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UNCOVERING YOUR STRENGTHS + SKILLS WHAT THINGS DO PEOPLE SEEK OUT YOUR HELP AND ADVICE? ON WHAT SUBJECTS ARE YOU CONSIDERED AN EXPERT? WHAT DO YOU DO REALLY WELL? WHERE DO YOU FOCUS YOUR LEARNING TIME? WHAT SKILLS ARE YOU TRYING TO BUILD OR IMPROVE?

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UNCOVERING YOUR STRENGTHS + SKILLS

WHAT THINGS DO PEOPLE SEEK OUT YOUR HELP AND ADVICE?

ON WHAT SUBJECTS ARE YOU CONSIDERED AN EXPERT?

WHAT DO YOU DO REALLY WELL?

WHERE DO YOU FOCUS YOUR LEARNING TIME?

WHAT SKILLS ARE YOU TRYING TO BUILD OR IMPROVE?

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STRENGTHS + SKILLSWrite your skills and strengths below. This is a work in proguess so keep near your desk and revisit it every month or so to revise and update.

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DEFINING YOUR VALUES + PRINCIPLES

HOW DO YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED BY THE PEOPLE THAT MATTER TO YOU?

WHAT VALUES DO YOU EMBRACE?

LIST THE VALUES THAT REALLY MATTER TO YOU. For inspiration and ideas, check out the List of Values sheet.

