The Last Issue of the Newsletter
Yes, you read that correctly. I have decided to stop publishing the newsletter in English at the end of the year. For a simple reason - it brings me nothing in terms of business. It has a relatively low readership. Moreover, here on LinkedIn I usually write in Czech and for a Czech audience, so I spoil my reach with occasional English posts.
Thank you for your support so far. I wish you a peaceful Advent, a joyous Christmas and a happy New Year 2025. And I hope we will continue to meet here on LinkedIn.
Best Regards, Madla ?evelová, business mentor, card reader and consultant
New article: How to find your vision again
This fall I started three mastermind groups. And in all three, the same theme has gradually emerged: what to do when you suddenly don’t feel the same drive you were used to in business. Long-term goals are missing, the direction has gone somewhere, and even the motivation to work every day is not what it used to be. What’s more, this condition doesn’t last for weeks, but for months. A few years ago, I experienced it too. And I thin it is because our visions have been fulfilled.
By vision we usually mean some verbal expression of our idea of what our life and our business will look like in the not too distant future. When we try to put it together (for marketing plan purposes, for example), we usually think 3-5 years ahead. This is the time frame we can easily see. But we often have a longer time frame in mind – 10 or even 20 years.
Vision is not a horizon
A horizon is an imaginary line that recedes as we approach it. The horizon, therefore, can never be reached. But this is not true of vision. It is by its very nature destined to be fulfilled. So we actually plan in it what we want to live a few years from now. And it naturally happens.
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Sometimes we abandon our visions because they don’t suit us. Because somewhere along the way we find that we’re headed somewhere we don’t really want to go. But most of the time we actively correct course and energetically head somewhere else. If you’re currently lacking a vision, it’s far more likely that you’ve simply fulfilled it.
It’s also related to age
When you’re in your 30s, you’re dealing with how to start a business, how to establish yourself in the market, how to gain experience and references, how to get a mortgage, how to combine business and motherhood, or how to provide enough financial security for your family.
But as your age starts to approach or even exceed 50, you are in a very different situation. You already know who you are, and your business and your mind are aligned. You are slowly entering the archetype of the Wise Old Woman or Wise Old Man.
And completely different themes come to the fore. For example:
“Remember the days when you prayed for the things you now have.” The anonymous quote, which you may also have on a mug, on your fridge, or on a board at home, describes well how vision works. Better is easy to get used to.?And change is often so subtle that we don’t even notice it.
It’s also because in vision we usually imagine our life as a whole, so it’s easy to miss the details. For example, the house is already finished, your children are happily studying high school or college, your neighborhood has long perceived you as an expert in your field, and you have to work far fewer hours for the same salary than you did a few years ago...
You can continue reading on my website here: How to find your vision again - Magdalena Cevelova, MBA