INsight/ Why Vision Works

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Manila, 25 January 2026 — What opens up when your vision leads the way?

Story

Research in positive psychology is clear: people who regularly work with a meaningful vision flourish more—at work and in life. A compelling vision activates hope, intrinsic motivation, and a sense of purpose that goes far beyond short-term goals. It gives direction without rigidity, energy without pressure.

But vision is not a one-off exercise. It is a living practice. The leaders who benefit most are not those who once “defined” their vision, but those who return to it—reflecting, refining, and reconnecting. Vision works because it keeps evolving as we do.

Most importantly, vision provides pull. Goals push us toward achievement; vision pulls us toward becoming. It opens a horizon that feels alive, meaningful, and worth moving toward—even when the path is uncertain.

Challenge

Many visions quietly recycle the past. They are shaped by old identities, inherited expectations, and unexamined conditioning. When this happens, vision doesn’t liberate—it repeats.

The real challenge is to create a vision that is not constrained by who you have been, but oriented toward who you are becoming. That requires letting go of familiar narratives of success, safety, and limitation.

Working on vision, then, is not strategic planning—it is inner work. It asks for honesty, courage, and presence.

Question

When vision is freed from the past, it becomes a doorway to a boundless future—one full of possibilities rather than predictions.

This is why working on our leadership vision has been our focus this month in the Grow3Leaders community of practice: not to fix the future, but to open it.

If your leadership vision were no longer shaped by past expectations or constraints, what future would it invite you to step into—starting now?