Thursday, April 14, 2016

The Greatest Disability

What, do you suppose is the disability which causes the greatest barrier to success?  Cerebral Palsy?  Traumatic Brain Injury? Deafness?  Heart problems? Total Paralysis?

These can all be very serious conditions, but I believe that the MOST disabling condition is a lack of vision.  I don't mean physical blindness, but rather difficulties in seeing yourself, your skills/abilities, and the reality of the world and your personal situation.

All too often, people live in the past, then remember and re-create that past into their present reality. There is a now old, and great movie called Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/).  The synopsis is that a man lives the same day over and over again.  That is a terrible way to live-people are meant to move forward in their lives.    

Even more, an inability to have a bold, but realistic, vision of the future is self-limiting. Yet again, I quote the great Career Counselor and Philosopher, Yogi Berra "If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else".

Now, when we talk about grand words and concepts like "Vision" to automatically assume that a long term, ultimate life or career goal is involved.  While that may very well be the case, it  is equally valid to take things in smaller bites, and think about your vision for next month. 

Good Luck and Best Wishes,

Chris


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