Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Create the Life You Want!

Is balancing work, life, and family a priority for you and how stay motivated? Susan M. Heathfield provides some insightful responses in this area. She recommends what is called Guided Thinking Exercises. Try these exercises to focus your career planning and life thinking – yes, you have to do the work to get to your goal.

  1. Write down your ten favorite activities, the ones without which your life would feel bereft. No career choice is suitable unless you get to do your favorite activities at least weekly, and preferably, daily.
  2. Write down the top five goals you want to accomplish in your life and career. (Think money, fame, impact, contribution and more.) Your selected career must enable you to reach these goals.
  3. List everything you’d like to do in your lifetime. These lists can run several hundred items. Your chosen career must allow the accomplishment of these dreams.

2 comments:

Dr George Easaw said...

Good material. and a good start. keep it up saju..

all the best. may you be a big writer one day, like salman rushdie and fredrick forsyth or alexander sholshenitsyn

all the best,
george

Saju Skaria said...

Dr Easaw, thank you for the encouraging words. I am trying to put my words into practice!

Saju