Vision Boarding - Dillon Buck

[Music] This is the Elevators podcast. We discuss all things elevating your life, work, and relationships as you are building your business and yourself. Here is your host, yours truly, Dylan Buck. [Music] Hello, hello. I've had quite a few requests to record an episode on vision. I believe that having a big and clear vision for your business and for your life is almost like having a current pushing you in the direction of your target. It doesn't matter what comes up to slow you down. The current is always at your back making the eventual destination inevitable. Things come up where if you were on land, the A.K.A. you had no vision. You might not be able to get past or you might not be able to accomplish, but fortunately the density of the water and the pressure of the current makes everything seem lighter and easier to move. So when you have a clear vision, you have the ability to do things to accomplish things that would otherwise not be possible. You're able to achieve things that would seem unattainable to many, and while there's something different about you when there's an absolute mission that you're on, people can't see the current. So unfortunately a lot of people tend to over-complicate the process rather than just buying into the things that you cannot see, like courage, commitment, and vision that can be felt, but they cannot be seen really until we get results. So my encouragement is you take this episode, take some very intentional time to cast a vision for your business and for your life. Because I promise you, if you're listening to this podcast, you're a part of an opportunity that can take you wherever you want to go in life. I've seen that in my very short time here, and I know that there are people that have been here for a lot longer than I have that have built an income stream for themselves. Where very few things on the menu of life are not available to them. In other words, almost everything is an option. But the harsh reality is if you're not willing to struggle, if you're not willing to do the work, you probably don't want what you say you want. Right now you're in the exact situation that you want to be in, like it or not. If you weren't, you would do whatever it takes to get out of it. So figure out what you really want and then put in the work relentlessly to get there. I've never seen a better vehicle than family heritage where the ingredients to the recipe are so readily available to everyone. So I hope this episode gives you some of the conviction that I have on this whole concept of having a vision and pushing yourself to think bigger and bigger to push yourself to think in different ways than you have in the past. Because I've heard it said before, if you always think the way you've always thought you'll always do what you've always done and you will always get what you've always got. Let's diving. Hey, hey, we're back with another episode to discuss vision and to help you develop a strong conviction in the value of having a very clear and a very big vision for your life. The reason that I have so much conviction in this topic specifically is just because I've seen the things that for so long were kind of the carrots that I was chasing in my imagination that are now current tangible realities in my life. And that was simply because I was willing to think big and to challenge myself to continue to think bigger and bigger. And I've spent enough time bringing clarity to that vision for my future that burning out or running out of steam isn't really an issue that I that I struggle with right now. And I had a mentor in my life that told me that my endurance in life would be in direct proportion to the size and the clarity of my vision. Right, so I got to think big and I got to make sure that big vision is very clear. So I would encourage the same thing to you. I would recommend that you take that information to heart your endurance, the amount that you're going to be willing to persist through challenges. The duration at which you're going to be willing to pursue a certain goal is going to be in direct proportion to the size and the clarity of your vision. So if you feel yourself starting and stopping, starting and stopping over and over and over again, chances are you have a vision problem. And it's probably time to dedicate in a couple hours or an entire day or maybe even an entire weekend to figure out what you really want out of life and out of this business. You know, when you it's interesting when you look up vision on the internet for definitions, you get you get two primary definitions. The first one is the faculty or state of being able to see, right? Pretty straightforward. We all know that. The second one is the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom. So vision in the context that we're going to discuss today is absolutely a combination of both of those definitions. Right? We get to dream big about the things that we want to accomplish in life and give very specific details to all of the things that we're looking to accomplish in your wildest dreams and then spend so much time envisioning those goals and aspirations that you can see them with as much clarity as you'd see it tree right outside your front. And if you need glasses, then the clarity that you would see with the glasses, not without them. So, but you've probably heard it said that it is better to have no sight in great vision than it is to have perfect sight, but no vision for your life. The bigger and the clearer your vision is, the harder you're going to be willing to work, the less excuses you're going to make, the less petty dramas, you know, you will allow to enter into your life. You know, as AgMandino says, I will zealously inspect all things with the attention of my mind, my body and my soul. Right? When you know what you're going after, anything that doesn't align with, align with getting you