (or discarding)?
• How do financial goals fit into your vision?
• How far out should you think with your business vision?
• What about me-focused vs you-focused vision statements?
• How do values play into your vision?

Quotable Quotes

• "If you want to make forward progress, you need to know which way forward is."—JS
• "A vision isn't something you change like your socks."—RM
• "Get clear on the big picture first, and then you can tinker with tactics for the rest of your life."—RM
• "Decide where to point the car before you mash on the gas."—JS
• "Tactics are attractive because they represent a small commitment. Strategy is a big commitment and therefore it feels scary."—RM
• "There is a 'unified theory of you' in there somewhere."—JS