College to Career

6

Vision

6.1 Introduction

In Chapter 1, we had mentioned in passing that you probably never felt a need (nor did you find the time) to actually introspect and do a SWOT analysis on yourself. The same can also be said about vision and your inclination to build on that and make detailed plans and strategies for life. While SWOT is about your past and current state, vision is about the future. Having a vision is being aware of today’s broad trends and major developments and using them to make educated guesses about the future. In this chapter, we will first discuss the importance of vision and then look at some of its characteristics—what it is and what it is not. Next, we will look at the visioning process. And finally, we will give you some tips ...