I just saw General Magic, a documentary film about a company that was about fifteen years before its time. They imagined the smartphone before the technology was there to support its creation.

What I left with after watching the film is the absolutely vital importance and world-changing power of vision.

The people of General Magic had enormous vision. As a result, many of them went on to do extraordinary things. One invented the iPod, another founded Ebay, a third was Chief Technology Officer for the United States, just to name a few.

These people were exceptional visionaries and have done incredible things as a result. I couldn’t help but think about the writers I serve and how important vision is. It really is crucial.

How Vision Helps You

I struggle with this in my own life and work. I tend to deal with so much self-doubt (and, frankly, not just self-doubt but doubt from others around me) that I have a hard time imagining how influential or significant a project I’m working on could be. It’s extremely difficult to give myself permission to imagine the possibilities. Yet it’s vital.

If you can find your way to a compelling vision, I really believe you can change the world. You can make a significant difference in the lives of many, many, many people. The very people and kind of difference you want to make is possible if you have the vision.

So, what do you do if you don’t have the vision you need? Maybe you have the desire for the vision. Maybe you have the beginnings of a vision, but you don’t really have it all. The purpose of this article is to give you three steps to help you develop the vision your creative work deserves.

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1. Become aware of your vision assets and liabilities.

The first step is to recognize the extent to which you’re “vision-deficient,” if you will.

It’s important to be able to articulate the pieces of your vision that are in place and should stay in place. Also, and more importantly perhaps, it’s really smart to think about where the deficiencies are.

Where is it that you need to say, “I have a vision issue here. I have an imagination problem”? This is the first step: awareness.

2. Give yourself the freedom to have absolute confidence in your own abilities.

The second step is to give yourself the freedom to be 105 percent confident in what you are capable of doing. Then write it out. Write out what you would accomplish if nothing was holding you back. Another possibility is to record it; speak it into a voice memo.

The point is to get yourself into a confidence zone and externalize your imagination in writing or recorded speech or maybe even a picture. You want somehow to document your confidence-based vision so that you have it to refer to again and again in the future.

You might have to give yourself a few sessions. Schedule them a week apart to give yourself some fresh air between sessions. But do this. It’s some of the most important work a creative person can do.

3. Find a person who helps you think bigger than you’re inclined to think yourself.

Find a person who can listen to you talk about what you have in mind and help you dream even bigger. Those people are rare. Let’s face it, the reason remarkable people are remarkable is because most people are afraid to dream big.

It may take a while to find this person. I’ve known a few of them in my own life: Michael Hyatt, Bryan Harris, and Jonathan Milligan.

These three people have fueled my imagination for what’s possible. They’re some of the most important people to my creative work. They have given me a vision upgrade, if you will. That has meant the world to me and, by extension, has had a big impact on the people I serve.

When you find such a person, figure out a way to spend time with him or her.

It’s Time for Your Vision Upgrade

Those are the three steps:

1. Awareness.
2. Give yourself the freedom to be absolutely confident.
3. Find someone who can help you dream bigger.

The reality is, if you can dream big, you can do big. You can accomplish more and have more impact. It all starts with your vision. If you can imagine it, you can get there.

Question: Where do you need to focus to improve your vision? You can leave a comment by clicking here.