The Vision Driven Leader: 10 Questions to Focus Your Efforts, Energize Your Team, and Scale Your Business Hardcover – Illustrated, March 31, 2020

I belong to generation of Gen-Xers and the culture I live in is constantly trying for my immediate attention. As a result, we feel constant anxiety and fret from one project to another without enough pausing and reflection. We often run for instant gratification and fret again to deliver instant results for the generation of millennials. While doing that the author reminds us we need not forget to provide an overarching and commonly shared inspiring and meaningful vision for all of us to align with. If you are compelled like I was, stop, pause and reflect on the meaning of all of this now. Literature that would give clear instructions in a language everybody would understand on how to create your personal or business vision for your team is scarce and often speaks to the reader the corporate language and is full of empty phrases. Not so with The Vision Driven Leader. In his book Michael Hyatt – a productivity mentor talks from his own experiences, describes the meaning and the results of a vision driven leader's attitude and the consequences of leadership with the absence of a long-term vision, he also tells a story of a thoroughly crafted vision that has been long forgotten and never came to life and how we can avoid this from happening. In order for an organization and its leaders to fulfill their mission, and especially at times of distraction and immediate threat and fear, they must direct their behavior (strategy, the How?) towards commonly shared goals set in the near 3–5 year future (the What?) and constantly remind everybody (vision leaks and you ought not to contain it) in the form of a Vision Script an inspiring, concrete and actionable but not very long document. Creating such a key and fixed document must, the author argues, always precede flexible strategies. The book instructs you on how you can create such a feasible document for yourself and for your team regardless of who you lead. The book also presents a number of inspirational life stories of people who, through their relentless vision, have contributed to improving humanity and have exceeded their perceived possibilities – a climber Tommy Caldwell (The Down Wall), Jane Chen (Embrace Warmer, Little Lotus), Malala Yousafzai (right to education), Garett Camp and Travis Kalanick (Uber), Evelyn Berezin (Word processor) and more.At first, I was skeptical, especially now in a pandemic, whether it was appropriate and realistic to even consider future visions. With this book, I realized that right now rather than thinking about securing yourself for the next day, it is more important to create a vision for yourself, your family, your co-workers, and the company you work for to get over the difficulties of the day and set our eyes on hope and what we can benefit society and our loved ones with in the long run. Read it for inspiration, it will serve you well.

I have read every book that Michael Hyatt has written. Why? Michael translates his years of business and leadership experience into easy to read, easy to comprehend, action oriented gems of personal and professional development. He shares the lessons learned in great success and in great failure, and how he learned impactful lessons from both. In "The Vision Driven Leader", Michael walks us through the importance of having a vision script for your business, and also explains the 'why'. I'm coming upon the 2 year anniversary of opening the doors of my business, and as I read each chapter of Michael's book, I realized why I'm struggling in a couple of areas. I have an idea where I want my business to go, but it's so clear to me now why crafting a clear and detailed vision script and sharing it with my team is vital to our success. Each chapter, or PART, includes stories and reminders of businesses who thrived (because of vision), and those who failed for lack of vision. Unlike other business books I've read, this one not only gives me the why, it also spells out the how. You have to put in the work, but Michael leads you through each step as only he can do. This is not a get rich quick scheme. This is a "follow the steps I share with you and you will see an increase in your business, a newfound passion for the future, how to overcome resistance, and to stay on track for continued success. I look forward to looking back a year from now on the stability and growth of my business, knowing that the forward momentum is largely due to all I learned and put into action thanks to "The Vision Driven Leader". Thank you Michael Hyatt for writing such a fabulous, yet simple program to help me reach my dreams!

"The Vision Driven Leader" is an excellent companion to the Michael Hyatt ecosystem. In fact, it's probably the primary book in understanding the power of the Full Focus System."The Vision Driven Leader" explains the importance of developing a vision script for the future of your company, organization or brand. Vision script is an important distinction. This is not just a statement, but a document that lays out your vision for the near (3-5 years) future. It then takes you through the process of developing that vision script by answering 5 questions:* What do you want?* Is it clear?* Does it inspire?* Is it practical?* Can you sell it?You then compile that vision considering 4 categories:* Your team* Your product* Your marketing* Your impact.Once you have your vision script, Hyatt then shows you how to sell your vision, and how to develop strategies for accomplishing your vision so you can achieve the results you want.This is required reading for understanding how to create "Your Best Year Ever," Michael Hyatt's book on setting goals. The goals you set should be derived from your vision script. "Free to Focus," Michael's book on productivity, explains the system for staying focused on the right tasks that move you towards your vision of your future.I really enjoyed this book. I wish it had been written a long time ago. Having tried to implement the Full Focus System, I believe my roadblocks have been due to a lack of vision. This book helps me clarify a vision, the first step before establishing goals, and before developing a strategy on how to achieve those goals.As with all of Michael Hyatt's books, it is full of examples, short histories, and stories that help illustrate the point. This makes for an enjoyable and easily digestible read.