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Running your business

Declare Your Vision

What's your vision for your business?

EPISODE NOTES

What's your vision for your business?

Talking Points

  • What's the point of having a vision for your business?
  • What's the difference between vision and mission or purpose or big idea?
  • What skills do you need to be developing (or discarding)?
  • How do financial goals fit into your vision?
  • How far out should you think with your business vision?
  • What about me-focused vs you-focused vision statements?
  • How do values play into your vision?

Quotable Quotes

  • "If you want to make forward progress, you need to know which way forward is."—JS
  • "A vision isn't something you change like your socks."—RM
  • "Get clear on the big picture first, and then you can tinker with tactics for the rest of your life."—RM
  • "Decide where to point the car before you mash on the gas."—JS
  • "Tactics are attractive because they represent a small commitment. Strategy is a big commitment and therefore it feels scary."—RM
  • "There is a 'unified theory of you' in there somewhere."—JS