The wheel of life can help you have a great year
Are you feeling overwhelmed at the number of things you’d like to improve and worried you won’t or can’t improve. Instead of goals use the wheel of life to find your priority annual theme.
Picking a theme instead of New Year resolutions
I'm not a fan of having a new year resolution as I've found they rarely have a successful outcome. So this year I'm doing things differently and I'm working towards a long term goal. A goal that will …
My only new year resolution
I’ve written before about not being a big fan of making new year resolutions because I think it adds too much pressure and you are more likely to make successful changes if you set a resolution …
Achieving goals at the beach
The old saying to kill two birds with one stone is a great example of achieving more with the same effort. If you can find these in your life it feels great because you make progress in several areas …
Immersing yourself in your dreams
Working towards your dreams is a gradual process, moving there action by action. It is also good to prepare your mind through methods like saying your goal several times a day and spending time with …
Creating a goal daily reminder
Writing down your goals is good, but of course it is even better to take action to help realise the goals. When I announced the second draft of my goals, Gary asked how often I considered them. This …
Reviewing goals after a major life change
Having developed your goals its important to review them at a later date, particularly after any major changes in your life, to ensure they are still relevant; you don’t want to be working …
My personal purpose and vision (first draft)
I have been working on my goals for a long time but seemed to stall at identifying what my top level vision was. Looking back on my notes it appears that I’ve had the content nearly there for a …
Developing my mission statement
Having decided the next step in my goal development is to develop a personal mission statement I have been doing some research. Just about everything I’ve read suggests there are many benefits …
Goal setting: brainstorming ideas
Despite a significant amount of resistance I finally completed the next stage of the goal setting tutorial, the brainstorming exercise. The aim is to draw out the subconscious thoughts that show …
Goals: the past, present and future review
As I mentioned in the August Wheel of Life post, I have made progress on identifying my goals by completing the first exercise of the Goal Setting College tutorial. The exercise asks you to look back …
So where am I with setting my goals?
After writing my earlier post I decided to take action straight away and looked at possible books to help me. I choose Work Life: Achieve Your Goals which arrived at the weekend. So far I have read …