Master Your Workday Now: Proven Strategi

activate your life’s work vision statement by reading through it one or more times per day. For a life goal like this, I say read it first thing in the morning, and then last thing before you go to bed. Then, if you are inspired during the day, fit it in again. As before, as you read your statement, immerse yourself in the vision as if it were here

Maltz used that experience to build his extensive research on the power of the mind to expand inner and outer success. He came to some significant conclusions. Here is a quote from his book regarding self-image: All your actions, feelings, behavior, even your abilities, are always consistent with this self-image… In short, you will “act like” the s

some things you can change through goal activation and some resist your efforts. For example, increasing your income level is something that I think can be achieved using the principles in Part II. Granted, you may hit belief ceilings you need to work on, but I truly believe you can break most of those. I have also found that sometimes specific ele

Here is my definition of a personal life mission. A personal life mission is the highest and most general vision or purpose that captures what you were born to do. Your mission is an ultimate sense of purpose that accumulates all the various visions and larger purposes you have pursued and will likely pursue over the years. It is a purpose that in

To me, that is the best part of this process—when I get those bursts of eager ideas, or have those seemingly serendipitous meetings.

write a narrative life’s work vision statement that you will use to activate your goal each day. That statement will include the best of all the things you listed in the two exercises above, synthesizing them into a whole. This is really two simple steps. Step 1: Study each element from the two exercises above and write descriptive and emotive lang

Principles to Keep in Mind When Creating Your Life’s Work Statement Some principles to keep in mind, which restate those from Part II: • Create a picture in words. Tell a story that will allow you to see in your mind’s eye how all this would look. Rewrite until you feel like the writing helps you picture yourself in the role. • Express enthusiasm a

Even though we closed with mission, I feel the primary focus for most of our visioning work should not be on writing a mission statement. I think it should be on identifying your current larger vision or purpose for work, and driving that forward into your next vision and life’s work activity, and then the next, and then the next.

Once you decide what that is, imagine yourself having it and then live your life in your imagination for a few moments, acting as the new you. What new decisions would you make? How would you feel? How would you live your life, day after day, year after year?