{"id":4540,"date":"2023-10-20T10:09:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamincharge.club\/?page_id=447"},"modified":"2023-11-09T11:55:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T16:55:34","slug":"the-wheel-of-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog-alexis.monville.com\/en\/books\/i-am-in-charge\/the-experiments\/the-wheel-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wheel of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Wheel of Life<\/em> is a tool that helps you visualize how balanced and satisfactory your life is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why use it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You might tend to focus on specific areas of your life and forget or neglect other areas. The tool helps to visualize the current situation and creates the desire to improve in the areas that really matters to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First, pick 8 categories which to represent the important facets of your life. Ideas of categories are below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relationships<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cultural<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Career<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Business<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Financial<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spiritual<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Personal growth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fun and Leisure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Significant other<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contribution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>You could also decide to focus exclusively your wheel on the professional aspect of your life and identify only categories in that area.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the area to label each piece of the pie chart below,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rank how you are currently doing in each area from 0 to 10 like in the example below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflect on how smooth or bumpy the wheel would roll if it were real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Identify one action that would make improvements in one important area for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come back to your wheel when you are ready for the next action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/editor-cdn.reedsy.com\/books\/113901\/images\/71ac79b8-f18c-4625-8896-eb185fd8a44c.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Example<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/editor-cdn.reedsy.com\/books\/113901\/images\/697c1c0f-50cf-4d88-8416-9ac880b19747.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Template<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pauljmeyer.com\/the-legacy\/industry-pioneer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul J. Meyer<\/a> is the original creator of The Wheel of Life in the 1960s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is it? The Wheel of Life is a tool that helps you visualize how balanced and satisfactory your life is today. Why use it? You might tend to focus on specific areas of your life and forget or neglect other areas. 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