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Achieve Your Goals-WORKLIFE
Achieve Your Goals-WORKLIFE
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Now lel your awareness spread oul even larlher. Use your
senses ol hearing and spalial awareness lo gel a leeling ol
whal is behind you as well.
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ignores your inslincls. The ideal decisions are lhose in
which you are conscious ol an even balance belween
emolion and reason. a good decision will usually leel
inslinclively righl and also make ralional sense. When any
major decision needs lo be made, ask yoursell il your
proposed aclion meels bolh
ol lhese crileria. ll il does,
lhen you should acl on il
wilh conldence.
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Try making il a lillle brighler. Then pul some movemenl inlo il.
Slep inlo lhe piclure and see il lhrough your own eyes.
Nolice whal happens lo lhe inlensily ol how lhe memory makes
you leel aller each ol lhe sleps above.
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5SE0ASTAND&UTUREPosilive iuages, lled wilh lexlure aud uoveueul, are
eeclive uolivalioual aids, whelher lhey derive rou ueuories or ulure hopes.
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Whal are you proud ol? Again, describe each evenl and nolice
whal il means lo you, and how you leel aboul il.
Pevisil how you leel, and rale il on lhe !-lo-!0 scale again. To
increase lhe posilive ellecl, you can relrace lhe sleps above,
adding more delail, so lhal you really involve yoursell wilh
each posilive image.
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A negalive approach lo lile or lack ol sell-conldence does
more lhan jusl make you leel bad aboul yoursell. ll can also
slop you lrom laking lhe posilive sleps you need in order lo
reach your goals. To gel where you wanl lo go, you musl
learn lo lake responsibilily lor your lile, approach il wilh
conldence, and make lhe mosl ol lhe opporlunilies you lnd.
4AKE
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Jreal pasl experieuces
as opporluuilies lo
learu aud iuprove
|ocus ou lhe preseul aud
decide whal you'd like lo
do diereully iu lhe ulure
^clively choose lo uake
decisious ralher lhau
lelliug yoursel be pushed
passively iulo silualious
Praclice peripheral visiou as
au aid lo slayiug calu iu
slressul silualious
|iud a couorlable place
you cau go lo lake reuge
aud recharge
Learu how lo adjusl your
poslure iu order lo locale
your ceuler aud iucrease
your persoual preseuce
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Recoguize where your
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|ocus ou uoviug loward
whal you waul, ralher lhau
lryiug lo ruu away rou
lhiugs lhal you dou'l waul
|deuliy whal uolivales
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Pay alleuliou lo whal is
workiug well iu your lie
aud ideuliy your slreuglhs
Couceulrale ou doiug
uore o lhose lhiugs lhal
work well iu your lie
^ccepl aud uake lhe uosl
o lhose lhiugs lhal you
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lind lhe lime ol day lhal works besl lor you. lirsl lhing in lhe
morning (belore your mind gels involved in lhe day's
dislraclions), when you come home lrom work (lo draw a line
belween work and leisure), and lasl lhing al nighl are all
popular choices, according lo lasle.
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Lven when you lhink you have run oul ol answers, asking
"Whal's imporlanl aboul <area>?" will ollen unearlh
imporlanl values lhal you were less consciously aware ol.
The more honesl you are wilh yoursell, lhe more valuable your
lisl will be lo you.
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You can have EITHER one value or lhe olher, bul nol bolh.
Which does il have lo be?
You may lnd lhal a value in your inilial lisl lurns oul
lo be lhe same as, or a slighlly dillerenl aspecl ol, anolher
value. ll lhis happens, merge lhemso RESPECT and
RECOGNITION mighl become RESPECTRECOGNITION.
Ask one ol lhe values whal il is lrying lo do lor you and whal
is really imporlanl lo il. lmagine an answer lhal leels righl.
Ask lhe lwo values il lhey now realize lhal lhey bolh wanl lhe
besl lor you.
When lhe values are as close as possible, lel your hands relax
as you lake lhe values back.
Take a lillle lime and ways
ol lulllling bolh may come
lo you.
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DLCl DL WHAT' S l MPOPTANT
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The values lhal are imporlanl lo you, lhe abslracl concepls
such as love, lriendship, securily, or recognilion, provide
molivalion lor your aclions and help guide your decisions.
lor any area ol your lile lhal you wanl lo change, il is
helplul lo lhink aboul lhe values lhal inspire you in lhal area
ol your lileand lhe conlicls belween lhese concepls.
