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Visionary thinking: deciding to prosper, survive, or dive

This is a story about three viewpoints of vision,

Which one to choose is your decision.

The first is to dive and that is not good.

But wouldn’t people change that if they could?

It includes a lot of grief, crying and sadness,

There are no easy solutions to get out of this madness.

The second is to survive, just stay afloat.

Who cares how many leaks are on this ship?

Predictable irrationality is to be expected,

But excuses for mediocrity must be rejected.

The third is thriving with a life of meaning.

This is not just eating, drinking and laughing.

But with true vision, just the opposite.

A meaningful life can make you tired.

The prosperous vision is to live a life that matters.

Take steps to help others, not just idle chat.

“Do it or don’t do it, there’s no trying,” Yoda says with the Force.

Dive, survive, or thrive on your vision – decide your course.

Every day begins with an indication of a person’s vision status. Whether in thought form or vocalized, the following expressions set the course for the day: “Do I have to get out of bed?”, “I got up on the wrong side of the bed!”, Or “It’s a new day! ” The expression that begins the morning usually rules the day.

Seemingly harmless expressions are a way of thinking that is part of the bigger picture. Everyone has a vision of life. Acknowledging it is one thing, but ignoring it becomes a bigger problem if you don’t realize the power of aimless wandering.

The nose dive is full of ideas of “never good enough”, “who am I to think I could fill in the blank“, or general negative self-talk. People who repeat these phrases or some variation of each of them probably think they have no vision, but this is a large part of the confusion.

The lack of direction is like flying with vertigo. The pilot has no sense of up, down, or the direction the plane is heading. Not following any course in life in the best of cases ends up as an airplane that runs out of fuel, unusable. The worst case scenario is an accident that didn’t have to happen.

Survival can include phrases like “don’t worry, be happy,” “go with the flow,” or “you can’t have your cake and eat it too.” The tricky part about survivors is that there are times when this mindset is appropriate. The problem is embracing mediocrity without even stepping out of your comfort zone.

Taking time off to recover could be considered survival. The reason for recovery has a lot to do with surviving or thriving. Many people withdraw just to take it easy. Without purpose, retirees become sedentary and listless. The shame is that the multiple gifts and talents these people have in helping others in a different capacity go to waste.

Prosperous visionaries take time to recover knowing that renewed energy is essential to doing meaningful things. They are at a sweet spot that is the right combination of enthusiasm for the task at hand and the ability to perform well when doing it. The Yerkes-Dodson law suggests that performance and arousal are directly related. Understanding how the combination is consistently optimized is thriving.

An example of optimization to prosper according to the Yerkes-Dodson Law is in a game of basketball until the final shot to win or lose. The person who takes a dive doesn’t even want to be on the court for fear of making a mistake. The survivor is on the court, but does not want to touch the ball. The prosperous visionary player wants the ball to take the shot and is upset if that is not the declared play.

Can everyone thrive all the time as a visionary superhero? Of course, no. Does an occasional nosedive or survival time become part of a person’s life? Certainly. It takes hard work, concentration, and even suffering to maximize time at the sweet spot to thrive. Yerkes-Dodson’s Law research identifies the relationship between performance and arousal. Each person has to determine where to live most of a visionary life: dive, survive, or thrive.

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