What if goal-setting-and-forgetting could be turned into a creative, expansive and fun process of goal achieving instead? Narrative Visioning offers a creative, human-centred approach to goals where you’re the hero of your own story.
Narrative Visioning is a unique goal-setting method that blends storytelling with future-focused thinking, allowing individuals to tap into their imagination and craft a vision for their future that feels both exciting and personal.
SMART Goals are out
Corporate goal-setting approaches can feel dry and mechanical. Ever tried to set a SMART goal? If you struggled to write them (let alone achieve them), you’re not alone.
While standard goal setting strategies are practical, they often feel rigid, uninspiring, and difficult to stick to. Goals shouldn’t be a chore or something that feels detached from our personal lives.
Narrative Visioning is the new goal-setting goal-achieving experience
What if goal-setting could be turned into a creative, expansive, practical and fun process of goal achieving instead of goal-setting-and-forgetting?
Enter Narrative Visioning: a fresh approach to goals that uses storytelling to help you map out a future that not only excites you, but that you can magick into reality.
Unlike traditional methods, Narrative Visioning is about reimagining the next chapter of your life or career. It invites you to explore new possibilities and step into a future story where you’re the main character. This process encourages a more human, imaginative approach to goal-setting, letting you feel your way into your goals by embracing the art of storytelling.
Why Narrative Visioning?
Storytelling is one of our most powerful tools for understanding the world and making sense of our experiences. When applied to personal growth and career development, it allows us to visualize new realities and create goals that align with our deepest desires. Narrative Visioning is about moving beyond the rigid structure of traditional goal-setting, embracing creativity, and putting the focus back on you as the protagonist of your own story.
In essence, this approach challenges the predictable, metrics-driven nature of goal-setting and instead invites you to step into an exciting, expansive future—one that feels like it’s built for you.
5 Key Reasons Narrative Visioning Is the Future of Goal-Setting
1. It Unlocks Creativity
Traditional goal-setting can feel inspiring – until you sit down to actually tick them off your list. Then, they feel like a mountain you never wanted to hike in the first place. Narrative Visioning, however, taps into your creative instincts by encouraging you to view your future as an unfolding story. You’re not just working through a checklist—you’re building a vision for your life or career that feels rich with possibility.
2. It Expands Possibilities
This approach pushes you to think bigger. Instead of focusing on narrow, expected outcomes, Narrative Visioning invites you to explore new directions. By flipping the script on your current reality, you open yourself up to alternative futures that you may not have considered before, helping you dream bigger and step outside the box.
3. It Makes Goals Feel Personal and Human
Narrative Visioning isn’t about arbitrary benchmarks; it’s about shaping a future that’s deeply connected to who you are. By grounding your goals in your personal story, this approach makes them more meaningful. You’re no longer just aiming to ‘achieve’ something, but shaping a journey that reflects your values, desires, and full self.
4. It Engages Imagination
When we tap into storytelling, we engage our imagination. Narrative Visioning encourages you to visualise your future self and all the possibilities that come with it. You add in superpowers, gadgets and tools, a cast of supporting characters, plot twists and more. It’s a more engaging, motivating way to set goals, using the power of narrative to craft a future where you feel like the star of your very own movie.
5. It Embraces Flexibility and Growth
Life rarely follows a straight line, and Narrative Visioning acknowledges that. It’s a flexible framework that allows your goals to evolve as your story unfolds. This adaptability helps you stay motivated, even when life throws unexpected challenges your way, by focusing on the broader narrative rather than rigid milestones.
How Narrative Visioning Works
The process behind Narrative Visioning involves seeing your future as a storyline, rather than a set of tasks. Visioneers begin by exploring their current reality, identifying new truths, and imagining exciting ‘plot twists’ that represent the next steps in their personal or professional journeys.
Narrative Visions are best built in the company of others—much like the audience in a cinema. Sharing your vision with others makes the process more engaging and helps you see your journey through fresh perspectives.
Just as a hero has allies, enemies and challenges along the way, your own story unfolds with the help, insight and input of those around you. Collaborating with others can illuminate new ideas, provide encouragement, and help refine the path you’re creating.
Why Now?
As we reassess what we want from our careers in a world of work that is constantly shifting, it’s more important than ever to rethink how we approach our future.
Traditional goal-setting methods can feel disconnected from our personal lives, leaving us completely unmotivated to pursue them. Narrative Visioning is a way to reimagine the next chapter of your story, bringing more joy, creativity, and humanity into the process.
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