Figure Out Your Life
Lingua: inglese
Editore: Balboa Press, 2017
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Codice articolo L0-9781504351874
- Titolo
- Figure Out Your Life
- Autore
- Miller, Blimish
- Editore
- Balboa Press
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 2017
- Condizione
- New
- Rilegatura
- PAP
- Lingua
- inglese
- ISBN 10
- 1504351878
- ISBN 13
- 9781504351874
- Peso dell'articolo
- 639 grammi
This is not just a workbook you look through and toss to the side. This is your workbook and journal, created to help you figure out your life—because trying to figure out life is hard work, and doing the actual work is even harder. And for that reason, your workbook and journal is filled with:
✔ Thought provoking questions
✔ Daily meditations
✔ Positive declarations
✔ Relatable personal stories
✔ Inspirational mantras
✔ And plenty of note pages
This workbook was created to help if you are….
✔ graduating from high school or college
✔ pursuing career advancements
✔ unhappy with the direction of your life
✔ searching for your passion
✔ reinventing yourself
✔ needing help bringing your goals to fruition
✔ or simply trying to figure out your life
Are you ready to figure out your life and write your own story?
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Figure Out Your Life and Write Your Own Story
Workbook and Journal
By Blimish MillerBalboa Press
All rights reserved.
Contents
An Important Message from the Author, vii,
PHASE 1 – It's All About You, 1,
Discover the Real You, 2,
Love and Respect Yourself Unconditionally, 43,
Protect Your Reputation, 78,
PHASE 2 – Visualize Your Possibilities, 99,
Visualize Your Life Beyond Today, 100,
Tap into Your Aspirations., 145,
PHASE 3 – Explore Your Infinite Possibilities, 161,
Find Your Passion, 162,
Figure Out Your Life, 187,
It's Never Too Late to Do What You Truly Want to Do, 252,
PHASE 4 – How to Accomplish the Unimaginable, 311,
Create Your Game Plan for Success, 312,
How to Overcome Obstacles, 357,
PHASE 5 – Life Is Filled with Lessons, 387,
Have you learned your lesson?, 388,
A final word from Blimish, 403,
CHAPTER 1
Phase 1
It's All About You
Discover the Real You
Being honest with yourself and figuring out who you are will allow you to build and strengthen your foundation. Once your foundation is built, you can move forward with clarity about who you want to be and what you want to do.
On your journey you will discover the following:
* Your truth
* What you stand for
* Who you aspire to be
* Your aspirations
* What you're passionate about
* What you want to do with your life
* Where you want to be in the next three years
* How you want to be perceived
* The type of career you want to pursue
* How to identify your ultimate goals
* How to bring your goals to fruition
* How to create your game plan for success
* How to overcome obstacles
* How to recognize your learned lessons
Blimish's truth
You are not alone. When I graduated from high school, I was clueless. I didn't know who I was, what I wanted to do with my life, or who I wanted to be when I grew up. What I did know was that I did not want to go to college, since I had barely finished high school. Instead of taking the time to figure out who I was as a person, at the tender age of eighteen, I naively inserted myself into a hard-core, fast-paced, aggressive world that I wasn't ready for.
Are you ready to face your truth?
Let's start with a question:
Who are you?
The question "who am I?" should be embedded in your subconscious mind, whether you are
• just graduating from high school
• registering for college
• entering the workforce
• joining the armed forces
• becoming an entrepreneur
• pursuing career advancement
• unhappy with the direction of your life
• searching for your passion
• reinventing yourself
• simply trying to figure out your life
Now ask yourself, "Who am I really?"
Identifying the adjectives that best describe your character will help you recognize which trait or traits you want to enhance or eliminate.
I'm in the process of discovering who I am.
* Find a quiet room, and sit in front of a mirror.
* Take a deep breath, and slowly exhale.
* Be totally honest as you ask yourself the following question:
Who am I right now, at this very moment?
Write down the adjectives you would use to describe who you are as a person.
Something for you to think about
If you aren't honest with yourself — the one person who matters the most — how can you possibly be honest with anyone else?
I'm in the process of discovering who I am.
* Find a quiet room, and sit in front of a mirror.
* Take a deep breath, and slowly exhale.
* Be totally honest as you ask yourself the following question:
What challenges am I currently facing?
I'm in the process of discovering who I am.
* Find a quiet room, and sit in front of a mirror.
* Take a deep breath, and slowly exhale.
* Be totally honest as you ask yourself the following question:
What do I like most about myself?
I'm in the process of discovering who I am.
* Find a quiet room, and sit in front of a mirror.
* Take a deep breath, and slowly exhale.
* Be totally honest as you ask yourself the following question:
What do I like least about myself?
