From The Inside Out

[Editor's Note: Repost from May '08]

If you are not where you want to be or should be, how are you looking at the situation? A friend of mine recently sent me a text message that really resonated with me. He said:

"Sight is what you see with your eyes; vision is what you see with your mind. What do you see?"

I want to take it a step further, are you looking at where you are with your natural eyes or can you visualize (in your mind) what you really want or should be doing? Whether it is a better job, wealth or a happy family, what is your ideal vision of it? The manifestation of all these things, among others, are usually created inside of us first. For example, anything that you say begins, first, as a thought - i.e. from the inside. Every action or behavior that we perform also begins, first, from the inside.

Hopefully you are beginning to "see" what I'm talking about. If not, let me break it down for you.

• If you want a better job, you have to see it first from the inside.


• If you want a better relationship with your spouse or significant other, you have to see it first from the inside.


• If you want to create and develop wealth you must first see it from the inside.


• If you want...you have to see it first from the inside.

Individuals like Walt Disney, Michael Jordan, Thomas Edison and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. saw things from the inside out. What do you see on the inside? Once you can see this, then take the necessary steps towards the manifestation of your vision. If you have no vision, then that's another story.

To help you begin the process, my book, F.O.C.U.S. On Your Future: 5 Simple Principles to Reach Your Goals will get you started. It will provide a foundation from which to build. If you can't see yourself doing what you want to do, from the inside, then you won't be doing what you want to do on the outside.

Remember, "sight is what you see with your eyes; vision is what you see with your mind."