step 4: emote

It's not just an intellectual exercise.

It's an emotional one.

You have to have feelings about it.

It's a matter of displacement too; you have to make a little room for it. You have to become emotional about your vision. You have to attach personal feelings to it.

Being dispassionate is a mistake. You've been logical, you've thought things out, and you’ve weighed your options. Where has it gotten you?

This is a pretty simple lesson. You don't have to learn it here. It has already been taught to you many times over in your life.

I was given this lesson myself just a few months ago. I thought I might win a promotion, one I knew I deserved. I had the experience, the knowledge, the skills; I had everything that could be wanted for the job. But I was not, on the surface, emotionally involved in wanting the job. I played my hand just as it was, laid my cards out on the table, poker face, no bluffing. I didn't get the job.

Did I lose it because I didn't say that I really really really wanted the job? Maybe, I don't know for sure. But I am sure it made some difference.

So now you have your vision and what is it worth? Nothing if you don't get your emotions involved.

When someone says something bad about your vision your blood should heat up, your heart should pound and your tongue should grow sharp. If it doesn't it is because you don't really care.

If you don't care then you might as well stop now, it won't do you any good to read any more lessons.