Notice where the imbalance lies, visualise your ideal future, recognise areas for development and do what you need to do to bring yourself closer to your goal. Use it to shine a light on what is actually going on in all areas of your life and compare this to what you really want to be happening. Take the Wheel of Life challenge with this in mind. If you Google ‘Visualising Success’, prepare to be overwhelmed by articles and studies supporting this idea.Īllowing yourself to be guided by your desired future is a powerful first step to getting exactly what you want. Top athletes report on competitions won through the power of visualisation and pushing themselves through the hardest times by visualising crossing the finishing line first, feeling the elation of winning, hearing the cheers, seeing the crowds, holding the trophy or medal. Keep daydreaming about this vision! This is a tried, tested, and much-reported method for success. You know what you want and you have the first positive steps for change towards your vision.Ĭongratulations, you now have a blueprint for your perfect future. You have a clear future vision for this area and can feel what it will be like to be fulfilled and in balance. You now know what is important for you in this area of your life, you know what is working well and what resources you already have in your toolbox. Decide on an achievable action step to bring you one step closer to your target.What could you do to move up one point between your score today and your ideal?.Take a moment to ‘live’ your ideal score for this segment Feel what it is like, visualize your ideal day, week, month, year.Compare your 2 lists: ‘What I have’ & ‘What I Want’.If anything were possible, what would your ideal satisfaction score be? This is your life vision for one area of your life.Consider all the small successes that make up this score i.e., “What is working well?”.Choose the segment you feel to be most out of balance.Ask, “If I had to travel far with these wheels, how would the ride be?” Rate each segment until you have a second ‘inner’ wheel.For each segment ask yourself, “On a scale from 1-10 (with 10 being the ideal), how satisfied am I with this area of my life?” Don’t over-think it, just ‘go with your gut’.You can alter segment titles or split segments to better suit your personal life situation, but the basic working principle remains: What makes your heart sing? What gets you bouncing out of bed in the morning? What gives you energy? What are you working towards? Dr. Stephen Covey told us to work, “With the end in mind” 25 years ago in his book ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ and his message to begin each day, task, or project with a clear vision of your desired destination is as powerful today as it was then.īelow is a basic Wheel of Life. This means to know what you want in life, and I mean really know. It quickly identifies areas of imbalance and helps you to create goals and set priorities based on your life vision. The Wheel of Life is a flexible coaching tool that offers a 360-degree view of your current life situation. Awareness, as always, is the first and most important step towards taking back control and setting your inner balance straight. There is, unfortunately, no single answer when it comes to inner-balance and no one situation that throws us all off, but we can all begin in the same way to shine a spot-light onto what is causing you the current bumpy ride. This seems a tricky question, especially when we can’t put our finger on what’s out of balance. There are times when we know why and then there are times we have no idea what’s out of balance or why. Sometimes we feel out of place in a familiar setting, uncomfortable or wary with people and situations we know well.

Sometimes we simply feel out of sorts, a bit grumpy, over-tired even after enough sleep, unproductive or unmotivated.

You don’t have to have kids or be waiting to see how new bosses will influence your life to feel out of balance. Our family has new work projects, unknown bosses and team changes and big renovations looming on the horizon and our dreams are filled with ‘what-ifs’ and ‘if-that, then-whats’. I’m feeling it myself as we come to the end of term routine has jumped out of the window and fled in a panic, change is imminent and uncertain with new schools and new classes. What does it mean to feel out of balance? I wonder if I even have to describe this feeling? We all know it.

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