Merge lhe lwo values iulo
oue lhal coubiues bolh
aspecls o lhe value
^sk yoursel "why is lhis
iuporlaul lo ue1" uulil you
reach au abslracl coucepl
|iud lhe values lhal
are iuporlaul lo you or a
parlicular area o your lie
Check or values lhal are
ouly iuporlaul lo you
because lhey help you
achieve olher values
0o auy o lhe values seeu
lhe saue as, or very siuilar
lo, auolher value ou lhe lisl1
0o auy o lhe values express
a coucrele goal, ralher lhau
au abslracl coucepl1
Eslablish which o
lhese values are uosl
iuporlaul lo you
Replace lhese "ueaus"
values wilh lhe "euds"
values lhal lhey help achieve
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Check or "away
rou" uolivaliou iu lhe
ual sel o values
Cau you chauge lhe silualiou
so you cau salisy bolh
values al lhe saue liue1
Make lhese chauges
happeu
visualize each couNicliug
value as au iudividual
"voice," aud acl as au
objeclive uedialor
belweeu lheu
Check or clashes
belweeu couNicliug values
aud resolve lheu
Look or lhe higher value
lhal is couuou lo bolh, aud
gel lheu, al lhe leasl, lo
agree lo work logelher
Modiy lhe wordiug o lhe
couNicliug values lo show
how lhey are coupalible
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Pun a menlal movie in which you see yoursell acling lrom lhe
new beliel, in a silualion where il is appropriale.
Slep inlo lhe "you" in lhe movie and run il again, so lhal you
can leel whal il is like lo acl lrom lhe new beliel. Nolice how
lhings lurn oul dillerenlly.
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|ocus ou whal your lie
would be like i lhe
probleu were lo be solved
use your auswers lo
ocus ou possible solulious
lo lhe probleu
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quesliou. i lhe
probleu disappeared
louorrow, how would
you be able lo lell1
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uoodboosliug exercise lo
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|ulerrupl recurriug pallerus
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Plau lhiugs lo look
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Tille lhree sheels ol paper wilh "Things lhal l wanl more ol,"
"Things lhal l wanl lo keep as lhey are," and "Things lhal l
wanl less ol." Divide each sheel inlo lwo columns and wrile
as many enlries as you can in lhe lell-hand column, wilh your
reasons lor each enlry in lhe righl-hand column.
Pecycle ilems lhal are "loo good lo lhrow oul." ll is nol easy
lor mosl people lo jusl lhrow somelhing awayso recycle il
lo lriends, schools, or charilies who will aclually use il.
"One in, one oul." Once you have cleared, mainlain lhal
cluller-lree slale wilh a rule lhal you clear space lor whalever
you bring inlo your home by clearing oul somelhing else.
Cel slarled! The momenl you slarl, you will leel lighler and
empowered lo conlinue. Olher people around you will be
molivaled lo clear lheir cluller. Your home or workspace will
leel lhe benells and appear lull ol posilive energy.
5et your goals at the right level. lf you never
achieve any of them, your sights are set too high; if you
always achieve all of them, they are set too low.
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Join lhe pasl, presenl, and lulure wilh a line, and nolice
where lhal line is in relalion lo you.
Whal color is your limeline? The color has no parlicular
signilcance, bul il will help you lo see lhe limeline more clearly.
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Walk along lhe limeline inlo lhe lulure, carrying your goal.
Slop when lhe goal is direclly above lhe largel dale.
Lel go ol lhe goal and allow il lo sellle inlo your limeline.
Take a slep beyond your goal and lurn around so lhal you are
looking back al lhe successlul achievemenl ol your goal. You
may nolice lhal lhe evenls leading up lo lhe achievemenl
realign lhemselves lo supporl lhe achievemenl. Whal advice
do you have lor lhe "you" back al "now"?
Pelurn lo "now" along lhe limeline, and look inlo lhe lulure. You
will have a sense ol knowing lhal lhe goal is going lo happen.
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0UTYOURGOALSWHEREYOUWILLSEETHEMEVERYDAY. Hang
lhem on your bedroom wall, so lhal lhey are lhe lrsl lhing
you see when you wake up, pin lhem in lronl ol your desk al
work, or have lhem as a slarl-up message or screensaver on
your compuler. Have lhem accessible al all limes.
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