Vision

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(With NotebookLM AI)

Vision: The Most Unseen Multiplier in the Formula for Success

You can be perfectly prepared. You can have all the courage in the world. But if you're not looking up, if you're not aware of what’s changing around you, you’ll still miss the boat.
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In the formula for success {(Preparation × Vision × Courage) + Luck - Goals}, Vision is often misunderstood. It’s not just about having a goal; it’s about continuously scanning the horizon. It's the active scanning of your surroundings that makes sure your preparation and bravery are pointed in the right direction.

Why Vision Matters

Vision is awareness. Not in a dreamy, abstract sense, but in the practical ability to spot opportunities, anticipate change, and respond intentionally. It’s what separates those who get stuck in their routine from those who evolve, innovate, and ultimately succeed.

In Triathlon: New Margins Are Always Emerging

The athlete who only trains hard without paying attention to evolving trends risks falling behind. A triathlete with high preparation and bold action may never realize that new carbon shoe tech shaved 3 minutes off others’ run times. They might mis the latest aerodynamic tweaks to cut 20W of drag or that the fueling strategies and HRV tracking have radically shifted recovery science.

Vision is watching those trends, testing ideas, listening to smarter athletes, and staying curious. It’s asking, “Is there something out there that could make me better?” Even more, you can expand your vision by having active conversations with other triathletes or even better get a coach who is monitoring the latest innovations to learn and share with his athletes.

In Work: Opportunity Doesn’t Wait

You can be skilled. You can be brave. But you always have to keep your eyes on the market. Personally you  need to keep monitoring the job market internally and externally or you might miss a golden opportunity. As a business you need to keep your eye out for emerging competitors redefining your market and new technologies which might shift your industry paradigms like AI, sustainability, or remote communication.

If you are not actively looking around you may never act, because you don’t even know you should. And here’s the irony: when we’re blind to opportunity, we tend to blame luck for our lack of progress.

“I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.” No! You just weren’t looking.

Vision in the workplace means watching, reading, asking questions, attending, networking. It means zooming out, not just drilling in.

In Life: Vision Shapes Direction

In family, health, relationships, and community, vision is about reflection. It’s noticing the early signs of burnout, of a partner needing support, of a child showing talent or distress, of a body asking for rest or movement. Don’t start doubting yourself, but keep asking yourself: Am I on the path I want to be on? Are there changes I’m not noticing because I’m too deep in the daily grind?

You might be doing all the right things… but in the wrong direction.

Conclusion: Look Up. Look Around. Adjust.

If you’re not see(k)ing, you’re not succeeding, at least not consistently. Without vision, even the best-prepared, most courageous person risks wasting their effort.

Vision connects effort to opportunity. It’s not a luxury. It’s a multiplier. So whatever phase you’re in, training, working, parenting, recovering, ask yourself regularly. “What am I not seeing right now?” It might just change your trajectory.

Don’t forget. It is the small daily steps that turn into positive habits, patterns, and beliefs ingrained in body and mind. Enjoy the journey!

BONUS TIPS COACH GLENN:

• During your next long ride or run, reflect on where you’ve been closing your eyes (metaphorically).
• Plan 15 minutes each week to research something new in your field sport, work, health.
• Ask someone you admire: What’s something you’re seeing that most people are missing?

Share this blog with your friends, family, and colleagues who are also pursuing a sportier and healthier lifestyle!