Some of the questions you might benefit from answering here are:
What do I want to achieve in my career?
What do I want to achieve with my business?
What do I want to study/ learn in the future?
How do I achieve what I want to achieve in my career?
How do I achieve what I want to achieve in my business?
Where can I access the information that I want?
Self-evaluation questions – Please evaluate from 1 – 10, your current situation and where you would like to be in five years from now.
How important are career achievements for you?
How satisfying are your career achievements to date?
How fulfilled are you in your current work environment?
How much do you look forward to going to work each day?
Does your career stimulate and develop you as a person?
Do you have a healthy and rewarding work-life balance?
Is your career moving you forward in advancement and reward?
How important are strong working relationships for you?
How satisfied are you with your current working relationships?
Is your working environment positive and supportive?
Do you find contentment and fulfilment in your current career?
How urgently would you like a career change?
If you died, are you happy with the legacy you will leave behind?
Write a personal vision statement and goals in your relationships related to this life area that you like to make changes in:
What is your greatest life vision for this life area?
What are your main ‘life area’ goals that will lead you towards fulfilling your greatest life vision? What needs to be done and by whom? When do these goals need to be completed by?
What are your medium-term milestone goals? What needs to be done and by whom? When do these goals need to be completed by?
What are your short-term mini-goals? What activities and tasks are needed to be done, by whom and by when? (Prioritise doing important or urgent activities and tasks that leads you to achieve your greatest life vision goal and long-term main goals and eliminate those that are not important or not urgent.)
Then ask yourself, for each goal, the following questions to determine whether they are SMARTER:
Specific – Are you specific with your goals?
Measurable – How will you know when you have reached your goals? How will you know that you are making progress towards them?
Action focussed – Do you have a good idea about what’s required to achieve these goals?
Relevant – Why are these goals important to you? How do they fit in with your greatest life vision or long-term goals?
Time-specific – When do you want to have achieved these goals by?
Exciting (and enjoyable) – Why are these goals exciting to you and why will you enjoy working towards them?
Revisable – How will you revise and review the progress you are making?
Action planning is the process of operationalising every one of your goals. The action plan you produce for any of your goals must consist of the following:
Action step – What needs to be done?
Responsible person – Who should take action to complete this step?
Deadline – When should this step be completed?
Necessary resources – What do you need to complete this step?
Potential challenges – Are there any potential challenges that may impede completion? How will you overcome them?
The result – Was this step completed? Were any new steps identified in the process?
