Ep# 22 Creating a Personal Strategy for Your Life and Career

The Women's Room - Legal Division

Nearly every business or enterprise sets a strategy and writes a business plan for what it wants to achieve over both the short and medium term. But have you ever thought about employing the same approach to your life and your career? It’s a really great way to think about what’s important to you and what it is you’d like to experience and achieve over the next 3-5 years and then to set some goals, objectives and milestones for how you’ll take yourself one step closer to those achievements over the next 12 months. This episode will take you through how to do that using the framework of a Personal Strategy Document. If you’ve listened to any of my previous podcasts you’ll know the emphasis I place on taking time out to think strategically and also to writing things down and there’s no better time to do this than at the beginning of a new year. As part of the process we’ll also look at deeper issues such as identifying your values, needs and strengths as well as areas of potential weakness that you might like to work on. I also discuss visualisation techniques, progress tracking, and accountability mechanisms to help ensure your progress towards success.

00:42 The Importance of Taking Time Out

05:03 Starting with Your Baseline

11:31 Understanding Your Needs

17:53 Reflecting on Achievements and Gratitude

22:54 Analysing Your Current Life

24:39 Identifying Weaknesses and Developmental Areas

27:32 Understanding and Applying Ikigai

35:39 Setting SMART Goals and Using the GROW Model

42:18 Maintaining Motivation and Accountability

Personal Strategy Document

Values, Needs, Strengths Spreadsheet

Goal Setting Template

For your goals you might also like to have a go with this Chat GBT link from Mind Valley

https://chatgpt.com/g/g-675f2f2cd4e88191af9c72bdeb1092a1-goal-analysis-gpt-by-mindvalley

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