Setting Goals in 2013

As another year begins with new opportunities, we hope you've had a phenomenal 2012 and reached many of the milestones you've set for yourself.

 

A valuable tool we've learned from Zig Ziglar is what he calls "The Wheel of Life". Using this wheel, it helps you reach for balance in all areas of life. We encourage you to set attainable goals in 2013 for your family, mental, physical, social, career, financial, and spiritual life.

Here's a simple but very effective tool that can get you started...

 

Print out the wheel below, then circle on the wheel the number from 1 to 10 where you are at currently with that aspect of your life. Next, draw a line connecting the circles you just made on each spoke of the wheel.

If this were a real wheel on your car or bicycle, would you be in for a bumpy ride? Or is your wheel nice and smooth, but small, all 3's and 4's? If so, wouldn't it take you a lot longer to get anywhere? 

Do you see any areas where you could use a higher number? What goals could you set that, when you reach them, could raise your number on the wheel of life? 

 

Interestingly, they say Zig used to take this test daily, to make sure he was leading a balanced life. I like to take it every so often to see where I'm at, and I encourage you to keep it and do a self evaluation now and then too, and never stop improving!