An important first step to pwning life that I tend underemphasize is VISION. It’s something I’ve been blessed/cursed with an abundance of so I rarely think about it. That said, it’s important to cultivate your ability to create a vision unique to you.
How To Create Your Vision
You’re going to have to experiment with a number of ways of creating your vision to find the style that fits you (you might even have to create something new!) I personally like putting my vision in writing, but there’s a thousand ways you could write your vision (a poem, a story, a check list, etc.)
The main component of this vision is that it describes, in a way you understand, what you’re “perfect” life would look like. (Warning: What you’re perfect life looks like is going to change as you change!)
Written -- In the very first post on this blog I gave a description of a few ways you could write down your vision (your perfect day, a conversation with God, you just won the lottery and an “I want” list). Any of those might work for you.
Visual -- Perhaps you could paint something that would act as a reminder. Or if you’re a photographer maybe you’ve captured it in an image. You could even create a video. I think a mind map would fit here as well. I’ve often times drew a circle on a piece of paper and wrote “Life” and then added thoughts about how a perfect life would look as branches.
Audio -- If you’re a musician it might be cool to write a song that would personify this dream life. Or you could just describe it to yourself and capture it on your laptop.
Mix and match Perhaps a combination of things would be best!
Try To Think BIG
I’ve worked with enough people to know that it sometimes takes a little while for people to strengthen their “think big” muscle. I’ve read this quote a few times and, whether true or not, I think it accurately depicts a truth for many:
People tend to overestimate what they can accomplish in one year and underestimate what they can accomplish in five.
Also, I think there’s an adverse effect from the overestimation of 1 year goals in that it discourages pushing forward to what’s possible in 5 (or fewer) years. That said, THINK BIG! This is purely an exercise in fantasy. A fantasy that, with diligent pursuit and work, can become a reality… with time.
Next week we’re start to work on the 1 year goals. If you have any questions, you know what to do. 
Figuring out which vision to focus on can be hard.
Create a vision that includes all of your visions. This is the “big picture” vision, so it’s OK to get “crazy” with it. Getting “crazy” is almost a requirement!
I am thinking big Casey. I want to expand my production company from being just me and my friends to actually having some employees. The way I want to do that, is have my youtube and FB friends pass the word about Hours Productions.
How many employees? What kind of productions do you want your company to do? How will your production company get paid to do what it does? Why do you want friends to pass the word about “Hours Productions” around? (To get subscribers, to get new clients, etc.) The clearer you make this vision the better.