Ever wondered why your New Year's resolutions or professional goals never seem to stick? It might be because they're just insubstantial words on a notecard. So, what's the solution? Visualization! Join me, your host, as I chat with the wonderful Julie Annexter, a strategy mapping expert who's going to change the way we think about goals forever. If you're all about turning your dreams into reality, this episode is for you.
We'll walk you through the art of creating a compelling strategy map, a tool that can help you keep your eyes on the prize and make your aspirations tangible. Julie and I will guide you through setting specific actions that will pull you towards your objectives rather than push you away. We're not just talking about vague concepts here - we'll provide you with real, actionable steps. We're even going to teach you how to keep this strategy map in sight (think wallpapering your workspace with it) to dramatically boost your commitment to your goals. Buckle up as we chart the course to success with the extraordinary Julie Annexter and her visually powerful strategy mapping.
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Now, I am a big fan of visualization and I met a great lady up near our cabin, julie Annexter, and we become really good buddies and she was showing me what their company does, which is strategy mapping. It's really interesting what she does. We kind of do the same thing with coaching maps. So we've been collaborating and talking together. I mean really kind of a fun relationship. One of the things that she does is visualization of strategy. Let's be honest, it's just like what your end of the year, your New Year's resolution, or your end of the year goals for next year, and what do we do with those.
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So there's two schools of thought. Number one visualize it. I don't even know if that's a word, but visualize it. Create a visualization strategy. Number two get a partner. We'll talk about that more in the next podcast episode, but visualize it.
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Create a strategy map, have your major goal and three objectives you need to achieve, and so it would go as follows At the top, have your goals, then have your objectives, then have your actions and then what you'll do if you visualize it. Now the actions have to be specific. It can't be just practice. Maybe it's. I have to practice. Conversations conflict fluently, flawlessly, without fear or hesitation. So it positions me to reach my goal of becoming a future leader. That's a really constructive action.
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So think about creating a strategy map. Then think about wallpapering. It Sounds crazy, right, think about wallpapering it. What that basically means is how do I put that into a strategy where it's visualized? Meaning? I see it every day. If you take 10 people who have goals and they write them down on a note card and they put them in their desk, versus 10 people who create strategy maps and put it by their monitor, put it by their desktop, maybe put it on the refrigerator, maybe put it on a whiteboard where they work, which group will be more successful or more likely to stay with their goals and objectives and actions? The ones who visualize it. So remember, visualize your goals. Create a strategy map.