there. Those are things that are much easier to say no to and the difficult necessities that are required to get you from where you are to where you want to go become a pleasure to perform because they're all a part of the process of getting from where you are to where you want to go. So, what do you want? Be willing to think better than you've ever thought before and be willing to play a bigger game than you've ever played before. Walt Disney said, whatever the mind of a man can conceive and believe it can achieve. Right? So, do you want to be a millionaire? Whatever the mind of a man can conceive and believe it can achieve. Do you want to visit every country before you die? Do you want to be a New York Times bestselling author? Do you want to run an ultra marathon? Do you want to build a hundred million dollar business here at Family Heritage? Do you want to sell a million dollars personally over the course of a year? It's interesting. I'm reading right now. I'm reading through the alchemist and the timing could be more perfect for this episode coming out just in terms of the content. But one of my favorite quotes from that book that I, you know, and I fully get behind this is when you want something and really want something. The whole universe conspires in helping you achieve it. Right? So, this whole process of developing a vision is another one of those things that's simple but not easy. And the only reason that's not easy is because it takes a lot of time and a lot of intentionality to really build out something that's meaningful to you. But if this is your life, it's probably worth it to take that time. But there's a simple four-step process to get you started. And the funny thing is, you know, we're going to go through exactly what to do. And every time I get this part, you know, give a part on this, I always promise the crowd that I'm speaking to. That taking this process seriously will make them hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars and over time millions and millions of dollars. And if they can conceive it and believe it, then billions of dollars, right? This is a huge part of us being able to do what we've done so far. And many people in the crowd and many of you listening, I know statistically still will not do this. And that's okay. That's up to you. All we can do is make this content available for you. From there, you've got to be willing to take the initiative to take action on this and ask questions if you needed along the way. Right? But step one is dedicate an hour a day or an entire weekend. Something is better than nothing. But just go somewhere completely away from anyone else. I recommend somewhere beautiful in nature where you're not going to be interrupted. And just write. Just journal for hours are the things that are most important to you. You know, if it's just like, "Man, what do I want? What do I really want? What's really important to me?" You know, just continue to write and I promise as you continue to persist through the unknowing, a lot more than knowing stuff comes along. Two, write down who you want to be. All right. For me, I want to be someone who has service-minded, loving, courageous, kind, gentle, calm, poised. Someone who's passionate, somebody who's a great communicator, strong, giving. I want to be great. I want to be the best leader that I possibly can be. I want to be generous, bold. I want to be a difference maker. I want to be a best-selling author. After that, after you have all the things that you want to be, then figure out the things that you want to do in your life. Then finally, figure out all the things that you want to have and be as specific as possible. The piece of writing that I have that I just dove into to help me crystallize my goals and just make my whole vision for my life crystal clear. You know, my purpose is 17 pages long. So you don't have to write anything at 17 pages. It can be one pages, it can be four pages, you know, whatever. But whatever you come up with in those three categories, be, do, and have. When you get back into civilization out of this beautiful place in nature, find images online that bring those visions to life. Right? Don't look at a magazine, you'll tend to just take a bunch of pictures that look cool but don't mean anything to you. But add those images that you find online to a vision board. And you can do that either by printing them out and gluing them do a board or you can even do it on your iPad. There's a great app called Procreate. I know everybody that's listening has an iPad so there's no excuses to not do this. I have three separate vision boards. I have one for B. I have a separate vision board for the things that we want to do and I've got a separate vision board for the things that I want to have. And I update these things all the time. But that's step two is kind of with a take some time to figure out who you want to be, what you want to do, and what you want to have. And then print out images and put those onto a board. Three is create a vision statement, something that summarizes your life and your purpose. And who you are at your best, right? Something that reminds you every single day of the mission that you're on. That's step three come with a vision statement. I'll give you an example of one here in a little bit. Number four, place all of these things somewhere where that you can see them and view them. Every single day with no exceptions. So the reason that I have so much conviction in and this whole idea of is I have so many things that are on my vision board. They are now a reality. On my vision board for the things that I wanted to have, I had a sauna, a plunge pool, a cool custom home with a great view of mountains and water and a truck and a home gym and an archery course. And what's funny is right outside of our front door now of our custom home, we have a sauna, we have a plunge pool. Look outside our front window, there's