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Life
Foundational Strategies Assessment
How
Well Do You Have Your Life Foundational Strategies in Place? |
| Directions: |
| Print the assessment form and
circle the number for each item
that best fits where you fall in terms of having that strategy in place
in your life at the present time. After you have completed the
assessment, click here to see the Scoring
Breakdown. |
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| 1. Having a
clear sense of meaning and purpose in life: |
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A sense of meaning and
purpose is a key ingredient for an incredible life. Your life
purpose doesn’t have to be on a grand scale. “Getting it” that you
are living your life your way - - greatly - - is plenty enough for a
life purpose. |
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No
sense of
meaning and purpose.
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Clear sense
of
meaning and purpose. |
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| 2. Developing
a satisfying and stabilizing balance between personal and professional
life. |
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Putting
needs of our business before our personal lives puts our emotional and
physical health in jeopardy, as well as our relationships with those we
love. When we neglect our health, our relationships, our families,
and our work suffers. Finding a balance between personal life and
professional life is the key. |
Complete
lack of balance
between personal and
professional life. |
Satisfying balance between
personal and
professional life. |
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| 3. Building the necessary skills for successful and
fulfilling work. |
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There
are many skill sets necessary for every career. In addition to the
technical skills of your work, there are other skills that are often
equally important including communication skills and relationship skills. |
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do not have
these skills in place. |
I am well-trained and
have these skills in place. |
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4. Establishing
well-defined values, standards, and boundaries
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Values:
Those things which give you a feeling of fulfillment in life. Those
behaviors and activities to which you are naturally drawn.
Standards:
What I expect from myself; what I hold myself to. Examples of Standards
are being honest, paying bills on time, being unconditionally
constructive.
Boundaries:
Guidelines around words and behaviors
of other people that are not acceptable to you.
Example: No one
may hit me; no one may raise his/her voice to me. |
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Values,
standards, boundaries
not established.
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Values, standards,
boundaries
well established. |
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5. Creating a
strong sense of family and community
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Family,
whether biological or chosen, is an important part of knowing we belong,
that we are loved, and that we have a support
system to help us express our values and meet our needs. Community is
other people with whom you can share your love, life, dreams and values.
High quality relationships support, challenge and encourage us to be our
best. |
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have no sense of
family and community. |
I have a strong sense of
family and community. |
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| 6.
Assuring that our needs are met and our reserves are in place. |
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Family,
whether biological or chosen, is an important part of knowing we belong,
that we are loved, and that we have a support system to help us express
our values and meet our needs. Community is other people with whom you can
share your love, life, dreams and values. High quality relationships
support, challenge and encourage us to be our best. |
My
needs are
not met. |
My needs are
fully met. |
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| 7.
Cultivating healthy relationships |
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The
quality of our relationships is important to health, well-being and even
job performance.
Healthy relationships provide us with energy rather than creating an
energy drain in our lives. Healthy relationships are fuel for our
“energy tank." |
The
relationships in my
life are not healthy. |
I have only healthy
relationships in my life. |
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8. Developing
freedom from things that drain energy.
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Every
human has “X” amount of energy to put into each day. When our lives
are filled with things that drain our energy, it is like someone put a big
hole in our "energy tank." Some things that drain energy are
cluttered physical environment, making commitments we regret, caffeine,
alcohol, unpaid bills, pursuing goals that no longer make sense, lack of
financial reserves and unhealthy relationships. |
I
have an overwhelming amount
of energy drains in my life. |
I have eliminated the
energy drains in my live. |
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| 9. Making time for fun
and recreation on a regular basis. |
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As
we pursue our goals, many of us take life so seriously that we forget to
have fun. Fun and recreation are an essential part of a high quality
life. Consciously building things into your life that are fun moves you
forward on your path to an incredible life. |
I
do not have fun and recreation
in my life on a regular basis. |
I have lots of fun and
recreation
in my life on a regular basis. |
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| 10.
Nurturing love, joy and a passion for living |
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An
incredible life is, by definition, one that includes feelings of love, joy
and a passion for living, as well as a deep feeling of inner peace.
Anything less usually results in lack of fulfillment, and dissatisfaction
with life. |
I
have no feelings of love, joy
and/or passion for living. |
I have plenty of love, joy
and/or passion for living. |
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Circle
the number for each item that best fits where you fall in terms of
having that strategy in place in your life at the present time.
For each item:
Score
of 1-4: You need to start putting this
strategy more solidly in your life immediately. Consider calling a
coach.
Score
of 5-7: Good work! You are on
your way. Call a coach for additional support and tips.
Score
of 8-10: Great! You have this one
covered. Consider partnering with a coach to take you to the next level. |
Based on my
score, I need to start by strengthening the following strategies:
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