1. Strategic Planning
for Your Life
Presented to
STC Atlanta Currents Conference
April 17, 2010
Judith L. Glick-Smith
770-633-5582
judy@cliffordsells.com

2. Agenda
A bit of lecture (not much just to
much…just
provide background)
A meta process for living
meta-process
Transforming the everyday
Conclusion and Q&A
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3. You are a Miracle
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4. What Do You See?
At th cosmic level
the i l l At h
A the quantum l l
level
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5. On Conscious Evolution
Everything is connected
The self as system
Evolution, by definition, is full of possibility
To transform oneself, there must be
movement
The role of feedback loops
Consciousness: The ability to choose
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6. On Awareness
Possibilities: Origin is ever present
The dance of life: We are predisposed to
h d f lf d d
“discontinuous transformation”
Dualities and finding the middle way: We
cannot know the positive without knowing
the negative
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Awareness: Consciousness is “wakeful
presence”
Process: Conscious living requires stability
of support systems and our awareness of
them
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7. The Path of the Razor’s Edge
Get ! W k
G t up! Wake up! Seek the guidance
! S k th id
of an illumined teacher and realize the
Self. Sharp like a razor’s edge, the
p g
sages say, is the path, difficult to
traverse.
Katha Upanishad: 1.iii.14
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8. On Co-Creation
Who is looking at the universe?
How is the universe being actualized?
The answer comes full circle.
We are actualizing the universe.
Since we are part of the universe,
that makes the universe (and us) self-
actualizing.
The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the
New Physics, by Gary Zukav
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9. The Secret of Happiness
pp
Recognize that happiness is a process
Know who you are
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Know what you want to accomplish
Maintain a positive focus
Be flexible
Meditate
Learn to forgive
Do what you love!!!!!
Get busy
Practice continuous reinvention
Be of service to others
NOTE: Life is not a dress rehearsal!
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10. Importance of Process
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Elevates personal vibration
Helps imagine positive life outcomes
Maintains focus over time
Enables “flow”
Facilitates the management of conflict
Enables “individual fitness,” leading to
decisions which positively impact society
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11. Meta-Process
Meta Process
Raise your vibration: What
makes you unique?
Identify your life’s mission:
Why are you here?
Set goals: What do you want
to accomplish?
Process: Create the habit of
setting and monitoring your
goals on a regular basis
Act!
A t!
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12. What Makes You Unique?
What do you like to
do?
What don’t you like to
do?
What do you do well?
What don’t you do
well?
What gives you joy?
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13. What do you like to do?
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These are tasks that
you enjoy doing but
doing,
they may not be tasks
that you want to do
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all the time.
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14. What don’t you like to do?
don t
If you never have to do
these tasks again, it will
g ,
be too soon.
Doing these tasks
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creates internal tension
and stress.
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15. What do you do well?
You don’t necessarily
love to do these tasks,
but they are easy for
you.
Many people look to
you to do these tasks,
because they know they
will be done right.
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16. What don’t you do well?
y
There will always be
someone else who
can d these tasks
do th t k
better than you.
When
Wh you try to d
t t do
them you feel anxiety
and frustration.
frustration
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17. What gives you joy?
What is your “Fire in
Fire
the belly?”
These things energize
you.
You can do this all day
and never get tired.
You can’t wait to get up
can t
and do it all again the
next day.
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18. Identify Your Life’s Mission
y
Imagine your own funeral. What are people
saying about you? Make a bulleted list.
i b t ?M k b ll t d li t
From the bulleted list write your mission
statement completing th statement: “M
t t t l ti the t t t “My
mission is to …”
Keep you mission statement t no more
K i i t t t to
than two sentences long.
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19. Who are You?
Make a list of the roles you play in your life
Don’t forget to put “self” at the top of the
list
Come up with 4 or 5 categories for your
roles. For example:
Personal
P l
Home
Work
Professional Development
Volunteer Work
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20. What are Your Lifetime Goals
Make a list of what you want to accomplish
in
i your life time for each of the roles you
lif ti f h f th l
identified by category
Think bi
Thi k big—without attribution or restriction
ith t tt ib ti t i ti
Remember, what is realistic to you is
different f
diff t from what i realistic to anyone
h t is li ti t
else
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21. Develop Your Plan
p
For each lifetime goal, answer the following
questions:
What do you have to do in 10 years to reach
your lifetime goal?
What do you have to do in 5 years to reach your
10-year goals?
What do you have to do in 3 years to reach your
5-year goals?
What do you have to do this year to reach your
3-year goals?
What do you have to do in 6 months to reach
your 1-year goals?
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22. Develop Your Plan (continued)
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At this point you have a to-do list for the
next six months
t i th
What do you have to do this month to reach
your 6-month goals?
6 month
What do you have to do this week to reach your
1-month goals?
What do you have to do today to reach your 1-
week goals?
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23. What if you are not linear?
Mind Map It!
Draw
D pictures; paint it; create a
collage; use color; mak your
llag ; s l ; make
own rules!
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24. Transform the Everyday
Every 6 Every Every Every
Frequency
Months Month Week Day
Review and adjust the entire plan (including
X
lifetime goals, 10-year goals, 5-year goals, 3-
year goals, 1-year goals)
1 year
Review and adjust the next 6-months based
X
on 1-year goals
Review and adjust the next month based on
X X
6-month goals
Review and adjust this week based on this
X X X
month s goals.
month's goals
Create today's to-do list based on this week's
X X X X
goals.
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25. Finding “Balance”
Balance
Spiritual
Mental Physical
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26. Life’s journey is NOT
to arrive at the grave safely in a
well-preserved body…
well preserved body
but rather to skid in
sideways, totally worn out, shouting
“WOW! WHAT A RIDE!!!”
WOW! RIDE!!!
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27. “Be the change you want
to see in the world”
--Mohandas Gandhi
Mh d dh
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28. Thank you!
If you have additional questions you
may contact Judy Glick-Smith at:
judy@cliffordsells.com