Are You Moving To The Next Level In Your Life?

As a fully grown mature adult who’s responsible for all areas of your life…

… there’s one lesson that you’ve got to learn & reinforce to yourself over and over again.

And that is – if you aren’t moving forward, growing new skills & developing new resources, you are stagnating.

… as you stagnate, depending on the environment around you, you may have the fortune of stagnating for a bit more than someone else.

However – there ALWAYS comes a point of time when you’ve stagnated enough and it will be a situation of life & death (or in other words, a fight for survival).

This is true in terms of your career, your relationships, your health or any thing else for that matter.

Got a nice paying job that pays you well & keeps you happy?

It might be nice to enjoy it for a while, but there comes a time when you need to start planning higher – whether in the same organization or outside.

And if you don’t, there will come a time when the people you work with start devaluing you.

Recently, I attended a special session conducted by Ian Faria at the TILT India forum organized by Talk Temple.

And this was the lesson that was emphasized.

Growth is critical. And in order to grow, you have to plan & approach for the NEXT level in your career, work or relationships & need to start working at it.

It’s also important NOT to look at growth from the perspective of a gradual increase – but you have to look for ways to create exponential growth in all areas.

Now you might be wondering, how you can create exponential growth & where should I exactly focus on?

… and this is where a self-assessment or an assessment from a professional comes in handy.

Doing a self-assessment or getting an assessment from a person who’s been there & done that and is on a higher level than you – can really help you identify where you’re stuck and how you can build new skills to move forward.

Now, in this blog – I am going to share an internal assessment that I had done over myself and how you can do a similar assessment for yourself so you can focus on your dreams, achieve your aspirations & create the life that you’ve always wanted.

One method of doing a self-assessment is to look at your Strengths, Weakness, Fears & Dreams.

And here’s my example for my Health which is something I haven’t focussed on & have neglected the past few months due to work and other responsibilities…

Strengths:

I am tall, strong & naturally well-built – as a result, my body can handle a lot more load than it does.

Given my fitness journey in the past, if I start the journey & make a commitment, I can be incredibly disciplined & create a massive transformation for myself.

Weakness:

The amount of responsibility I take at work ends up creating a lot of stress – which leads to cortisol production – and which in turn can cause a lot of other negative parameters to shoot up. I end up having to rely on junk food, sugary drinks & a lot of other things to help alleviate my energy.

I always let work & other responsibilities get in the way of me getting a good workout, eating healthy or sleeping well.

Fears:

If I keep doing this, I might as well end up developing a lot of unnecessary illnesses. My body may breakdown like it has broken down before & I might find myself going through a tough space emotionally that prevents me from working.

I might end up developing a lot of other health complications too.

Dreams:

I really don’t have a dream for fitness. All my younger years – I had this vision for myself to be extremely fit & as a result, I drove myself over and over again.

Now w/o that vision in mind & my mind asks, “so what?” – I don’t really feel that need to be disciplined or consistent.

And this has to do with the vision.

If I revisit my dream & create a clear compelling vision for my health and how I need to be…

… and set some ground rules on how I’m not going to let work or other influences get in the way…

I can get back into the groove of health too.

And that’s what I’m going to work on.

I will update this blog post about my vision – in a bit – when I return.

This is how I am getting unstuck & creating the next level in my life. What about you?