{"id":874,"date":"2008-12-24T20:35:33","date_gmt":"2008-12-25T04:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/?p=874"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:28:43","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:28:43","slug":"gtd-40000-feet-how-to-craft-your-life-vision-that-gives-you-inspiration-every-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2008\/12\/gtd-40000-feet-how-to-craft-your-life-vision-that-gives-you-inspiration-every-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"GTD @ 40,000 Feet: How to Craft Your Life Vision, that Gives You Inspiration Every Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A Community Contribution by Arif and Ali Vakil<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Photo:  I recently heard Steve Pavlina&#8217;s podcast &#8220;What is your Purpose&#8221;, in which he presented an excellent framework for arriving at your specific purpose. This ties in very well with GTD&#8217;s 40,000 ft horizon of focus and also a continuation of my previous post &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/2008\/07\/07\/gtd-at-50000-ft-how-to-find-and-fulfill-your-lifes-purpose\/\">GTD @ 50,000: How to find and fulfill your life&#8217;s purpose<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>At 50,000 ft you&#8217;re clarifying &#8216;what&#8217; your set of values are and clarifying the ultimate purpose of why you exist.<\/p>\n<p>At 40,000 ft you have to take your values and use them as a basis to\u00a0\u00a0 craft a vision. Your vision manifests your purpose into real life goals of &#8216;how&#8217; you want your life to be.<\/p>\n<p>In this post I&#8217;ll be showing you how you can craft a comprehensive vision that covers all major aspects of your life (Body, Mind, Heart &amp; Spirit) to make yourself a complete a human being.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Four Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* Body: What are my material needs?<br \/>\nThe answer to this question should cover the details of what kind of lifestyle you would like to live. This would include the money you like to earn per month. What sort of house would you like to live in? etc<\/p>\n<p>* Mind: What am I capable of doing?<br \/>\nAddress your core skills. Every human being is endowed with certain skills, or interests that help to develop those skills. List out the things you are best at doing.<\/p>\n<p>* Heart: What do I want do do?<br \/>\nWhere are your dreams? 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This will help you to see very clearly what your 40,000 ft vision needs to be, and based on this you can derive specific measurable goals for the 30,000ft horizon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advantages of having a Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* Clear direction of where you&#8217;re heading<br \/>\n* Clarity whether your next actions align with your Vision<br \/>\n* Feel Motivated<br \/>\n* High Energy<br \/>\n* Feel inspired<br \/>\n* Ability to Focus<\/p>\n<p>Have you crafted your vision @ the 40,000ft Horizon of Focus? Please share any tips below for GTDtimes readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Community Contribution by Arif and Ali Vakil Photo: I recently heard Steve Pavlina&#8217;s podcast &#8220;What is your Purpose&#8221;, in which he presented an excellent framework for arriving at your specific purpose. 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