Clarity of vision by Oldsmobile

I recently received some much-needed clarity.

It came at precisely the right time because my visions had become clouded with white noise.

And it came in the shape of an Oldsmobile.

Rainy day eBay trawling netted a fine piece of automotive cherry in a 1975 Oldsmobile 88 Royale coupe. I’m more of a ’50s and ’60s American car guy but there’s still something about these ’70s cars that’s every bit appealing as the finned and chromed wonders of their forefathers.

This particular example, a Florida-based survivor, resplendent in beaming white, audacious red leather and velour interior with the “royal” trimmings and comforts you’d expect, dropped my jaw.

Almost instantaneously, on the content viewer of my mind, the film started to play.

I saw myself rocking up to the seller in Florida, doing the deal, jumping in the car, rolling down the windows and cruising to Long Beach on the US west coast.

Once there, I loaded her up nice and safe in a container, watched her lifted onto a ship and waved her goodbye as I rolled off (probably in a rented Cadillac) to take in some of the Californian sights before flying back home some time after to collect my prized Olds and cruise into the Australian sunset.

As the movie played in my mind, I found myself nodding and loudly speaking "yeah, I want to do that".

That is, where something takes my eye and tickles my desires, I want to be in a position to make a free choice on what to do about it.

In the context of that Oldsmobile and the part it might play in my life, a goal is to be financially and time positioned to be able to make those kinds of choices, when or wherever they may unexpectedly come up.

From there, the formation of a plan has a greater chance of happening.

Noise eradicated? Check. Clarity of vision and motivation? Affirmative.

Back on track to achieving goals? You bet. See how that worked? Doesn’t seem so hard, does it?

Find your why. Find it anywhere you can, picture it and pin your strategy to it.

The process of transforming your visions into motivation and action then becomes a lot clearer.

** Republished from The Polished Turd (www.thepolishedturd.com), first published May 2011