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Identifying your roles and developing a vision for each of them makes it
easy to determine the long-term goals that will make your vision real.
You may find it useful to categorize your roles into personal
development, career, family and social areas. Within personal
development you can later categorize your goals around the first three
items of the Check-in (physical, mental and confidence)
There's an old story about the young woodcutter who wanted to be the
best. When he thought he was being beaten by an old hand, the young
man decided to miss his breaks and just keep chopping. At the end of the
day, however, the old man still had more wood. You see, he stopped for
breaks during the day and spent some of that time in keeping his axe
sharpened.
Having well-tuned personal development goals is like having a sharp axe.
Keep your axe sharp by keeping the physical, mental and confidence
personal role as positive as you can. It will enhance the achievement and
fulfillment of all your other roles.
MY VISION:
Creating your Vision for Each Role
A vision describes exactly what it will look like when you have fulfilled
your role. For example, for the role of team leader, your vision could
state:
The team achieves results which are 10% above budget, the team
members support each other and doing their best as individuals, and
coachee queries are minimal.
For a role as father, your vision could state:
I spend one day each weekend with the children and organize my time to
attend school functions as appropriate. I enjoy being involved in their
hobbies and interests and love my children very much.

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