Book description
Meet the challenges of life and master your future
Do you ever feel like you're just floating through life with a lack of direction? Or get that nagging feeling that things could be better? Then it's time you thought about your life plan.
Our lives can be thought of as stories - as narratives and adventures - and nearly all classic stories share certain universal characteristics. Our lives should be seen as a hero's journey, a quest filled with challenges, turbulence and adventure.
By appreciating this pattern, and understanding where you are on your own personal journey, you'll get the perspective needed to write your own life story and set yourself on the right path.
Be the hero of your own life
In Your Life Plan, Erica Sosna shows you how to choose and live a life that is truly meaningful, exciting and adventurous. Having a life project - a dream or goal that feels like a real challenge, can give you focus, energy and purpose.
This book offers practical solutions and guidance for dealing with difficult personal challenges and becoming the victorious hero who achieves happiness and fulfilment.
Go. Stand for something. Take up the charge and move into a purposeful and positive future.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1: The Hero's Journey
- 2: What Kind of Hero Are You Anyway?
- Your Hero Self
- Part One: The Call
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Part Two: The Commitment
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5: Letting Go of the Certain
- Out With the Old, In With the New
- First, Learn to See
- Inside and Out
- “Uncertainty Now Certain”
- A Question of Timing
- The Guardian of the Threshold
- Dragon Number 1: The Fear of Failure
- Meeting Your Inner Critic
- Dragon Number 2: Fear of Upsetting Others
- OK, now you are scaring me
- Dragon Number 3: Fear of the Unknown
- What Else Could Be True?
- Learning to Have Faith in Life
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6: Stepping into the New
- Attitude Makes the Difference
- Start Before You Are Ready
- Break the Rules
- Be a Beginner
- Stop Believing in Safety
- Eliminate Failure as an Option
- The Courage to Begin
- Do Something Different
- When Commitment Is Forced Upon You
- Taking Your Vow
- Close to the Edge
- Just Do It
- The Jumping-Off Point
- Quests Activate Superpowers
- Your Commitment
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5: Letting Go of the Certain
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Part Three: The Quest
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7: Questing in Action
- What Does Success Look Like?
- Measure What Matters
- How Do I Know When I Am Done?
- Clarity of Purpose
- Meeting Your First Milestone
- What Is a Milestone?
- Love Your List
- It Takes As Long As It Takes
- Making Your Own Project Plan
- Follow the Yellow Brick Road
- Start With the End in Mind
- Risk Management
- What Is Your Immediate Next Step?
- Celebrating Success
- Mind the Gaps
- 8: Building Your Dream Team
- 9: The External Battle
- 10: The Internal Battle
- Your Quest
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7: Questing in Action
- Part Four: The Return
- Further Reading and References
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
Product information
- Title: Your Life Plan: How to set yourself on the right path and take charge of your life
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2014
- Publisher(s): Capstone
- ISBN: 9780857084866
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