LOVE-PLAY-WORK-HEALTH BALANCE WORKSHEET

•  Mark your dashboard as it currently exists.


! CURRENT!
•  What do you observe (and are you being fair)?
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•  If you could make one incremental adjustment, what
would it be? Redraw your improved dashboard.!

• What would you get if you could attain this revised level
of balance? How would life (really) change for you? REVISED!
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•  What incremental change could you attempt to move in
this direction? What would it take for you to live this way
for two weeks?
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 DISCUSSION

WORKVIEW, LIFEVIEW & COHERENCY"
•  Which was easier to write - Workview or
Lifeview - why?

•  A!er writing, discussing (and hearing from Dan

Pink) what new ideas, insights or questions are
surfacing about your Workview or Lifeview?

•  What value do you get out of writing this down

and trying to “connect the dots” to live more
“coherently”?

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DISCUSSION

WORKVIEW, LIFEVIEW & COHERENCY"
•  Which was easier to write - Workview or
Lifeview - why?

•  A!er writing, discussing (and hearing from Dan

Pink) what new ideas, insights or questions are
surfacing about your Workview or Lifeview?

•  What value do you get out of writing this down

and trying to “connect the dots” to live more
“coherently”?

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 GRAVITY PROBLEMS - WORKSHEET!
Exercise:!
•  Which of your challenges might actually be a gravity problem?! RE-FRAMING

•  Problem (name & describe why it’s effectively inactionable for you, and therefore needs to be accepted):!
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•  Reframe (identify and describe a new, more actionable problem to replace your old gravity problem)
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•  Bias to Action (list some ideas of a or some small step(s) you could take to respond to your reframe.)
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GRAVITY PROBLEMS - WORKSHEET!

Exercise:!
•  Which of your challenges might actually be a gravity problem?! RE-FRAMING

•  Problem (name & describe why it’s effectively inactionable for you, and therefore needs to be accepted):!
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•  Reframe (identify and describe a new, more actionable problem to replace your old gravity problem)
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•  Bias to Action (list some ideas of a or some small step(s) you could take to respond to your reframe.)
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© 2016 Bill Burnett & Dave Evans, all rights reserved

 DISCUSSION

ODYSSEY PLANNING"
•  How do you feel about the idea of exploring 3
variations on your future because “there’s more
than one of you in there!”

•  How did the gauges evoke insights for you, or not?

•  What do you get out of doing this exercise (both

developing your plans and discussing them)?

© 2016 Bill Burnett & Dave Evans, all rights reserved

DISCUSSION

ODYSSEY PLANNING"
•  How do you feel about the idea of exploring 3
variations on your future because “there’s more
than one of you in there!”

•  How did the gauges evoke insights for you, or not?

•  What do you get out of doing this exercise (both

developing your plans and discussing them)?

© 2016 Bill Burnett & Dave Evans, all rights reserved



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Alternative Plan #___ 6 word title:

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Alternative Plan #___ 6 word title:

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Alternative Plan #___ 6 word title:

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 DISCUSSION

CHOOSING"

GATHER LET GO
NARROW CHOOSE AGONIZE
LET GO
& CREATE DOWN &
MOVE ON

•  What stage of the decision process is hardest/easiest for you?

•  Where do you experience choice overload (too many options) and how do you cope?

•  Happiness comes from “Wanting what you get,” not “Getting what you want.” Agree/disagree – whaddya think?

DISCUSSION

CHOOSING"

GATHER LET GO
NARROW CHOOSE AGONIZE
LET GO
& CREATE DOWN &
MOVE ON

•  What stage of the decision process is hardest/easiest for you?

•  Where do you experience choice overload (too many options) and how do you cope?

•  Happiness comes from “Wanting what you get,” not “Getting what you want.” Agree/disagree – whaddya think?
PROTOTYPE IDEATION: YOUR FRAMING QUESTION!
Name one element from one of your Odyssey
Plans you want to prototype to learn more about:
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Draft your prototype ideation framing question:
How many ways can I prototype the experience of [plan element]?
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NAME: ___________________________________________________________
My prototype framing question is:

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PROTOTYPE IDEAS:
include BOTH prototype conversations & experiences

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 ENERGY – ENGAGEMENT MAP WORKSHEET
•  List your top energy giving or draining
regular activities/engagements:
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•  Draw a bar of each one’s (+) or (-) energy effect.

•  What do you notice about your energy patterns?
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•  What relatively accessible changes can you make
to improve your energy flows?
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WHAT ARE MY KEY LEARNINGS & UNLEARNINGS?
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WHAT ACTION STEPS AM I GOING TO TAKE, BY WHEN?
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