Details or the big picture which is best?
In my current coaching program students are creating their vision of where they are headed in their lives. Creating your vision all too often is stressful. It is such a shame because what creating your visions “ought” to be is fun and exciting. It is, after all, the map of the direction you are steering your life.
In our Savvy Sponsoring program we start with a big picture view and then bring it in to closer view. Why? The more specific we are about things the more real they are to us … and to others. Plus in terms of something like a vision, the more detail we have the more likely we are to know how to get there. But specific (details) come out of a big picture. You need both to bring the vision to fruition.
The big picture feeds your creativity and gets your emotions cooking. Breaking down the big picture into details is what accomplishes the vision. The two pieces work together to make things happen.
There are times when you want a big picture and times when you want the details in lots of other places in your business besides your vision. Big pictures give us one kind of information and details give us another. Using the wrong image at the wrong time can be really costly in both time and money. Do you know the right time to create “big picture” views vs “detail” views.
Check out Seth Godin’s blog. He cuts to the chase in a way we all can understand.
How specific is your vision. Do you have an “around the corner” view as well as an “another planet” view? Do you know when to use each one?
Tags: goals, Seth Godin, vision
