At the end of each year, and on their birthdays, many people 
take time to reflect and look ahead. If you're one of these 
people, or if you would like to start getting the benefits 
from a little self reflection, then I have some great questions 
for you.

These questions can be looked at once a year, once a month or 
whenever you're looking for some direction in your life. I 
invite you to take a good hard look at your life more than 
once a year. You'll get a lot more out of your life if you're 
more conscious about what you're creating.

Some of the questions weren't developed by me and many are from 
a terrific book called "Your Best Year Yet: Ten Questions for 
Making the Next Twelve Months Your Most Successfull Ever" by 
Jinny S. Ditzler. I highly recommend it if you want to go a 
little deeper.

These questions have been designed to help you to take time to 
complete the year and to formulate the new year from a clean 
slate. By working on the following questions you will complete 
this year powerfully so you can have the room to build a new 
"me" for the new year.


Looking at this past year:

1. What do I want to be acknowledged for?

2. What did I accomplish?

3. What did I want to accomplish that I did not accomplish? 
   (Do I still want to do this?)

4. What did I say I would do that I didn't do? (Do I still want 
   to do this?)

5. Who do I need to be in communication with?

6. What were my biggest disappointments?

7. What did I learn? - List 3 lessons which will make the most 
   difference if you remember them this year?
   (See them as guidelines for next year).


Changing patterns:

1. How do you limit yourself and how can you transform these 
   actions to be powerful?

2. What do you say to yourself to explain your failures? (These 
   false beliefs are your limiting paradigm).

3. List your limiting paradigm.

4. List your new paradigm which must be personal, positive, 
   present tense, powerfully and simply stated, pointing to 
   an exciting future.

5. Read your new paradigm out loud when you awake and before 
   going to sleep each day. Teach your subconscious that this 
   is your paradigm.


Looking ahead:

1. What are your personal values? What is most import to you in 
   your life? What drives you?

2. What roles do you play in your life? (List 8 or more). Then 
   list new ones you want to incorporate into your life in the 
   next year. Rate each role on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 
   being the most important.

3. Where is your life out of balance? If you could put one 
   problem behind you, once and for all, what would it be?

4. Which role is your major focus for next year? ( In what role 
   do you want a breakthrough performance? If you could put a 
   check mark by one of these roles at the end of next year 
   showing, showing that you felt good about how you are 
   playing that role, which one would it be?)

5. What are your goals for each role?


The way that this works is that for at least a week or two you 
ask yourself the above questions. I write them down and do it 
in writing several different times. Then after doing that for 
all of the above questions you answer one final question:

What do I want to accomplish and who do I want to be in the 
coming year?

Remember the old saying, "If you fail to plan, you plan to 
fail." Give yourself the gift of self reflection that will 
help you to create the life you really want this year. It 
only takes an hour or two. Don't you deserve better than 
settling for whatever shows up when fail to plan?...of course 
you do.

If you need extra support with this contact me at 
mailto:support@angryenough.com or check out Champion Coaching™ at 
http://www.AngryEnoughToChange.com/championsales.html. Let 
me know if I can be of help in any way.