Many years ago, I did a simple but powerful exercise and decided to I put my dreams down on paper. I imagined what my life would look like in five to ten years. Life was great. What did it look like?
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As I am writing this today, I am wondering if some of you might think this is not that important or a little bit far-fetched.
Why?
Why would we be so readily to do this for our business life, yet more hesitant to do this for our personal life?
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In this video,I want to share one simple piece of advice that can really make a difference long term for your life.
I work with many leaders around the world. I take leadership teams through a three-month journey challenging and changing their work habits. During the last workshop, called ‘Amplify Your Life’, I ask them to consider how important these habits are for their personal lives. The surprising thing is that most leaders spend a lot of time and effort on their business strategy but hardly any time on their personal goals.
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Brian Tracy, a personal productivity guru, wrote in his book ‘Eat That Frog’ that only 3% of people take the time to write down their goals, which is a very small percentage of the population,
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In the last workshop I ask everyone to take six minutes to write down their dreams and goals for their personal lives. I ask them to imagine their life in 5 to 10 years. I suggest they make a list of all their dreams and goals, from crazy things to pragmatic ideas.
6 minutes…
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Most of them at the start think it’s not possible. They believe they’d need 2 hours or even 2 days to think about it. This might be the case but what I’m suggesting is doing a first draft, to get started.
Last week I did this workshop with a group of leaders from a large international company. I was very touched at the end to get a message from Kamila, one of the participants. Her feedback ‘phenomenal’.
I did this exercise more than 20 years ago and it had a profound impact on my life. So, my question for you is this: Is it worth spending six minutes to ask yourself what you want to achieve long term for your life and writing it down?
This is this week’s Work Smarter: Live Better tip.
I hope you find it helpful.
A bientôt,
Cyril