Is a vision a nice and abstract dream or a hard-anchored necessity?
In this blog post I’ll try to make it clear if a vision is just a wish or a necessity.
For this aim, I would like to present you with a clip that I like a lot. You can see it on YouTube (external link).
It’s about William WALLACE, who tries to convince an army to join him in his fight for freedom of Scotland (in the Braveheart movie – 1995).
What do I notice by watching this clip? At first William WALLACE tries to convince an army that comparing the advantages of the present moment with the disadvantages of fighting against a larger army (right now, in this moment), you have a clear choice: right now there are more advantages.
But the army isn’t convinced. No one wants to trade a state of comfort and well being for a risky fight. In the present there are problems.
And then William WALLACE does a wonderful thing: he puts the minds of his people into the future. He makes them dream, he makes them wish for something better.
With more enthusiasm from his part, the people follow him.
I think this clip summarizes perfectly the importance of having a vision, something to hope for: even if in the present there are many bad things that you may not like, by focusing into the future, you can do some hard-to-believe-yet-perfectly-natural decisions.
Yes, it may be hard to believe that fighting against a larger army can bring you any value, but it’s perfectly natural to take this step, considering the advantages. And the army believes him, and follows him to the fight.
So, how are visions created? The very first thing to do is trying to imagine you, others or the environment in the future. The next step would be imagining you are right into that step. Coming back to the present (like William WALLACE does it), would you trade your well being in the present, to reach that great future?
So, returning to the question from the title – what is a vision? I think that a vision is more of a hard-anchored necessity than an abstract dream.
How do you feel about that
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Well, that’s great news. It’s very nice and interesting. Thank you so much for your share.
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“Yes, it may be hard to believe that fighting against a larger army can bring you any value, but it’s perfectly natural to take this step, considering the advantages. And the army believes him, and follows him to the fight.”
Doesn’t an army always fight for the collective good at the peril of the individual?
Sure it does, but sometimes, as in this movie, the army doesn’t feel all that motivated. That’s all.