What is YOUR Vision?

Recently, a client inadvertendly reminded me of a life lesson I learned when planning my wedding over 12 years ago. This client was struggling with someone she hired to produce a video for her...he just was NOT getting what she really wanted and she found herself giving in to his vision at certain points and was really frustrated.

My lesson on this came when my now mother-in-law offered to have someone she knew make my perfect wedding dress. This seamstress was a friend of her sisters. It was a sticky situation...you're marrying her son and she was pretty insistent, you get the picture. After sending my measurements and the picture of the dress I was dreaming of and my requirements, I waited. Two weeks before the wedding, the box arrived.

It was a yellow satin dress that had more shoulder pads than what an NFL player wears, with more lace than you would find ANYWHERE. Complete opposite of what I envisioned for MY wedding dress. Well, try telling that to your future mother-in-law. She made ME tell this seamstress, who had worked so hard to make something so so wrong for me. It was one of the hardest things I had to do, but it was MY dress and MY vision.

So, the moral of the story is to stick to YOUR vision for your business and not to what someone else envisions for your business. Here are some tips on how to do that:

1. Make sure that you are clear on what your vision is. If you don't know what you want, how can someone else possibly know what you want?
2. Listen to what they are saying...sometimes having someone repeat back what they understand helps you know to retool what you're saying.
3. Remember that you are responsible for your own vision...if it turns out to be not quite right, there's always room to change it and fine-tune it until you truly get it right!

Later this week we'll talk about how to create your vision, so stay tuned!

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Jennifer Wong is an experienced solo entrepreneur who started her business 10 years ago, long before many were even aware of the power of working virtually. To sign up for her weekly ezine with tips on how to stay focused on your vision, sign up at: http://www.thehomebizbuzz.com.