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Your vision only needs to work for you. It doesn’t need to look like anything else that anyone else creates. It only needs to give you a place to move toward – a destination. The law firm in your vision might be bigger, it might be smaller, it might be the same size. You can see it anyway you like, it can do anything you want it to do, and it can do it in whatever way makes the most sense for you, your style, your purpose, your preference. But, the law firm you visualize needs to be bright in your mind so that it serves as a beacon to keep you on track. Spend the time during VisionQuest getting clear so you can follow the most direct path to reach the place you created in your mind.
Your vision might be a picture of your destination three years from now, it might be five years or even ten. For some of us the vision will be of a place at which we arrive in twenty-five years. The time frame is up to you. Some dreams/visions/objectives are farther away and take longer to reach. How far out you go is your call – it’s your dream, it’s your vision – so you decide.
As you start thinking (and I know you’ve already been thinking) be careful not to impose constraints on yourself. It doesn’t have to look like anything you’ve seen before. It can be totally disconnected from today’s reality of law practice. There are limits, but we tend to impose harsh limits on ourselves when we dream about possibilities. Turn “it can’t be done” into “we’ve got a decade to figure it out if we can see where we’re going”. Set yourself free from the existing ideas if they don’t suit you. Again, it’s your vision. Space law on a rocket ship? The environment changes, the market changes, and the law can be changed. Turn it all inside out and upside down. Go for it.