What I have learned that can be applied to creating a strategic plan for my life is creating a vision and mission. A Vision being a picture of what I want life to be and what my goals are for my future and my family's future. As a strategic leader of my family, it would be my position to set the direction of which way my family will take. "Strategic leadership is the ability to anticipate, envision, maintain flexibility, and empower others to create strategic change as necessary." (Hitt, M. A., Ireland, R. D