I borrowed that question over a decade ago from my soul brother Doug Tatum (who, by the way, just released a great business book entitled No Man’s Land – check your local Borders). I’ve used the question with corporations, friends, and family. It’s great for a business creating new products or strategic direction – it’s also a “fog cutter” for an individual to help him or her verbalize their life dream.
Let me rephrase the question by borrowing from another individual I highly respect, author and consultant Bob Biehl:
If God told you that you could do anything; you had unlimited resources – time, energy, money, etc. – and you knew you could not fail, what would you do?
Popular author John Eldredge calls it our God-given “Desire”; I have another friend who is building an entire ministry around “Dreambuilding”. Young men need dreams – they need to have the freedom to think about how it would feel to hit it out of the park with their life, doing what they do best:
I want every young man to answer the question – “What is your home run?”
But first they need the tools to answer the question.
January 3, 2009 at 9:22 pm |
I’ve been using this concept in one of our leadership classes over the past several years. Here’s a blog that also talks about it. http://www.itsjakesworld.wordpress.com
January 13, 2009 at 4:02 pm |
Jake,
Thanks very much for your comment. I like your blog and appreciate your input.
Brent