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LIST OF VALUES

ABUNDANCE

ACCOMPLISHMENT

ACCOUNTABILITY

ACCURACY

ACHIEVEMENT

ADAPTABILITY

ADORATION

ADVENTURE

AFFECTION

AFFLUENCE

ALERTNESS

ALTRUISM

AMAZEMENT

AMBITION

AMUSEMENT

ANTICIPATION

APPRECIATION

APPROACHABILITY

ARTICULACY

ASSERTIVENESS

ATTENTIVENESS

ATTRACTIVENESS

AUDACITY

AVAILABILITY

AWARENESS

AWE

BALANCE

BEAUTY

BEING THE BEST

BELONGING

BENEVOLENCE

BLISS

BOLDNESS

BRAVERY

BRILLIANCE

CALMNESS

CAMARADERIE

CANDOR

CAPABILITY

CELEBRITY

CERTAINTY

CHALLENGE

CHANGE

CHARITY

CHARM

CHEERFULNESS

CLARITY

CLEANLINESS

CLEVERNESS

CLOSENESS

COMFORT

COMMITMENT

COMPASSION

COMPETENCE

COMPETITION

COMPOSURE

CONFIDENCE

CONGRUENCY

CONNECTION

CONSISTENCY

CONTENTMENT

CONTINUITY

CONTRIBUTION

CONVICTION

CONVIVIALITY

COOLNESS

COOPERATION

CORDIALITY

COURAGE

COURTESY

CRAFTINESS

CREATIVITY

CREDIBILITY

CURIOSITY

DARING

DECISIVENESS

DECORUM

DELIGHT

DEPENDABILITY

DEPTH

DESIRE

DETERMINATION

DEVOTION

DEVOUTNESS

DIGNITY

DILIGENCE

DIRECTION

DISCIPLINE

DISCOVERY

DISCRETION

DIVERSITY

DREAMING

DRIVE

DUTY

EAGERNESS

EASE

EDUCATION

EFFECTIVENESS

EFFICIENCY

ELEGANCE

EMPATHY

ENCOURAGEMENT

ENDURANCE

ENERGY

ENJOYMENT

ENTERTAINMENT

ENTHUSIASM

ETHICS

EXCELLENCE

EXCITEMENT

EXHILARATION

EXPECTANCY

EXPEDIENCY

EXPERIENCE

EXPERTISE

EXPLORATION

EXPRESSIVENESS

EXTRAVAGANCE

EXTROVERSION

EXUBERANCE

FAIRNESS

FAITH

FAME

FAMILY

FASCINATION

FASHION

FEARLESSNESS

FEROCITY

FIERCENESS

FIRMNESS

FITNESS

FLEXIBILITY

FLOW

FLUENCY

FOCUS

FORTITUDE

FRANKNESS

FREEDOM

FRIENDLINESS

FRUGALITY

FUN

GALLANTRY

GENEROSITY

GENTILITY

GIVING

GRACE

GRATITUDE

GREGARIOUSNESS

GROWTH

GUIDANCE

HAPPINESS

HARMONY

HEALTH

HEART

HELPFULNESS

HEROISM

HONESTY

HONOR

HOPEFULNESS

HOSPITALITY

HUMILITY

HUMOR

IMAGINATION

IMPACT

INDEPENDENCE

INDIVIDUALITY

INDUSTRY

INFLUENCE

INGENUITY

INSIGHTFULNESS

INSPIRATION

INTEGRITY

INTELLECT

INTELLIGENCE

INTENSITY

INTROSPECTION

INTUITION

INVENTIVENESS

INVOLVEMENT

JOY

JUSTICE

KINDNESS

KNOWLEDGE

LEADERSHIP

LEARNING

LIBERTY

LIVELINESS

LOGIC

LOVE

LOYALTY

MAJESTY

MASTERY

MEANING

MEEKNESS

MELLOWNESS

METICULOUSNESS

MINDFULNESS

MODESTY

MOTIVATION

MYSTERIOUSNESS

NONCOMFORMITY

OBEDIENCE

OPEN-MINDEDNESS

OPTIMISM

ORGANIZATION

ORIGINALITY

OUTLANDISHNESS

OUTRAGEOUSNESS

PARTNERSHIP

PATIENCE

PASSION

PEACE

PERCEPTIVENESS

PERFECTION

PERKINESS

PERSEVERANCE

PERSISTENCE

PERSUASIVENESS

PHILANTHROPY

PIETY

PLAYFULNESS

PLEASANTNESS

PLEASURE

POISE

POLISH

POPULARITY

POTENCY

POWER

PRACTICALITY

PRAGMATISM

PRECISION

PREPAREDNESS

PRESENCE

PRIDE

PRIVACY

PROACTIVITY

PROFESSIONALISM

PROSPERITY

PRUDENCE

PUNCTUALITY

PURITY

RATIONALITY

REALISM

REASON

REASONABLENESS

RECOGNITION

RECREATION

REFINEMENT

REFLECTION

RELAXATION

RELIABILITY

RELIEF

RESILIENCE

RESOLUTION

RESOLVE

RESOURCEFULNESS

RESPECT

RESPONSIBILITY

REST

RESTRAINT

RICHNESS

SACRIFICE

SANGUINITY

SATISFACTION

SECURITY

SELF-CONTROL

SELFLESSNESS

SELF-RELIANCE

SELF-RESPECT

SENSITIVITY

SERENITY

SERVICE

SHARING

SIGNIFICANCE

SILLINESS

SIMPLICITY

SINCERITY

SKILLFULNESS

SOLIDARITY

SOPHISTICATION

SPEED

SPIRIT

SPIRITUALITY

SPONTANEITY

SPUNK

STABILITY

STATUS

STEALTH

STILLNESS

STRENGTH

STRUCTURE

SUCCESS

SUPPORT

SURPRISE

SYMPATHY

SYNERGY

