List for New Year.

I got this from my friend Bob Roberts blog. I plan on making it available for the people at Hope.

Excerpt from Asking to Win
by Bobb Biehl

Focusing ... or refocusing your life

This page holds some of my very favorite questions, collected over the past 20 years. Each has proven very trustworthy. These questions are best asked in the order presented.

1. GOD: What three changes in me would be most pleasing to God?

2. DREAM/PURPOSE: What can I do to make the most significant difference for God in my lifetime? Why am I on the earth? What is the very best organizational context for my dream?

3. PRIMARY RESULT: What is the single best measurable indicator that I am making progress toward my dream?

4. LIFE PRIORITIES: If I could accomplish only three measurable priorities (goals reached - or problems solved) before I die, what would I accomplish?

5. TEN YEAR FOCUS: If I could accomplish only three measurable priorities in the next ten years, that would make a 50% difference in my life-long contribution, what would I accomplish?

6. ANNUAL FOCUS:

SINGLE WORD FOCUS

What single word best captures the focus of my next year?

OPPORTUNITY

Where was my greatest unexpected success last year? Why was this

area so successful? What three steps could I take now to take full

advantage of this "Window of Opportunity" next year?



LAND MINES

What three land mines or roadblocks need my immediate attention?

What three changes could reduce my "risk" by 50%?

3/10/50%

If I could only accomplish three measurable priorities in the next 12

months that would make a 50% difference in my contribution over the

next 10 years, which three things would I most want to accomplish?

7. QUARTERLY FOCUS: What three measurable priorities could I accomplish in the next 90 days to make a 50% difference in the results I see by the end of the year?

8. ORGANIZATION: What three changes could I make to see a 50% difference in our morale as a family or team?

9. CASH: If I had to cut my budget 20% (or some other significant percentage), what would be the first three things to go? If I got a surprise gift of 20% of my budget, what three things would I do immediately?

10. QUALITY: What three changes could improve the quality of my work by 50% in the next 12 months?

"BIG PICTURE" PRIORITIES SHEET

(Expand to any size you like)

Priority


90 Days


One Year


Ten Years


Life
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