Living Forward: Book Overview From The Publisher
Living Forward: Book Overview From The Publisher
Living Forward: Book Overview From The Publisher
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This is the first thing you must answer in order to be able to create a plan for life.
In the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey also talks about this idea.
He says that we must b egin with the end in mind i n order to live a great life.
2. W
hat are your specific personal priorities?
● Things that you are after
● Things that would make you happy
● Things that would align with your values
● Things that will make you feel like you lived a good life
Identify the top 3 things that you must absolutely accomplish in order to feel like you lived a
great life.
3. What are the specific actions you need to take in order to become the person you want to
become?
Figure out how you will get there. If you don't know what things you will need to do, it would
be very hard to get to where you want to go.
So identify the specific kinds of things you will need to do on a daily basis in order to become a
greater version of yourself.
2) Chart the course for each of the different areas of
your life
1. Create a very clear purpose statement in each the different areas of your life.
Have a statement for your health, another one for your business, another one for your
family, and so on and so forth.
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2. Envision yourself in the future.
○ Stand in the future and see your future self enjoying the fruits of your labor,
having accomplished all the goals.
○ Involve all your senses. Write down whatever you can touch, smell, taste, see,
and hear as you envision your future.
○ Write down exactly what you see your future self doing.
○ Write down your envisioned future in the different areas of your life: health,
business, family, and so on.
3. Now compare your envisioned future to your current reality.
Maybe your current reality isn't that good in a certain area of your life but you expect to
make the future of that area really good and bright.
First, you need to be honest with where you are.
○ What is the current reality?
○ What is your challenge?
○ Where are you in that area? With your health? With your business? With your
finances?
If you don't know where you are, you cannot move forward. You cannot make progress.
So you have to start making a real assessment of your current reality of the situation.
4. Make specific commitments in order to take yourself from your current reality to your
envisioned future.
○ What are the specific actions you will need to take in order to get there?
■ Identify your specific commitments for each of the different areas of your
life. (Health / Business / Family / Finances / etc.)
○ What are the things you commit to doing...
■ On a daily basis
■ On a weekly basis
■ On a monthly basis
■ On a yearly basis
These are the 4 keys to charting your course and getting to your envisioned future.
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3) Busting the myth of a “balanced life”
We have to bust the myth that we need to pay equal attention to every area of our life at all
times if we want to live a good life.
A simple wheel of life will have the following basic components: health, wealth, spirituality, fun,
family, contribution, business, hobbies. You can add other components as you deem fit.
You might be in a situation where, for example, your family is doing well, but your wealth is not
doing well...or vice versa. Or it could be a combination of ups and downs in various areas.
The different areas of our lives are usually moving at different paces. Some areas are probably
doing well while other areas are doing not so well. But we don't have to provide equal attention
to each of the areas of our lives.
Every area of life demands a different level of engagement depending on where it stands.
For example, if your business or your family life is struggling, that's where you want to pay the
most attention. You're not going to have to pay as much attention to your health if that area of
your life is working well and is in maintenance mode.
Attend to the areas of your life according to where you are right now.
If you are in a place where certain things can wait for a while, let them wait. Then move on to
doing those things at a later time when you have time/resources available for those areas.
In the wheel of life, you might have certain frustrations. Apply your energy into the areas where
you're struggling right now. Don't spend as much time and energy on areas where you're not
struggling.
That is the key: Engagement and time investment appropriate to what your current level is (in
any given area).
Every area will need different amounts of time, energy, and attention in order to move it
forward to a place where you feel like you're making progress, where you feel like you're living
a great life.
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