Without a clear strategy for your personal leadership you will always be scrambling to balance, and prioritise your roles and goals, whether personal or professional. A well thought out plan will give direction, purpose and congruency to your life.
Over the years as a counsellor I met so many individuals who had a wonderful wish on what they wanted their life to look like in the future and even now, but somehow always found themselves distracted and unable to move in the direction they desired. Although they were following their career/ business of their choice, they seemed out of control when it came to where they actually wanted to be. With a little effort a clear plan of strategy could assist them to evaluate where they are, set a focus point and begin to take definite steps that would keep a compass like direction for their lives.
“I just wish I knew what my purpose was!” or “I wish I could follow my purpose!” are statements that I often met when talking with business leaders. “I feel like I’m stuck on somebody’s treadmill with no sense at all to what I’m doing”. I have heard these statements over and over.
Doing business or following a career just for the sake of making a living and having something to do, somewhere along the line will stop making sense.
- Having a sense of purpose defined by who you are and what your mission is gives meaning to what you do.
- A discovery of and evaluation of your core values gives you a mission.
- Deciding on your roles and goals unveils a purpose; and a clear visualised picture of your intended future gives you a vision.
These are the things that get you out of bed in the morning and into a significant day.
Congruency is about establishing your priorities so that your emotional, spiritual and physical resources are spent where they are most needed when they are most needed. Your personal life and your professional life need to find their rightful priority in your day, in your future.
A strategic plan for your leadership will in fact assist you to establish what fits where, and how to balance the time resource you have to pay the necessary attention to the necessary roles. An out of balance organisation will soon be losing in their weak areas even though they may have strengths they are capitalizing on. Congruency is simply planning ahead to harmonise all the different aspects of your day and life so that everything gets the attention it deserves while not stressing you out doing it.
Begin to think strategically about your life and begin to experience the direction, purpose and harmony that come with a clear plan.
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