{"id":677,"date":"2008-01-08T21:58:11","date_gmt":"2008-01-08T21:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/why-vision-matt\/"},"modified":"2008-01-08T21:58:11","modified_gmt":"2008-01-08T21:58:11","slug":"why-vision-matt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/why-vision-matt\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Vision Matters, Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I did a radio show a few weeks ago and the host asked me if I thought most Americans were &quot;soft.&quot;&nbsp; I answered him with a yes, but not for the reasons you might think.&nbsp; My reply surprised him. I explained that Americans (not all) have lost their hunger for a vision.&nbsp; In other words, finding vision builds strength.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Somewhere along the line we decided that vision was just too mystical, so we cast it into the abyss of &quot;soft.&quot;&nbsp; When that happened, vision became the sport of heretics, revolutionaries and madwomen.&nbsp; I went on to say that without a compelling vision it is very difficult to sustain anything.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my example of a compelling vision:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nikeplus.nike.com\/nikeplus\/?promoID=uscrmABP_NPN_week1\">Nike Running<\/a> is a great partner in my vision for better health.&nbsp; I embraced running about 5 months ago.&nbsp; It was one of the best decisions of my life.&nbsp; I have been faithful to my routine and I miss doing it if the weather isn&#8217;t cooperating (sometimes I run even when it&#8217;s not).&nbsp; My desire for a better life, without a guarantee, health wise causes me to stay focused and committed.<\/p>\n<p>Take the time to discover a compelling vision&#8230;it beats within you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did a radio show a few weeks ago and the host asked me if I thought most Americans were &quot;soft.&quot;&nbsp; I answered him with a yes, but not for the reasons you might think.&nbsp; My reply surprised him. I explained that Americans (not all) have lost their hunger for a vision.&nbsp; In other words,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-perspectives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}