Small Steps and Broken Stones

Having taken a look at the concept of sanctuary, it’s now time to get cracking with the second of my three ‘mini-projects’, which was also inspired by reading ‘The Mentor’s Book’ by Mike Pegg. I want to take a closer look at the following idea:

Creating a compelling picture of perfection.

This is a technique that I encountered throughout the time I was studying for my coaching diploma, that the individual is much more likely to achieve their goal if they take the time to transform that goal from a simple statement into a fully-formed and fleshed out vision for success. That may sound a bit corny, but it’s something I’ve seen work in practice, both in myself and when working with people I’ve coached. It’s not a complex process, it requires nothing more than exercising your imagination in a way that is fun and rewarding. I’m tempted here to launch into a detailed definition of this process, as I see it, but instead I’ll hold back from that and let my thoughts develop, allowing myself be influenced by others as I build a much fuller understanding of what the phrase above means to me.

I do however, have a clearer idea of how I’m going to go about building that understanding. To begin with, I’ll shoot a short video, where I will attempt to explain why I find this conecept so interesting. Then, I will attempt to use social media to collect some input from others. Rather than opening it too wide, I’m going to see if I can target a few people whose thoughts I’m really interested in and see if I can co-erce them into making a short video for me. I’ll ask them three core questions:

1. What tools do you use to create a compelling picture of perfection?
2. What process do you follow?
3. How have you used the pictures that you’ve created?

Next step would be to see if I can take what I’ve learned from these people and see if I can improve the way I create my own pictures of prefection. I’m also toying with the idea of drawing some of these pictures and asking a wider selection of people for their own examples, but I’ll see about that when I get to it.

I feel quite excited about this one, as I’m hoping that I will get a lot out of it. We. Shall. See.