Hopefully this chapter helped you to be able to think in a more concrete way about your life purpose statements. The authors suggest that our personal visions grow out of our personal values. Connecting to that purpose is a deep well of internal strength and satisfaction. The challenge we all face is to find ways to use the workplace as a forum in which to express and embody our deepest values.
Technically speaking, the "vision" is the "what" (do we want to build together or what do I want to build, create or influence?) A vision statement is a declaration of intent about how to invest one's energy into one's future. If you have one - and regularly revisit it - a personal vision statement is a source of sustaining direction and a fuel for action.
The "purpose" is the "why" of your vision. Why are you exerting all of that energy towards that particular outcome? Well, we determine that through drilling down into our own personal core values.
Core values drive your purpose - vision is the expression of your purpose.
Have you spent some time isolating three or more personal core values that will help shape your direction and decisions going forward? We feel more passion for and derive more pleasure from doing what we freely choose and most enjoy.
Core values help us determine our behavior which we want to be consistent with our vision. A value is ultimately just a roadmap for action. Values that we fail to reflect in our behavior are ultimately empty. When our behaviors are aligned with our professed core values, we are considered "authentic".
Tomorrow, we will start down our final pillar of leadership: SOCIAL SKILL - a place that brings together the other pillars. We will look at what it means to be a visionary leader. Visionary leadership is about the ability to take charge and inspire with a compelling vision.
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