Water The Bamboo® is a metaphor for achievement. When you water giant timber bamboo in the first year, you will not see results. When you water in the second year, you will not see results. When you water in the third year, no results. However, sometime during the fourth or fifth year it will rocket up an astonishing 90 feet in less than 60 days. Do you have that kind of patience to see your vision come true?
What is your bamboo? It would be ridiculous to go to the airport and ask for a ticket to no place in particular. Yet many individuals and teams go through life without clearly articulating where they would like to go. Success eludes many because they never made a decision to state what success looks like in their mind’s eye. All human activity begins as a vision in the mind. Learning to enhance your visualization skills can help you and your team become a constructive force. The mind is a powerful energy source that can trigger any vision. A vision is a way of programming a desired outcome in your subconscious mind. Your subconscious does not differentiate between real and unreal.
A clear vision can:
- Help create energy, enthusiasm, optimism and commitment
- Remove barriers such as doubt, fear and worry
- Stimulate passion for what is possible
- Give courage to keep struggling against all obstacles
- Keep your team focused
Key questions to develop vision:
- Where do we want to go?
- What does success look like?
- What defines our success?
For more information on setting a vision read chapter 2 of Water The Bamboo™: Unleashing The Potential Of Teams And Individuals. Once you and your team are clear about your bamboo, create a plan and Water The Bamboo!
