Part 5: This is it—The GRAND DESIGN!

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 3:58  

Review: INTRO, GETTING READY & PARTS 1, 2, 3, 4


Are you ready?
Ready to write (and right) your future?
Ready to be bold, dream big and put it (your aspirations) on the line (literally)?
Ready to proclaim your BHAGs (Big, Hairy and Audacious Goals)?

This is it. It’s time for the GRAND DESIGN.
This is actually the easy part. You knew about goal-setting before this course—how to make a list of what you want to accomplish in the next one to 10 years.The difficult part has been the process we have gone through to get here—figuring out who you really are, assessing how you’ve done in life so far, and most important, what assets, strengths and opportunities you have to work with going forward. We’ll come to another big challenge later in the series when we work on figuring out how to take the dreams, ambitions and big goals from your Grand Design and develop the plan of action to achieve them. But right now we’re going to focus on developing your Grand Design. And as a result, you’ll identify the person, the accomplishments and the life you have always wanted to have. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE

Video Update from Darren Hardy–End of Week 2

Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 3:58  

VIDEO MESSAGE FROM DARREN HARDY:

Here’s a summary of week two in our journey towards Designing the Best 10 Years of Your Life.

Darren Hardy answers your questions and gives you a course update.
We also selected some of your questions left in the comments and Darren’s answers. You are welcome to peruse common questions and insights others have had in the text below the video as well. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO

If you missed any of the previous installment downloads, here they are again:

Part 4: Your BALANCE Sheet

Thursday, January 14th, 2010 at 3:58  

Review: INTRO, GETTING READY & Parts 1, 2, & 3

In the previous installments, we inventoried your current assets, liabilities, strengths and weaknesses. We also looked at your potential opportunities and threats to your future. Before deciding where to apply those assets and the focus of your creative effort, we need to total the current balances in each account of your life.

This is a crucially important step for two reasons:

Imbalance = Disaster
We often see people who have become successful in one area of life, but are utter disasters in many other areas. Tabloid magazines are full of this kind of drama, with headlines of bitter divorces, drunk-driving arrests, family feuds, racist rants, bulimia, drug rehab, depression and suicide attempts. Many of these same people, the ones many Americans idolize, are some of the most unhappy, insecure and depressed people you will find. Why? Their focus on succeeding in one area of life created a great imbalance with the other areas.

Remember the final words given to me by dad’s wealthy friend the day before he died? Read them (and live by them) HERE.

Be wary of the price the rest of your life has to pay for the success in one area of your life.

Wrong Account

Someone recently shared with me an incredibly poignant distinction, he said before you build your business plan, build your life plan. Figure out what kind of life you want to have first—where you want to live, what type of people you want to be surrounded by, whether you want to work nights and weekends, whether you want to travel (and how much and where), whether you want to be home for dinner every night, if you want a short commute, what type of environment you want to go to each day, how you want to dress, etc.

Part 3: Finding Your Unique Advantage

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at 3:58  

Review: INTRO, WHY & HOW, PART 1 and PART 2

We’ve examined your life thus far and have looked into your future and established what direction you want your life to take from this point forward. You now know what you stand for (your values); you know the mission you will crusade for (your actions); and you’ve clarified the vision for your life (the outcomes you want to realize).

Before it’s possible to formulate the strategic life plan, you must first take inventory of your assets and liabilities. What are your distinct advantages? Where do you have unique leverage? What weaknesses do you need to shore up and what hazards do you need to avoid?This is where I always start when preparing a plan to perform a turnaround on a company.

Before you can make a plan of where to take the organization, you first have to figure out where it stands—you must know its current assets and liabilities. What are its current weaknesses and where might its most damaging threats come from? You need to be aware of its unique strengths as well as any unseen or underdeveloped opportunities. This is the same assessment necessary to do a turnaround on, or to accelerate, your life. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING

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Part 3: Finding Your Unique Advantage

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at 3:58  

Review: INTRO, WHY & HOW, PART 1 and PART 2

We’ve examined your life thus far and have looked into your future and established what direction you want your life to take from this point forward. You now know what you stand for (your values); you know the mission you will crusade for (your actions); and you’ve clarified the vision for your life (the outcomes you want to realize).

Before it’s possible to formulate the strategic life plan, you must first take inventory of your assets and liabilities. What are your distinct advantages? Where do you have unique leverage? What weaknesses do you need to shore up and what hazards do you need to avoid?This is where I always start when preparing a plan to perform a turnaround on a company.

