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Problem: “It is one thing to want life to change, for life
to get better; it is quite another to make it happen.” AND … “If you don’t know where you are
going, how are you going to get there?”
- Unknown
The
above quotes summarize why identifying your
life’s purposes, setting goals, and taking action are the keys for a successful
life. By knowing where you want to go in life, you will know where you have
to concentrate your time and efforts.
Properly-set goals can be amazingly motivating, and as you get into
the habit of setting and achieving goals, you'll find that your
self-confidence builds fast.
Solution: The following Personal
Life Self-coaching application provides the questions, tools and techniques
that have been successfully used by skilled human coaches. Like a human coach,
the application helps you identify your long-term vision and short-term action
steps. It helps focus your acquisition of knowledge and helps you to
organize your time and your resources so that you can make the very most of
your life.
Screen shot: Below is a screen shot of the
toolkit menu. Note: blue hyperlinks are not active.
Personal Life Self-coach Toolkit
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Task 1. Self Awareness
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Transformation
Questions: The “secret” to achieving goals and changing life
is that transformation happens with small steps and tiny changes.
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Positive
Mental Attitude: Our attitude
is the primary force that determines whether we succeed or fail.
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Creative & Questioning Attitude: Developing questioning skills and a creative attitude will go a
long way toward improving ongoing performance.
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Finding Core
Beliefs & Biases: Becoming
aware of our beliefs and how they impact our thinking can be a giant step
in improving personal performance.
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Personal
Performance Success Factors: An effective
way of maximizing future success is to employ the patterns of successful
thinking and behavior that already works.
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Personal
SWOT Analysis: A simple way
of putting together an outline of your current or potential problems and
opportunities.
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Task 2. Set Goals
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Life Dreams
& Life Goals: By knowing
precisely what you want to achieve, you will know where you have to
concentrate your efforts to get there.
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Personal
Visioning: Many of us
have a vague sense of what is important in our lives. Rarely do we spend
much time reflecting on it. Using this thinklet helps uncover personal
desires that might not be fully obvious.
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Short-term
Goal Statement Development: Without a clear goal, people can easily head down the wrong
thinking pathway and develop ineffective problem solutions.
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Goal
“milestone” Roadmap: To optimize
chances to successfully reach your goals, develop a roadmap.
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Task 3 – Personal Brainstorming
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STOP (Brainstorm ideas to remove obstacles): Identify and generate ideas based on
removing the obstacles that may be hindering reaching your Goals.
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Personal
Brainstorming: Personal brainstorming is outside-the-box thinking on a
personal level.
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Thinking in
Reverse: Working from an imaginary idea or goal and thinking backwards to
the beginning problem gives fresh perspectives on how to achieve goals.
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Basic
Creativity Trigger Questions: Using trigger questions can help generate a wide
variety of ideas. Truly creative solution are increased substantially when you have a
large pool of ideas to consider.
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Step 4: Decide and Take Action
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Prioritization
Matrix: This
template is designed as a quick and simple way to prioritize alternatives
that are easy to accomplish and have high value.
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Personal
Change Balance Sheet: This
thinklet can be used to help make decisions about changes in your
personal life
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Intuitive
Coin Flip: The
intuitive coin flip is a very easy technique to start utilizing your
intuition when it comes to making decisions.
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Action Plan: Action plan
development represents the critical stage in planning when general
strategies and goals are made specific and aligned with resources.
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