Life Outlook: You need a life planning book.

? Daniel Halka Wei (USA)

J.P. Morgan Chase: "The first step to get somewhere is to make up your mind not to stay where you are."

If you feel unbalanced, realize that the current pace of life is unsustainable; If you are prosperous in the workplace, but you don't want to ignore the key points in your personal life; If you want to focus on making more money better; If you have just experienced a tragedy recently and suddenly realize that life is short. Then you need to read this book. It can not only help you understand the life you want, but also tell you practical methods and steps, and tell you how to make a life plan book so that your future can be clearly seen.

We have to sail to get to the port, sometimes with the wind and sometimes with the wind. But we can't go with the flow or stay put. Oliver Wendell Holmes

The author quotes the word "wandering" in the book, which means that we are off track and in a meaningless state of chaos. And this meaningless drift will lead to the following consequences:

1. confused. When we drift, we lose our insight. We will eventually doubt whether our life is meaningful and lose hope of finding our destination.

2. cost. Wandering in life can be very expensive, not only in terms of money, but more importantly in terms of time. We have experienced too many twists and turns in our life, are uncertain about our destination, and consume precious and limited resources.

3. Lose the opportunity. Unless we have a destination in mind, it is difficult for us to distinguish between opportunity and interference. Most opportunities are time-limited. If you miss them, they usually don't show up again.

4. pain. Although some pains in life are inevitable, many of them are caused by ourselves. Usually this is just because we don't have a plan.

5. Regret. Perhaps the saddest consequence is to leave a great regret at the end of life.

The author points out that the way to fight against drifting is to make a good life plan. Realize that you need a life plan, create it and encourage yourself to realize it. It has the following advantages:

1. Keep the balance. Balance does not mean investing the same amount of resources in all areas of life. Balance is achieved in dynamic development, and it is to give proper attention to all aspects of life, not equal attention.

2. Filter opportunities. Life planning will help you filter out opportunities and focus on the most important ones.

3. Face the reality. Creating a life plan enables you to identify and solve the current practical problems, not because you can overcome yourself, but because you can make plans to change the status quo and get the life you want.

4. look to the future. Life planning will make you imagine a better and more attractive future. And tell us that there is a gap from the future, so we should create plans and establish habits, which will push us forward.

5. Avoid regrets. A life plan will help to ensure that you have no regrets at the end of your life.

Life planning is a short written document, usually 8 to 15 pages. This is written by you and for you. It describes how you want to be remembered by future generations. It explains your personal priorities. It provides specific action guides for every major area of your life and takes you from your current position to your ideal destination. Most importantly, this is a living document, which can be adjusted when you feel necessary in your later life.

You can never choose what will happen to you. Accidents and tragedies always happen. All you have to do is choose how to deal with these situations. One of the best ways to start coping is to ask yourself the right questions. Life planning is actually an answer to three powerful questions.

Question 1: How do I want to be remembered by others?

Question 2: What is the most important?

Question 3: How can I get to my destination from now on?

Step 1: Write a eulogy.

Step 2: Set up your life account.

Step 3: Determine the status of your account.

Step 4: Give priority to your life account.

Step 5: Fill in each account.

Making a life plan requires us to screen out other concerns. Circle a day on the calendar, choose a suitable place, bring everything you need for writing, stay focused and keep disconnected from everything. Remember: this is the most important day of your year. If you want to evaluate all aspects of your life, you need to put all your energy into it.

All external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure all disappear in the face of death, leaving only what is really important. Steve jobs

Life planning is the answer to three powerful questions. Now you need to answer the first question: how do you want to impress others?

Ask yourself, "How do I want others to remember me when I'm gone? Fast forward to your life movie and find the result.

Our heritage includes several aspects of capital: spirit, knowledge, relationship, occupation and society. This includes the beliefs you believe, the values you hold, the love you show, and the services you provide to others. This is your own mark when you leave.

You must devote yourself to this process, open your heart to yourself and show your vulnerability. You need to grasp your true value. When you count how many days you have left to live and face death, you can force yourself to communicate effectively with your mind and heart.

