Day 1: Know your purpose.
“We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.” - Dr. Stephen Covey
Are you wandering through life with little direction – hoping that you’ll find happiness, health and prosperity? Identify your life purpose or write a personal mission statement, click the v and you will have your own unique compass that will lead you to your truth north every time.
I know that if you’re in a “tight spot” or a “dead end” job this may seem overwhelming. But you need to find out out what it is that you really love to do if you’re going to make progress. Remember we’re creating a new you, a you that will turn things around and you make a big difference.
If you don’t know where to start there’s a number of tools that can help. Franklin Covey has a nifty little free interactive tool that’s great for values clarification (when the page opens, click the “Your Values” tab). One of my favorite tools a SWOT analysis. It can be applied to any number of different situations. By the way, SWOT stands for:
- Stregths
- Weeknesses
- Opprotunties
- Threats
A SWOT matrix is a framework for analyzing your strengths and weaknesses as well as the opportunities and threats that you face. This helps you focus on your strengths, minimize your weaknesses, and take the greatest possible advantage of opportunities available to you. The tool is basically a grid with each word in representing a single square, (further explanation here) you can perform an analysis of your personal situation.
As excellent a tool as SWOT is , it’s only one tool in the coach’s reinvention tool box. Here’s a link to a listing of 50 free on-line that may help you in finding your purpose.
So finally, as difficult as it may be , you must get clear on your purpose or you’ll find it very difficult to make any real progress in your personal reinvention. Always remember that it’s real easy to get lost on a trip when you don’t know your destination 
That’s it for now, see you on day 2.
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HELPFUL to achieving the objective |
HARMFUL to achieving the objective |
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STRENGTHS Very determined person Recognizes need to slow down Reflective- can see effects of not expressing creativity Always sees things through |
LIMITATIONS Very afraid of working less and losing money especially now Can be stubborn and unwilling to see own vulnerabilities “I am invincible – can do anything” “I must try harder” Experience failure if give up working so hard |
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