TEACHING

TEAMWORK

TEMPERANCE

THANKFULNESS

THOROUGHNESS

THOUGHTFULNESS

TRADITIONALISM

TRANQUILITY

TRANSCENDENCE

TRUST

TRUTH

UNDERSTANDING

UNIQUENESS

UNITY

UTILITY

VALOR

VARIETY

VICTORY

VIGOR

VIRTUE

VISION

VIVACITY

VOLUNTEERING

WARMHEARTEDNESS

WATCHFULNESS

WEALTH

WILLFULNESS

WILLINGNESS

WINNING

WISDOM

WITTINESS

WONDER

WORTHINESS

YOUTHFULNESS

ZEAL

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ABUNDANCE

ACCOMPLISHMENT

ACCOUNTABILITY

ACCURACY

ACHIEVEMENT

ADAPTABILITY

ADORATION

ADVENTURE

AFFECTION

AFFLUENCE

ALERTNESS

ALTRUISM

AMAZEMENT

AMBITION

AMUSEMENT

ANTICIPATION

APPRECIATION

APPROACHABILITY

ARTICULACY

ASSERTIVENESS

ATTENTIVENESS

ATTRACTIVENESS

AUDACITY

AVAILABILITY

AWARENESS

AWE

BALANCE

BEAUTY

BEING THE BEST

BELONGING

BENEVOLENCE

BLISS

BOLDNESS

BRAVERY

BRILLIANCE

CALMNESS

CAMARADERIE

CANDOR

CAPABILITY

CELEBRITY

CERTAINTY

CHALLENGE

CHANGE

CHARITY

CHARM

CHEERFULNESS

CLARITY

CLEANLINESS

CLEVERNESS

CLOSENESS

COMFORT

COMMITMENT

COMPASSION

COMPETENCE

COMPETITION

COMPOSURE

CONFIDENCE

CONGRUENCY

CONNECTION

CONSISTENCY

CONTENTMENT

CONTINUITY

CONTRIBUTION

CONVICTION

CONVIVIALITY

COOLNESS

COOPERATION

CORDIALITY

COURAGE

COURTESY

CRAFTINESS

CREATIVITY

CREDIBILITY

CURIOSITY

DARING

DECISIVENESS

DECORUM

DELIGHT

DEPENDABILITY

DEPTH

DESIRE

DETERMINATION

DEVOTION

DEVOUTNESS

DIGNITY

DILIGENCE

DIRECTION

DISCIPLINE

DISCOVERY

DISCRETION

DIVERSITY

DREAMING

DRIVE

DUTY

EAGERNESS

EASE

EDUCATION

EFFECTIVENESS

EFFICIENCY

ELEGANCE

EMPATHY

ENCOURAGEMENT

ENDURANCE

ENERGY

ENJOYMENT

ENTERTAINMENT

ENTHUSIASM

ETHICS

EXCELLENCE

EXCITEMENT

EXHILARATION

EXPECTANCY

EXPEDIENCY

EXPERIENCE

EXPERTISE

EXPLORATION

EXPRESSIVENESS

EXTRAVAGANCE

EXTROVERSION

EXUBERANCE

FAIRNESS

FAITH

FAME

FAMILY

FASCINATION

FASHION

FEARLESSNESS

FEROCITY

FIERCENESS

FIRMNESS

FITNESS

FLEXIBILITY

FLOW

FLUENCY

FOCUS

FORTITUDE

FRANKNESS

FREEDOM

FRIENDLINESS

FRUGALITY

FUN

GALLANTRY

GENEROSITY

GENTILITY

GIVING

GRACE

GRATITUDE

GREGARIOUSNESS

GROWTH

GUIDANCE

HAPPINESS

HARMONY

HEALTH

HEART

HELPFULNESS

HEROISM

HONESTY

HONOR

HOPEFULNESS

HOSPITALITY

HUMILITY

HUMOR

IMAGINATION

IMPACT

INDEPENDENCE

INDIVIDUALITY

INDUSTRY

INFLUENCE

INGENUITY

INSIGHTFULNESS

LIST OF VALUES

INSPIRATION

INTEGRITY

INTELLECT

INTELLIGENCE

INTENSITY

INTROSPECTION

INTUITION

INVENTIVENESS

INVOLVEMENT

JOY

JUSTICE

KINDNESS

KNOWLEDGE

LEADERSHIP

LEARNING

LIBERTY

LIVELINESS

LOGIC

LOVE

LOYALTY

MAJESTY

MASTERY

MEANING

MEEKNESS

MELLOWNESS

METICULOUSNESS

MINDFULNESS

MODESTY

MOTIVATION

MYSTERIOUSNESS

NONCOMFORMITY

OBEDIENCE

OPEN-MINDEDNESS

OPTIMISM

ORGANIZATION

ORIGINALITY

OUTLANDISHNESS

OUTRAGEOUSNESS

PARTNERSHIP

PATIENCE

PASSION

PEACE

PERCEPTIVENESS

PERFECTION

PERKINESS

PERSEVERANCE

PERSISTENCE

PERSUASIVENESS

PHILANTHROPY

PIETY

PLAYFULNESS

PLEASANTNESS

PLEASURE

POISE

POLISH

POPULARITY

POTENCY

POWER

PRACTICALITY

PRAGMATISM

PRECISION

PREPAREDNESS

PRESENCE

PRIDE

PRIVACY

PROACTIVITY

PROFESSIONALISM

PROSPERITY

PRUDENCE

PUNCTUALITY

PURITY

RATIONALITY

REALISM

REASON

REASONABLENESS

RECOGNITION

RECREATION

REFINEMENT

REFLECTION

RELAXATION

RELIABILITY

RELIEF

RESILIENCE

RESOLUTION

RESOLVE

RESOURCEFULNESS

RESPECT

RESPONSIBILITY

REST

RESTRAINT

RICHNESS

SACRIFICE

