As promised...

1. What kind of person do I want to be?
Describe the kinds of skills, abilities, qualities, disposition, character and understanding you want to have
Be more organised, increase fluency in marketing, creativity skills and money-savvy.

2. What do I want to do with my life?
Think of big and small achievements, goals and important issues that concern you
Increase bank balance to at least a solid 5 digit number (minus decimal points) and be happy and healthy in life.

To achieve the results of the two questions above, you need a strategy that involves answering the seven questions below:

1. Where am I?
Describe fully your current state in both your personal and work life.
Work: Major learning stage with my manager planning to give me more responsibilites (read: KPIs)
Personal: Still insecure about life in general. Is settling down the answer?

2. How did I get there?
Look back in your life and trace all the elements, events and people who influenced your path in life.
I pull myself together to quit my previous job after all the doodie I've been through. Many lessons had been learned from my previous job. I joined them in my teens and I grew up learning not so much about work but more on people. I shall not touch so much on that since I think 45% of my blog content is related to that.

3. Where do I want to go?
Using the material from the two fundamental questions, describe your goals.
Climb up the career ladder steadily base on pure experience and hands on knowledge maybe? Also to trust other people, let them in a bit more.

4. How will I get there?
Refer to the information you have gethered about your journey in life so far, and consider new ways if the usual ones are hindering your progress.
Definitely in need of guidance and hopefully I'll be discipline enough to read up on how to build these skills which enables me to flyyyy!! When it comes to life, I'd say I need more social life. But do I need more friends? Or just peg on my present friends and work on it?

5. What will I do when I arrive?
Sketch out your intentions and actions.
When promotion is due, that is a sign that I had been entrusted with new responsibilities and its up to me to take it up another level to prove to them I am worthy of that reward. And the life bit I guess I'll throw a party or something. I'm sure they'll appreciate it.

6. Where shall I go next?
Life is a continuous process of change, therefore it is important to plan beyond your immediate horizons.
I'd prolly still be here. Hopefully one day I'll be heading a business unit (manager/director?) *LOL*. There's no harm in dreaming. And about the life bit, I'll promise to take care of my friends, people whom I only assume will be around with me for life.

7. How do I begin?
List what you have to do and attach a time frame for each objective.
Work: I'll reflect on my job done and achievements every half a year (same time frame as the organisation's appraisal) and work from there... and it has to start... erm... NOW!
Life: I'll start calling them, asking them out, go for occassional dinner/drinks and whatever that will rock their bottoms.

There you go, hopefully you guys attempt it too *PHEW*! Oh by the way there's one more part left to this entry... watch out for this space!

Labels: friends, whatever, work