The Importance of having a Vision

A lot of importance is laid down on the necessity of having a vision and creating an action plan so as to make this vision a reality. But what exactly does this mean and how does it work in everyday life? After all there are so many self-help books, seminars and HR articles all speaking about this topic, but are we getting the point?
There are many wonderful concepts which will help us in our life and this is one of them, however, it is little understood and a back to basics approach will hopefully help us to shed some further light on the role of vision in our lives!

A vision is a series of concepts which when weaved together they become a holistic, integrated set of values and aspirations which lead us on the new heights in our lives.

Having a vision, in its literal sense, means to have a picture before oneself. Some people have holy visions, but this is not what we mean, when we speak about having a vision. Rather we are focusing upon having a picture before us in the broadest sense possible. When we think in terms of a graphic picture this is really way of the mark. Rather a vision is a series of concepts which when weaved together they become a holistic, integrated set of values and aspirations which lead us on the new heights in our lives.