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REAL ME / ME TO BE! Planning is a simple process of determining where you are (your current reality), determining where you want to be (future ideal), and creating a map to get there. This exercise provides a vehicle to determine your starting point and destination. Analyze your past in terms of how you’ve evolved into what, where, and who you are – your current reality and your future in terms of what, where and who YOU CAN BE. The answers are personal and confidential – no one needs to know but you. There are no wrong answers in the past except in failing to learn from your experiences. If you operate within the law, ethics, and your value structure, there are no wrong answers about the future except in failing to challenge yourself, trust yourself and enjoy yourself. BE HAPPY! REAL ME - © Square One Consulting – August 2000CURRENT REALITY: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 2. List the 3 people that have had the most impact on your life:
3. List your 5 greatest personal strengths:
________________________________ 4. List the 4 areas where you can most improve yourself and your life: ________________________________
6. Rank in priority (1 is most important) order the following elements of your life:
____ Love ____ Work ____ Balance
____ Faith ____ Play ____ Other _____________________
REAL ME - © Square One Consulting – August 2000 The moment before you received the best news of your life – what problems were you having?
The moment before you received the worst news of your life – what problems were you having?
List your personal
values – the absolutes in your life: ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________
10. Identify the reasons you are where you are at this very moment: _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________
Are you or someone else responsible for these? Which of these are within your power to control, change, refine, and influence? If you can’t control these, can you control your response (your attitude) to these? Does your reaction (attitude) impact your reality? Can it?
REAL ME - © Square One Consulting – August 2000
ME TO BE – The Future Ideal:
1. List your 5 biggest and best dreams / fantasies: ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
Are these “big” enough? Are you challenging yourself?
Are these “important” enough? Are these really valuable in your life?
Are you planning to pursue these? If yes, how? If no, why?
What dreams have you already converted into reality?
REAL ME - © Square One Consulting – August 2000 6. How did you achieve these dreams? Will this same process work now? If yes, how? If no, why?
If you commit to
pursuing a dream, what is the first step you must take to achieve it? Is
this doable? What’s stopping you from doing it? If it’s not doable, what
is? Why aren’t you doing what is doable?
If you take this first step, what’s the best thing that can happen? What’s the worst thing that can happen? If the worst happens, will you still be alive? Will you be able to try again? Can you learn from the experience and increase your chance of succeeding the next time?
What’s the next step? If you succeed again, what’s the next step? If you don’t succeed, how can you adjust your efforts and try again? What’s the next step?
If you try and aren’t successful, will you still benefit from having the experience? If you don’t try, will you always wonder, what if?
If you succeed, will you be fulfilled? Will you be ready, willing and able to pursue an even bigger dream? What are you waiting for?
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