Remember, the Genie from Step 1? He’s back and ready to grant your wishes. Write out what would be an ideal condition for each area of life. This is your life-make it what you want it to be! My purpose is to care for it as my most precious possession.”įor Career: “My purpose is to use the energy and abilities I have been given to do work that is meaningful and fulfilling to me while serving and adding value to the lives of others.” Write your purpose for investing thought, time, energy, and resources to developing each area.įor example, my purpose statement for Physical reads: “My body is the host to my mind and spirit it is the tool I use to execute my dreams. The purpose statement should simply be a statement why this spoke is important to you. Your task in this step is to write out a Purpose Statement for each spoke in the Wheel of Life. Therefore we need to create a plan for each area.Įach Spoke Has a Purpose. If any of these life areas, “spokes,” is weaker than the others, our wheel will be out of balance. These spokes are Spiritual, Physical, Mental, Family, Personal, Career, and Financial.
Our lives can be represented by wheel supported by seven spokes.
I have adapted Zig Ziglar’s “Wheel of Life” for this step of our Life Plan. We need to have a plan for all areas of life! We are, after all creating a LIFE plan, not a career plan, family plan, or physical fitness plan. It is very easy to get focused on one aspect of our lives-the job, family, a hobby-only to discover that the rest of our life is starving for attention. Most people spend more time planning their weddings and vacations than they do planning their lives! Using Zig Ziglar’s “Wheel of Life” as a model, we will look at 7 areas of life and define our purpose statement and our ideal target for each area. Step 3 in creating your Life Plan is to understand that you are doing a complete LIFE plan, not just a career, personal, or family plan. To start at the 1st installment, Click Here This is the 3rd installment of my Life Plan series. The Wheel of Life is a fantastic tool to consider how things are rolling along.By Bruce on Januin Life Plan, LifeThoughts What can you do to grow in these areas? Who do you need as a mentor? These are your opportunity areas of life. Then focus in on areas where you feel you haven't reached your potential. How you were made versus where you have growth opportunities.Ĭelebrate areas you feel you've grown past how you were made - hooray! Then go around the wheel again and rate how you think your creator made you - your inner natural ability. I am trying to study great books for a longer time rather than just read a massive number (quality reflection rather than shear quantity of input), and journaling my learnings as I go.Īgain considering the wheel, you can rate how you feel you are doing in each area on scale - 10 being awesome and 1 being terrible. “You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.” ~ Charlie "Tremendous" Jonesīooks can also be an amazing resource of mentoring. There are areas I don't really have anyone close on the same page. There are areas where I have excellent friend influencers. "You will become the average of your 5 closest friends." from The Slight Edge, book by Jeff OlsonĬonsidering this quote true, I am taking stock of the close associates that influence me in each part of the wheel of life. Having these categories enabled a sectioned headspace to be more specific, measurable and ensures a balanced approach to life. When I originally sat down to list them out I created 6 categories but added the 7th "Give Back & Legacy" category after good influence from Tony Robbins. Having 7 areas of categorization breaks down the process.įor the last 4 years I've kept a list of yearly and life goals. Are they big enough? Are they too big? Am I setting myself up to fail?
Sitting down to write life goals can be daunting. I've used this visual tool to organize my life planning.
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