Before you can make a plan of where to take the organization, you first have to figure out where it stands—you must know its current assets and liabilities. What are its current weaknesses and where might its most damaging threats come from? You need to be aware of its unique strengths as well as any unseen or underdeveloped opportunities. This is the same assessment necessary to do a turnaround on, or to accelerate, your life. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD WORKSHEET 3

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD WORKSHEET 2

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD WORKSHEET 1

Video Update from Darren Hardy

Friday, January 8th, 2010 at 3:58  

VIDEO MESSAGE FROM DARREN HARDY:
Summary of week one in our journey towards Designing the Best 10 Years of Your Life
Darren Hardy answers your questions and gives you a course update.
Please watch the video by CLICKING HERE

Video Update from Darren Hardy

Friday, January 8th, 2010 at 3:58  

VIDEO MESSAGE FROM DARREN HARDY:
Summary of week one in our journey towards Designing the Best 10 Years of Your Life
Darren Hardy answers your questions and gives you a course update.
Please watch the video by CLICKING HERE

Part 2: Why You Exist — Finding and Defining Your Major Purpose

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 at 3:58  

[NOTE: Links to all worksheets thus far can be found below]

Review: INTRO, HOW & WHY and INSTALLMENT NO. 1

This is one of the most important installments of the process. Here, we will delve into some of the great questions of our humåçanity and individual lives: Why are you here? What is your life’s purpose? What difference will you make? How will you be remembered? Who are you? What do you stand for? What values do you represent, protect and fight for? What are you willing to die for and live for?

I know these are heavyweight questions, but they need your answers. If not now, when? How much more of your life will you allow to pass by without you seizing control of it and making it count, exactly as you want it to, consistently and steadfastly? I say now is the perfect time. That is why you have been called to this series; it is why you chose to be here.

These are the great questions of our life. If you will play full out with these questions, you can truly play full out in life.

“Don’t leave your life up to chance. Grab the reigns of your life, and charge gallantly in the direction of your grandest vision.”—Darren Hardy

Two years ago, I was asked to deliver the eulogy of a relative. It was an extreme challenge, as this person, unfortunately for them, lived the life of quiet desperation that Henry David Thoreau warned about. She didn’t have many friends (or none that bothered to even come to the funeral), and she wasn’t close to any of her family members, including her own child. I had really nothing to work with, no references to draw from, and no contribution or positive effect her life had on others or the world around her to mention.

The bulk of my eulogy ended up trying to explain (justify, really) her behavior and probably why she lived the way she did. The fact was, there was very little “life” actually lived there. She has now been gone for two years, and the loss is hardly noticeable. I am saddened even thinking about it. I’m not sad for the loss of her, though, but for the life she lost out on.This experience crystallized an important life philosophy for me: Write your eulogy now.

Decide the impact you want to have, the difference you want to make and the way you want to be remembered now, before you get to the end of your life and it’s too late. The end is not the time to figure out how you want your life to be remembered.Many people, including those who are celebrated as being incredibly successful, CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING


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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD WORKSHEET SET 2 FOR TODAY’S BLOG POST

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Part 2: Why You Exist — Finding and Defining Your Major Purpose

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 at 3:58  

[NOTE: Links to all worksheets thus far can be found below]

Review: INTRO, HOW & WHY and INSTALLMENT NO. 1

This is one of the most important installments of the process. Here, we will delve into some of the great questions of our humåçanity and individual lives: Why are you here? What is your life’s purpose? What difference will you make? How will you be remembered? Who are you? What do you stand for? What values do you represent, protect and fight for? What are you willing to die for and live for?

I know these are heavyweight questions, but they need your answers. If not now, when? How much more of your life will you allow to pass by without you seizing control of it and making it count, exactly as you want it to, consistently and steadfastly? I say now is the perfect time. That is why you have been called to this series; it is why you chose to be here.

These are the great questions of our life. If you will play full out with these questions, you can truly play full out in life.

“Don’t leave your life up to chance. Grab the reigns of your life, and charge gallantly in the direction of your grandest vision.”—Darren Hardy

Two years ago, I was asked to deliver the eulogy of a relative. It was an extreme challenge, as this person, unfortunately for them, lived the life of quiet desperation that Henry David Thoreau warned about. She didn’t have many friends (or none that bothered to even come to the funeral), and she wasn’t close to any of her family members, including her own child. I had really nothing to work with, no references to draw from, and no contribution or positive effect her life had on others or the world around her to mention.

The bulk of my eulogy ended up trying to explain (justify, really) her behavior and probably why she lived the way she did. The fact was, there was very little “life” actually lived there. She has now been gone for two years, and the loss is hardly noticeable. I am saddened even thinking about it. I’m not sad for the loss of her, though, but for the life she lost out on.This experience crystallized an important life philosophy for me: Write your eulogy now.

Decide the impact you want to have, the difference you want to make and the way you want to be remembered now, before you get to the end of your life and it’s too late. The end is not the time to figure out how you want your life to be remembered.Many people, including those who are celebrated as being incredibly successful, CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING


TO ACCESS THE WORKSHEETS FOR EACH BLOG POST PLEASE SEE BELOW:

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD WORKSHEET SET 2 FOR TODAY’S BLOG POST

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD WORKSHEET SET 1 FOR THE JANUARY 5 POST

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