This is the Business English Podcast, Episode 189.
Here's what I see. How to share your vision for a project.
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Hi, Michelle. How you doing? Hey, Lindsay.
How are you? I'm feeling good. I'm excited to get into business English today.
What's up? Me too. I think you're going to like this topic because you're having a lot of big dreams and goals and visions.
And so I think this is going to be good.
I mean, Lindsay, how important do you think it is to share your vision, your goals with others?
It's super important, Michelle. I mean, why are we here if we don't have a vision, whether it's for a company that we're leading or for the life we're creating with our family or our own careers?
Got to have that vision. And this is something that if we just take time to think about it, we can actually figure out what it is, right?
It's not like it has to be some divine message or something.
You do have to dig in a little bit to reading and listening to podcasts maybe that inspire you to figure out what your vision is, don't you think?
That's right. That's right. Yeah. So, I mean, this can be, I mean, short term or long term for yourself or for a company, for a specific project.
Lots of things can count here. Lindsay, I mean, is there something recently that you've shared your vision about or maybe something with All Ears English or something else?
Yeah. I mean, I really want All Ears English to become a global language learning company.
I want the world to know about our vision, which our vision is connection, not perfection, because we just believe that's the reason we communicate is to connect.
It's not functional. It's for human connection.
So I want more people to know about All Ears English so they can feel human connection like we all want. right so that's really the overall big vision of allers english you know but then like our urban adventures we had a big vision there bringing our students together in boston and new york amazing right the vision was to have immerse them in these cities and use english in real in real time so that's right that's right oh i loved it um so yeah we've had we have a lot of you know calls, you know, thinking, you know, English, like we talk about, you know, the vision for all there's English and we do things like that.
So it's important to be able to share these things.
Guys, if you are thinking about your vision, you might like to work hard.
So listen to all there's listen to all there's English business English podcast.
185 was working hard or hardly working. Yeah, that's the thing about vision, right?
We could talk all day about the vision that we have, but then that obviously has to be followed up by strategy, objectives, tactics.
What are we actually going to do? And just good old fashioned hard work, you know?
That's right. That's right. So, I mean, but why?
Why is it important to share? Well, I think that it brings out our humanity, Michelle, don't you think?
So when we say what we want, and usually this is connected to something good because we're humans and we aspire to be like a higher version of ourselves, right?
That helps us connect with others because they see that in us and they get excited.
And they say, yeah, that actually sounds great.
Let's go for it. Right, right. I mean, yeah, exactly.
Because maybe somebody shares that vision with you.
So it helps you connect. I mean, and maybe people can help you accomplish your dreams.
If you share your vision, somebody can actually help you make it happen.
Oh my God, 100%. I love this topic. Oh, I'm so excited we're talking about this.
And I mean, it just helps you also explain your ideas in a way that people can picture for themselves.
Don't they say that if you want to accomplish something that you have to put it out into the world, like you have to say it because there's some sort of accountability there, right?
There's accountability. There's... People go ahead and maybe they're immediately thinking, how can I help this person achieve that vision?
Maybe they have a connection. It also goes along with vision boards, but vision boards are a little more internal, right?
They're just kind of for us in our offices, but it's a way of verbalizing it and putting it out there for sure.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um, so we're going to talk about how you can share this, but before we do guys, we want to remind you, please hit follow on the business English podcast.
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Okay, Michelle, so today we're going to share phrases if you are kind of sharing that vision.
And again, this is not just for leaders of a company, right?
It is for anyone listening. At our highest point, we want to have this vision, so we need to share it no matter where we're working in the company or who we're talking to, really, I think.
Right. Yeah. Right. And today we're focusing, although you can use these for really anything, but we're going to talk.
Talk about it kind of in the way that we're focusing on a project, maybe something at work.
OK, good. So so let's say you're working on something big.
So you might say something like, here's what I see.
Yeah. So I say, here's what I see. A presentation with lots of pictures and colors and a strong introduction that involves the audience.
Yeah, I like that. So we started the episode talking about kind of bigger like visions, maybe for a company or a life that you want.
Now we're going to bring it one level down, like you said, Michelle, and bring it into a project.
I like that idea. So it's a little more specific.
So first one, here's what I see, as you said.
And here's another. Here's what I'm envisioning.
I love that. It's so good when you can communicate what's in your head because we take for granted.
I think we tend to think people know what's in our head, but they don't.
That's true. What does this look like in a sentence?
Well, you could say something like, here's what I'm envisioning.
We gather all the quotes together into a giant book that we can sell at the next event.
Very nice. Or I like this one. Imagine or picture this.
Picture this. We get all our donors together in one room and film one big social media video.
Yeah. Right. um and i feel like it back in the i guess we're kind of i don't know if we're moving out of the the kind of like early tech era silicon valley boom but i think things are changing in our economy but i feel like a lot of tech founders would always go on stage and say what if what if like what if you could connect with everyone in one website that's facebook right what if you could send a message in 150 characters like twitter or whatever it was right a lot of what ifs what ifs you hear that a lot but that's a very um So that's a pretty good pattern that you picked up on.
I feel like that's kind of like a comedian's way of thinking, Lindsay, because I feel like I didn't even realize that they say that.
But then when you say it, I'm like, oh, that's so funny.
Oh, my gosh, it's so good. What are so many memes on Instagram now that come up in my feed?
Yeah. you know, a millennial tech founder or all these different like types of people.
