Designing and Consciously Creating Your Life

Jul 23, 2024

Designing and Consciously Creating Your Life

Introduction

  • Speaker: Alex Hein, author of Master of the Day
  • Context: Coaching client wanting to design a purposeful life
  • Key Insight: Many people reach a point in life without knowing how they got there and feel misplaced

Main Concepts

Three Key Parts to Designing Your Life

  1. Design (Vision)
  2. Habits
  3. Follow-Through and Adjustment

Part 1: Vision (Design)

  • Purpose: To have a clear game plan and vision for the future
  • Steps:
    • Sit down, relax, and envision the coolest things that could happen in the next five years
    • Write down and regularly update this vision in a journal
  • Tools:
    • Yearly Envisioning Process: Start each year by listing the coolest possible outcomes for that year
    • Daily Reviews: Keep the yearly vision document on the desk, review it twice daily
    • Journal Entries: Capture ideas and updates in a pocket journal and weekly strategy journal page
    • Digital Notebook (Evernote): Maintain a “Five Years from Today” document

Part 2: Habits

  • Purpose: Daily actions needed to achieve the envisioned life
  • Philosophy: Break down goals into daily habits
  • Examples:
    • Fitness: Focus on cooking daily and short gym sessions
    • Writing: Write a fixed number of words daily
    • Relationships: Attend a specific number of social events weekly
  • Tracking Methods:
    • Yearly visioning document and digital records
    • Weekly scorecards to track habit adherence

Part 3: Follow-Through and Pivoting

  • Purpose: Ensuring consistent execution and adapting when necessary
  • Methods:
    • Daily Journal Page: Track daily actions and areas for improvement
    • Weekly Mastermind Call: Discuss progress and challenges with peers (use Uber Conference)
    • Intuitive Tracking: Capture and explore intuitive insights in a pocket journal

Tools for Follow-Through

  • Nightly reviews and tracking
  • Mastermind calls for accountability and discussion
  • Strategy journal pages for weekly assessment
  • Daily habit tracking
  • Pocket journal for intuitive insights

Reflection and Continuous Improvement

  • Reflection: Regularly assess if you're on track with your vision
  • Continuous Improvement: Adjust habits and goals based on reflection and intuitive insights

Conclusion

Key Takeaways

  • Conscious Scripting: Proactively designing and scripting your life leads to achievement and fulfillment
  • Integration of Vision, Habits, and Follow-Through: Essential for creating the life you want

Call to Action

  • Engage: Think about what would be the first thing you would script if you designed your life
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