What is Your Starting Point?

So you've decided to start a journey towards an extraordinary life?  Just like any journey, you need to know exactly where you are starting from in order to get to where you want to go.  I call this your "Starting Point".  Your Starting Point is your chance to take a complete inventory of your life.  You will want to look at every area of your life:

• Your career & your work
• Your finances
• Your health & fitness
• Your relationships
• Your goals
• Your productivity
• Your personal time (recreation)

When defining my Starting Point, I like to use what I call the "Clint Eastwood Method"; I look at the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

The Good - These are the areas of your life that are going well; the areas that you feel good about.  This does not mean that you can't, or don't want to make improvements in these areas, just that you are are happy with where you are right now.

The Bad - These are the areas where things aren't going so well, but they are also not causing you a great deal of stress.  You want to make improvements in these areas, but they will not require a great deal of effort to get them to "Good".

The Ugly - These are the areas that need the most work.  They are causing you a great deal of stress and may be affecting your overall well being.  Getting these aspects of your life to "Bad" will take some effort, and getting the to "Good" will take quite a bit of energy and commitment on your part.   

When defining your Starting Point, you want to be completely honest with yourself about wher you are because this is the foundation for your journey to a better life.

In the next post, I will show you how exactly how I have defined my Starting Point.