Test: Is Your Life Balanced?

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Test: Is Your Life Balanced?

Core Value Assessment

Is your successful business running you ragged? Are you so focused on business that your personal life is compromised? Coach and Trainer Tom Ferry's new book, Life! By Design: 6 Steps to an Extraordinary You, offers a Core Values Assessment. Fill this out to determine how you're balancing your life in each of the Core Seven areas: Career, Intimate Relationships, Finances, Physical Health, Spirituality, Contribution/Giving Back, Desire to Learn or Grow.

Pick one answer in each of the Core Seven categories according to how you feel.

Career

1. Don't find any time for it.
2. Depressed and feel I've hit rock bottom.
3. I'm ready for a change.
4. I'm creating a plan and starting to take action.
5. I'm happy and improving.
6. I'm extremely satisfied and open for more.

Intimate Relationships

1. Don't find any time for it.
2. Depressed and feel I've hit rock bottom.
3. I'm ready for a change.
4. I'm creating a plan and starting to take action.
5. I'm happy and improving.
6. I'm extremely satisfied and open for more.

Finances

1. Don't find any time for it.
2. Depressed and feel I've hit rock bottom.
3. I'm ready for a change.
4. I'm creating a plan and starting to take action.
5. I'm happy and improving.
6. I'm extremely satisfied and open for more.

Physical Health

1. Don't find any time for it.
2. Depressed and feel I've hit rock bottom.
3. I'm ready for a change.
4. I'm creating a plan and starting to take action.
5. I'm happy and improving.
6. I'm extremely satisfied and open for more.

Spirituality

1. Don't find any time for it.
2. Depressed and feel I've hit rock bottom.
3. I'm ready for a change.
4. I'm creating a plan and starting to take action.
5. I'm happy and improving.
6. I'm extremely satisfied and open for more.

Contribution/Giving Back

1. Don't find any time for it.
2. Depressed and feel I've hit rock bottom.
3. I'm ready for a change.
4. I'm creating a plan and starting to take action.
5. I'm happy and improving.
6. I'm extremely satisfied and open for more.

Desire to Learn and Grow

1. Don't find any time for it.
2. Depressed and feel I've hit rock bottom.
3. I'm ready for a change.
4. I'm creating a plan and starting to take action.
5. I'm happy and improving.
6. I'm extremely satisfied and open for more.

Your answers will help you determine where you should focus your energies to move you from default by design (letting life lead you) to Living By Design (you lead your life.)

If your answers are primarily 1's and 2's, you're living by default. How does that make you feel? Are you ready to change?

If your answers are primarily 3's and 4's, living by Design should come easily to you. You're in a good place to embrace change and improve the quality of your life from good to great.

If your answers are mostly 5's and 6's, you're already on your way to living By Design. But, you're open for more, aren't you?

For more tips on how to recharge and retool your personal and business life, check out Tom's book, available at both Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com.

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