And just, it's just fun to be able to laugh at ourselves because we do fall.
We chase sometimes we all do. There's this guy who does, um, he, he does Instagram, like his whole, his whole, um, his whole Instagram account is satire like of of influencers oh yeah and of Instagram influencers and he's hysterical because he he picks up on these mannerisms that people have when in in those positions and I'll send it to you it's very funny oh it's so funny oh so good such good entertainment all right so we're gonna take a quick break here and then we're gonna come back and take a look at one more See details online.
All right, Michelle, there's one other we could say.
What is it? All right. I see it like this.
How could that sound, Lindsay? All right.
I see it like this. We set up individual calls with each of our clients just to check in.
No hidden agenda. Just see how they're doing.
Nice. Nice. Yeah. So guys, again, you know, we can talk about sharing really big picture things.
And I mean, you can use some of these for that as well.
Like, here's what I see for myself. I see myself one day as being a business owner with a big desk and a beautiful view of the city or something like that.
Or, you know, so you can you can use these in ways to talk about your own bigger vision.
But we wanted to give you guys some, you know, practical ways that you can use it for a project as well.
Yeah, my favorite one here is definitely, here's what I'm envisioning, just to literally give people a picture of what you're thinking.
Because again, like I said, we always think that we're thinking the same thing, but we never are.
You know, on a team, if you're doing a project, you could have three people on the team, three different ideas about what it's going to look like.
Easily. Right. Right. Right. Exactly. Yeah.
I mean, this is just a great way to signal that you're introducing an idea that you care about, that you think is going to be helpful.
That's, you know, something that you can kind of plan for or hope.
Yeah, I love it. And if you are a leader of a company, you also have kind of the responsibility of not just saying what you're envisioning, but also the why it should be done.
Getting your team members on board and invested, this is a good way to spend our time.
So maybe we'll come back to that another day, right?
Yes. Yes, I would love that. That would be great.
So let's do a role play. Okay, Michelle.
So here we are in a meeting and we are sharing ideas.
All right. So what do you think we should do about the timeline of the team party?
Well, I see it like this. People start coming in at about 7 p.m.
We have gift bags for them that also include a pamphlet highlighting our accomplishments over the last year.
Ooh, I like that. Picture this. We take lots of photos and flutter social media accounts with it as well.
Perfect. Then here's what I'm envisioning.
Everyone mingles until dinner, which is when the speeches start.
I like it. Oh, and here's what I see. Then we introduce the keynote speaker after dessert.
Love it. Yeah. okay lots of lots of vision lots of big visions here um i want to call attention grammatically this is interesting right for our listeners here i see it like this but you're talking about something in the future instead of saying like it will look like this or i will see this i see it like this but you're looking forward which is just interesting that we say it that way And it's also interesting because then we were speaking just in the present tense.
Yeah, we're not even know it for the future.
Oh, that's even more. Oh, and all of this.
Oh, we and oh, yeah, we if we haven't done an episode on this on All Ears English, we absolutely have to.
I use this all the time around making decisions.
Like if I'm at home with my partner, say, oh, maybe we eat out tonight or no, maybe we don't eat out.
Maybe we stay in because it's supposed to rain.
I'm saying that earlier, like beforehand.
It's not in the future, right? It's a way of framing the future around decision-making.
So that would be a great episode for Allers English.
Frame the future around decision-making.
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All right. So first, you said, I see it like this.
And that's signaling that I need to listen, right?
There's something more coming. And then you said, picture this.
So we take lots of photos. So, you know, we're both trying to put each other like kind of already in this party.
And that's, I think, one of the reasons why we do use the present tense, because it helps you just put your actually imagine that you're there.
Yeah, exactly. That's a really common language pattern that native speakers use that our listeners need to know about for connection.
Yeah, sure. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And then you said, perfect.
Then here's what I'm envisioning. It's kind of fun.
Like we're having fun with this. We're obviously, I guess this is a party, right?
Or kind of a, yeah, this is something we're excited about.
It's a little harder to say this when it comes to like a report that we're going to write.
Yeah. yeah right it's true you do you i think with these expressions there's some sort of passion around it yeah we are going to put something together and we we we're excited to do it and then what's the last thing that i said you said and here's what i see you know speaker yeah yeah guys so you know um in this episode today we we started really high level around like visions that you're creating for a company or a life you're building maybe with your family you know i do have one recommendation for our listeners one of my favorite authors in the whole world is simon sinek he wrote a book called start with why It is super inspiring.
If you're building a company or you have anything that you want to create in the world, in your life, understand your why, your vision.
He also has a podcast. So just type in Simon Sinek, S-I-N-E-K.
Subscribe there. You will not regret it.
And Michelle, any other final takeaways for our listeners?
Where should we leave them today? Well, guys, you know, this is just a great way to connect with people and to put people actually in the situation themselves.
So you're sharing your vision and you're putting them there as well.
So I think that that's huge for connection.
That's a good point, Michelle. It's such, it's such like a live language.
It's such present moment language. As you said, you're literally putting them in that situation.
Here's what I see. This is what I'm envisioning.
Then they can't help but have that mental picture too.
And it makes sure that you and your team are aligned on what you're actually creating.
That's right. That's right. Yeah. All right.
Well, this was fun, Lindsay. I'm glad we talked about this and we will see you guys on the next episode.
All right. Take care, Michelle. Talk soon.
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