Work with Passion – Self Start
TAKING THE FIRST STEPS TO FINDING A NEW FUTURE
Explore a Typical Day
What makes for a day fulfilling to you and what makes it seem a waste?
The list of prompts below should help you get started. Describe in as much detail as you can what makes a day brilliant, satisfactory, boring or even awful.
NB Nothing is too small or insignificant to mention.
A ‘GOOD’ DAY
What made it so?
The weather, a sense of fulfillment etc?
Who were you with?
Alone or with colleagues, customers/clients, children/adults,
age, what was their experience/ educational background/ need
What were you doing? .
Talking, writing, thinking, advising, making, leading, processing etc.
What kind of information were you handling?
Databases, internet, paper files, visuals
What ‘tools’ were you using?
Computer, pens, instruments
Where were you located?
Indoors/outdoors, standing up, sitting
What was the level of excitement of your day?
1 = low, 10 = high
KEY QUESTION
What/who gave you energy? Make a note of these.
NOW FOR A ‘BAD’ DAY
Go through the questions above again.
What was the level of excitement?
1 = low, 10 = high
KEY QUESTION
What/who took your energy? Make a note of these.
SO HOW CAN YOU FIND MAKE MORE FULFILLING DAYS?
• WHAT AND WHO DO YOU NEED TO INCLUDE/FIND?
• WHAT AND WHO DO YOU NEED TO EXCLUDE/AVOID?