Vision

A couple months ago, I was asked to put together workshop for newer employees about how to have effective one-to-one meetings with their team lead. I just finished piloting the workshop and got some pretty positive feedback. One of the exercises in the workshop focuses on helping the participants develop their own career growth strategies, including setting a vision and developing daily systems to be your best each day at work.

You can find tons of business-y articles about mission statements, visions, strategies, etc, the differences between them and how to develop them. One exercise that I like is to write a sentence or two in the present tense that describes the person (or career) you want to be. 

Tonight I took a few minutes to revisit my vision statement as a father. This was something I had written awhile back, but hasn't been something I refer to often. Sadie and I talked a little about the kind of parents we want to be, and here is what I came up with:

I love my kids unconditionally, and they know that I love them. I am a teacher and protector. I understand the capacities of my children and help them reach their potential. I love being a dad.

Still needs a little tweaking, but I am going to print this out and put it somewhere visible so I can continue to evaluate what is most important for me.