a beautiful view specifically of mountains and a lake. I've got a cool custom home gym in our second garage. And then we've got one of the things that was an archery course. We don't have an archery course on our property, but funny enough, across the lake, there's a full 3D archery course that we can use whenever we want to for free. So I've got the vision of the thing, some of the other businesses that we would like to build later on maybe in retirement. Some visions of future family, friends, potentially having a chef at some point. I grew up with a few friends in Aspen, Colorado that had a chef and I was like, this is awesome. Why not? It's crazy how much time you can save. And as all of us know, specifically as an entrepreneur, time is money. And if we're spending 16 hours a week preparing meals that are healthy for us to eat, then that's 16 hours a week that we're not able to pour into people and pour into our business. So I love DevChef, but I got to figure out what all those things are, because it's, they'll happen if you're willing to work for them. They will happen. And without a vision statement, it would be really easy to constantly forget that these things are possible, to constantly forget that I am the kind of person that can make these things a reality. So actually I stole this from a guy named Ron Alford. This is a vision statement that's similar to one that he has for himself. And I just kind of shifted it a little bit to make it my own, but it says, I live my life to empower others to reach their God-given potential, to rise above adversity and fear, and to truly know what it is to serve others. I get to embrace the inevitable yet temporary struggles that are a part of life. I do all of this daily through a lifelong commitment to be the example. I do my dead-level best to lead others, as my creator leads me. I'm a loving, service-minded, courageous leader. And I can, I will, I'm going to hit my goals today this week, this year in life. And so it is. So you've got to realize that every single one of us wakes up sometimes feeling a little bit funky. Like, you know, we all have heard the term woken up on the wrong side of the bed. It's really difficult after you read a statement that fully aligns with what you want in life, the person that you want to be, the kind of servant that you want to be for others. It's really difficult after you read something like that to not improve your day at least a little bit. I've got the elevated mission statement directly below that. And this is something I just have on my mirror so that every single morning when I'm brushing my teeth, it's impossible to not see it. So again, just figure out what you want at a life. What do you actually want? What are you willing to work for? You know, it's easy to think about a lot of things that you want in life, but how seriously are you going to actually, are you actually going to take the process of getting the things that you want in life? One thing that I talk about a lot is being completely committed to the things that you want being completely committed to the goals that you have, but completely detached from what it looks like to get there. Because I promise you, the path is not going to look the way that you expect the path to look. So it's not like when you plan out a week and the goal is to write 40,000, or 50,000, you don't just write exactly 10,000 every day. You might not write anything on Monday or Tuesday and have a $30,000 Wednesday. But if you completely gave up because you had two zero days on Monday and Tuesday, the $50,000 week would never have come to fruition. So be completely committed to the goal, be completely committed to the action, the controlables, the habits that it takes to hit the goal, but be completely detached from what it looks like to get there. Because if you're attached to what it looks like, your emotions will steer you so far away from any possibility of achieving what you want. But something that I think is important to just kind of soak in and realize is most people in life never accomplish what they want to accomplish because they always do what they want to do. Most people never accomplish what they want to accomplish because they always do what they want to do. We've all heard the common denominator of success. I will say it again, the common denominator of success, successful people form the habit of doing the things that unsuccessful people simply don't like to do. So too many people sacrifice what they want most for what they want most in the moment. And this is where we get to diagnose and treat that with a clear vision because a clear vision will allow you to do the things that you don't wanna do in order to accomplish all of the things that you wanna accomplish. But that's what we got for vision. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us, the information to reach out on our Instagram pages in the outro. And in the next episode, I'm really excited to share with you guys a conversation that I got to have with the founder of our company Howard Lewis. We're gonna dive back into how this whole thing began, a little bit about what it takes to build something really special. And then after that, the next episode will be courage for consistency. So this episode right now on vision, this is kind of the mind and the sky, really picturing what you wanna accomplish. And then courage for consistency is kind of bringing us back down to earth and helping us learn how to walk again. It's really where the rubber meets the road to really put all this stuff into action and go out and actually accomplish what we're setting up to accomplish. Thank you guys for listening. We will see you next time. (upbeat music) This has been an elevated podcast production. Thank you so much for tuning in. Be sure to check out our Instagram page at Elevated Financial. Like, share and let us know what you want to hear more of. (upbeat music)