SANGUINITY

SATISFACTION

SECURITY

SELF-CONTROL

SELFLESSNESS

SELF-RELIANCE

SELF-RESPECT

SENSITIVITY

SERENITY

SERVICE

SHARING

SIGNIFICANCE

SILLINESS

SIMPLICITY

SINCERITY

SKILLFULNESS

SOLIDARITY

SOPHISTICATION

SPEED

SPIRIT

SPIRITUALITY

SPONTANEITY

SPUNK

STABILITY

STATUS

STEALTH

STILLNESS

STRENGTH

STRUCTURE

SUCCESS

SUPPORT

SURPRISE

SYMPATHY

SYNERGY

TEACHING

TEAMWORK

TEMPERANCE

THANKFULNESS

THOROUGHNESS

THOUGHTFULNESS

TRADITIONALISM

TRANQUILITY

TRANSCENDENCE

TRUST

TRUTH

UNDERSTANDING

UNIQUENESS

UNITY

UTILITY

VALOR

VARIETY

VICTORY

VIGOR

VIRTUE

VISION

VIVACITY

VOLUNTEERING

WARMHEARTEDNESS

WATCHFULNESS

WEALTH

WILLFULNESS

WILLINGNESS

WINNING

WISDOM

WITTINESS

WONDER

WORTHINESS

YOUTHFULNESS

ZEAL

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BRAINSTORMING YOUR PURPOSE

LIST 20 WAYS YOU CAN LEVERAGE YOUR STRENGTHS, SKILLS, AND VALUES TO IMPROVE THE WORLD AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS. IF NONE OF FIRST 20 ITEMS YOU LIST APPEAL TO YOU, WRITE DOWN ANOTHER 20 THINGS. REPEAT UNTIL YOU’VE COME UP WITH AT LEAST ONE THING THAT EMBODIES WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN LIFE. IF YOU GET STUCK YOU CAN TAKE A BREAK AND COME BACK TO THIS LIST LATER AND RE-READ WHAT YOU WROTE. ARE THERE ANY STATEMENTS THAT EVOKE EMOTION FOR YOU? HIGHLIGHT THOSE AND TRY TO CREATE NEW PERMUTATIONS OF THEM.

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REFLECTING ON THE PAST

WHAT WERE YOUR BIG VICTORIES?

WHAT WERE YOUR SPEEDBUMPS?

WHAT FEARS DID YOU CONQUER? DID ANYTHING HOLD YOU BACK FROM YOUR FULL POTENTIAL?

WHAT WERE YOUR FAVORITE MOMENTS? WHEN WERE YOU HAPPIEST?WHEN DID YOU LAUGH THE HARDEST? WHO WERE YOU WITH?

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REFLECTING ON THE PAST

WHAT INSPIRED YOU?

WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY IF YOU HAD TO DO IT OVER AGAIN?

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU LEFT UNRESOLVED OR UNFINISHED?

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WHERE WILL YOU BE IN 5 YEARS?

IN FIVE YEARS, THE YEAR WILL BE:

WHO IS YOUR PARTNER?

NAME?

AGE?

OCCUPATION?

HOBBIES?

APPEARANCE?

WHAT DO YOU LOOK LIKE?

HEIGHT?

WEIGHT?

HAIRSTYLE?

CLOTHING?

COLORS?

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

WHAT DOES YOUR HOME LOOK LIKE?

WHAT KINDS OF FOOD ARE YOU EATING?

WHAT RESTAURANTS DO YOU FREQUENT?

WHERE WAS YOUR LAST VACATION?

WHAT IS YOUR WORK LIKE EVERY DAY?

WHAT ARE YOU DREAMING ABOUT?

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BUSINESS + CAREER IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS

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MONEY + FINANCE IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS

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FAMILY + RELATIONSHIPS IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS

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ATTITUDE + SPIRITUAL IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS

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PHYSICAL + PERSONAL IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS

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THE GOAL

I WILL KNOW I’M SUCCESSFUL WHEN . . .

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DATE ACCOMPLISHED

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