Volume 2, Issue 8

It's your life, what do you want to do with it

Because so many of us struggle with the idea of setting goals, and following through on them, here’s a quiz I’ve found that I know will get you thinking. It’ll only take 5 minutes.

(FREE BONUS) Cut/paste this quiz into an email, complete and send it back to me, and I’ll send you a customized goals report, including a graph of your Wheel of Life, and the top 10 Tips for achieving your goals.

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1) RATE YOUR LIFE

A. How would you rate your life out of 10 (10 being you can’t imagine it could possibly be any better) in the following areas?

Health & Peace __ Money__

Career/Own Business __ Special Relationship __

Family and Friends __ Other: __ (Spirituality)

B. Given these scores, which 2-3 areas are you willing to improve over the next 6 months to make the biggest difference to your life? (Maximum Three)

· Health & Peace · Money · Career/Own Business

· Special Relationship · Family and Friends · Other

C. What three things are you most tolerating or putting up with in your life?

a) ___________ b) ___________c) _____________

D. What three things do you love most about/in your life?

a) ___________ b) ___________c) _____________

E. If you could have more of ONE thing in your life right now, what would it be? ___________________________

2) WRITE DOWN YOUR GOALS

A. Write down 2-3 goals that would make a BIG difference to your life. Choose goals that put a big smile on your face, and that are achievable within 6 months. (Hint: A goal should be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound)

Goal Achieve By

i) February 1, 2007

ii) February 1, 2007

iii) February 1, 2007

B. Imagine 6 months have passed, and you’ve done it! You have achieved each of these goals. Write down how you feel having achieved each one.

Goal I feel.

i)

ii)

iii)

(Remember you are imagining how you will feel: if you aren’t coming up with wonderful feeling about these goals, then you may wish to go back to 2A and choose bigger or SMARTer goals).

3) SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE FOOT

A. Assuming all human beings have some way of holding back or sabotaging their life, which of the following is your preferred method (check one only)

· Procrastination · Indecision · Arrogance/being right

· Acting as “Lone Ranger” · Tolerating · Not saying “No”

· Controlling life/people · Not saying “Yes”

· Not always telling the absolute truth

· Following secondary goals -(i.e., goals that won’t ultimately make me happy

· Other

B. When you notice yourself doing this behavior (sabotaging), what behavior will you replace it with now?

4) SUPPORT

A. Goals are much easier to achieve when you have a support structure in place. Which support structure(s) will you put in place in the next 5 days to make these goals fun and easy? (Max. 3)

· Motivating display where I can see it often

· Enroll in a (training) course

· Enroll a buddy to go for the same goal(s)

· Tell 3-10 friends of my commitment, and how they can support me (e.g., call me every couple of weeks to ask how it’s going

· Join a club/hang out with people sharing the same goal(s)

· Set up a 1-6 month coaching program with a good coach

· Other Support Structure:

B. If you had your own coach, which three benefits from the list below would you consider most valuable to you?

· Challenge · Accountability · Focus · Support

· Inspiration · Direction · Sounding Board

· Ideas/Strategies · Validation

C. If you ever decided to work with a coach, what would probably be the best time for you to start.

· within the next 10 days

· within the next 30 days

· within the next 3 months

· within the next 12 months

You can make the changes now, because there’s no time like the present.