Decide what you want, decide what you want in exchange. Set your priorities and get to work. -Henry Hunt

1. Confirm your "life account"

First think about what areas your life can be divided into, that is, your "life account". Most people can put their lives in seven to twelve different fields. It should be noted that the schematic diagram of life account consists of three concentric circles centered on "you".

"Existence" circle: The innermost link is all kinds of accounts related to yourself, including your mental, intellectual and physical accounts.

"Relationship" circle: The second circle is all kinds of accounts that pay attention to your relationship with others, including your marriage, parents, social relationship accounts (friendship, church, book club, etc. ).

"Career" circle: The third circle is the account focusing on your output, including your occupation (work), sideline (hobby) and financial account.

When you set up your own life account, you can consider four aspects:

1. Your account is unique.

2. Your life account can be named in any way.

3. Your life accounts are interrelated.

Your life account will change over time.

For example, Jerry has nine:

Himself;

Marriage: Sandra;

Children: Micah, Jeffrey, Annie;

Parents and brothers and sisters;

Friends;

Career;

Finance;

Creation;

pet

Your life plan is a living document, and you will constantly adjust it according to your own needs in the next life. Update our life account regularly, and the priority in the account will also change. The most important thing is to make a list that reflects your life now. Once you have a list of life accounts, you can evaluate your performance in each account.

We can't improve what we haven't evaluated, so we should review every account now to see how it performs.

Your life is a collection of all accounts, and each account needs correct attention. In the book, the author suggests using the tool "Life Assessment File" to help you determine whether each of your life accounts has obtained appropriate resources. "Life assessment description" measures the passion and progress of major life accounts.

The description tool will describe your current situation in a "2 ×2" matrix or grid according to your score of passion and progress. For each life account, you will be in one of the following four states:

(1) drifting. This is a state of no passion and no progress. This is the worst situation in your life experience. You need to rekindle your passion and find ways to achieve positive results.

(2) promotion. This is a state of passion but no progress. You need to focus on implementing new strategies, acquiring new skills, or doing something that can promote progress.

(3) transfer. This is a state of progress but no passion. You need to focus on rekindling your passion, find something you didn't notice before, but you can feel the passion, or try to feel the importance of this area.

(4) a happy marriage. This is a state of both passion and progress. This is the best explanation for the state of life.

The purpose of completing the "Life Assessment Description" is to mark every aspect of your life with the benchmarks you need to help you get where you want to go from where you are now.

It is very important to prioritize. It is equally important to put these things in the right order. Now, you need to take out a list of your life accounts and sort them in order of importance. All customers are important, but not all customers are equally important.

Put a number next to each life account to indicate the priority when comparing with other accounts. For example, Heidi's priority list is as follows:

1. Jonah and Grace

2. Ian

3. My nephew

4. Brother, sister-in-law, sister-in-law

5. Mom and Dad

6. Colleagues

7. Friends

8. Community

9? relative

You can choose your own order. This will be your life plan. Ask yourself, "Which one is the most important in my life account? Which account do I want to sacrifice anyway? "

The author suggests that we should put life accounts related to ourselves near the top of the list, such as spirit, intelligence and body. Because if you can't take care of yourself, you can't take care of others.

Knowing exactly where you want to go is one of the most critical parts of life planning. Now it's time to answer the third question: how can I get to my destination from now on?

The author points out in the book that the most effective way to do a good job in your life account is to write an action plan for each account. Divide each life account into five parts. These five parts will help you start from the current situation and move towards the destination you want to achieve in every key area of your life:

1. Draft a statement of objectives, explaining your roles and responsibilities in this account.

Imagine that this account will have a surplus in the future. Write the narrative in the present tense.

3. Add an inspiring quotation or poem to help you emotionally connect with your goal and your imagined future.

4. Describe the current actual situation: good, bad or bad. The more honest you are, the easier it is to find out what needs to be changed.

Make specific commitments and describe in detail what you need to do in the process from reality to the envisaged future.

The author suggests that your specific commitments should meet the SMART standard. Namely: concrete, measurable, operable, realistic and time-limited.

Finally, we need to review our life plans regularly.

Read your plan every day.

Review your plan every week.

Adjust your plan every quarter.

Revise your plan every year.

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