Something for you to think about
When you invest in yourself, you start believing in your potential, you take pride in who you are, your self-esteem becomes untouchable, your ego is in check, and you refuse to settle for less.
I'm in the process of discovering who I am.
* Find a quiet room, and sit in front of a mirror.
* Take a deep breath, and slowly exhale.
* Be totally honest as you ask yourself the following question:
What steps can I take to change what I dislike about myself?
Blimish's truth
It happens to the best of us. As a young adult, for no reason whatsoever, I would use foul language all the time. In hindsight, I had no reason for cursing other than thinking I was a grown-up, so I could do whatever I wanted to do.
I remember interviewing for a sales associate position at a local department store (a job I really needed, because rent was due in two weeks and I was unemployed), and my bad habit of cursing came out. Needless to say, I didn't get the job. I was so disappointed in myself. I made a promise to myself at that moment to stop using foul language by thinking before I spoke. This caused me to speak slower and more deliberately.
I'm in the process of discovering who I am.
* Find a quiet room, and sit in front of a mirror.
* Take a deep breath, and slowly exhale.
* Be totally honest as you ask yourself the following question:
How can I become a better person?
Words of wisdom
Making personal changes is something only you can do because you want to better yourself for yourself.
For you to change your bad behavior, you must first be open and honest with yourself and then do the following:
[check] Identify your bad behavior.
[check] Own it.
[check] Don't make any excuses for it.
[check] Make the change or changes slowly and steadily.
[check] Understand that change comes from the heart and requires consistent effort.
I'm in the process of discovering who I am.
* Find a quiet room, and sit in front of a mirror.
* Take a deep breath, and slowly exhale.
* Be totally honest as you ask yourself the following question:
What bad habits do I want or need to quit?
I'm in the process of discovering who I am.
* Find a quiet room, and sit in front of a mirror.
* Take a deep breath, and slowly exhale.
* Be totally honest as you ask yourself the following question:
What can I do today to stop my bad habits?
Something for you to think about
When you truly understand who you are, you become empowered with knowledge that can increase, improve, and intensify your self-worth.
Are you the person you want to be?
Now ask yourself, "Who do I aspire to be?"
Remember, you are what you answer to, so become the person you want to be.
I'm in the process of discovering who I am.
* Find a quiet room, and sit in front of a mirror.
* Take a deep breath, and slowly exhale.
* Be inspired as you answer this question.
What type of person do I want to be?
I'm in the process of discovering who I am.
* Stop and sit still for sixty seconds.
* Close your eyes, and visualize your future.
* Open your eyes, and without second-guessing yourself, finish this sentence:
One year from now I hope to be _______________________________.
My heart is filled with gratitude.
* Stop and sit still for sixty seconds.
* Close your eyes, and think about your life up to this point.
* Open your eyes, and make a list of everything you are grateful for.
I am grateful for ...
Say it! Me an it! Believe it!
This is my journey, and I am in the process of discovering how amazing I am.
Love and Respect Yourself Unconditionally
When you genuinely love and respect yourself wholeheartedly and unconditionally, you start to create your very own book, Let Me Show You How I Deserve to Be Treated, filled with what you like, what you dislike, what you want, and what you will not tolerate.
Are you in a kind, compassion ate, and respectful relationship with yourself?
I will honor and respect myself.
* Stop and sit still for sixty seconds.
* Inhale confidence and exhale self-doubt.
* Dig deep within, and answer this question:
What should I be doing right now to love and respect myself, mentally, physically, and spiritually?
Words of wisdom
If you do not love and respect yourself wholeheartedly, you can become reckless, thoughtless, and gullible to bullies while being sucked into peer pressure.
This is why it's extremely important for you to know who you are and for you to live by and embody your own moral code – that is, what you strongly believe in and stand for.
When it comes to your moral code,
[check] Know it.
[check] Believe in it.
[check] Stand by it.
[check] Keep it visible.
[check] Be able to clearly articulate what you will not do.
[check] Keep adding to your list of morals and values, so the older you get, the wiser you become.
I have my own identity.
* Stop and sit still for sixty seconds.
* Take a deep breath, and slowly exhale.
* Dig deep within when answering this question:
What do I believe in?
Identifying your beliefs will assist you with creating your own book, Let Me Show You How I Deserve to Be Treated.
I have my own identity.
* Stop and sit still for sixty seconds.
* Take a deep breath, and slowly exhale.
* Dig deep within when answering this question:
What do I stand for?
Identifying your beliefs will assist you with creating your own book, Let Me Show You How I Deserve to Be Treated.
Something for you to think about
It's important not only for you to know what you stand for but also for you to know what you unequivocally will not do, because it would compromise your morals or your values.
I have my own identity.
* Stop and sit still for sixty seconds.
* Take a deep breath, and slowly exhale.
* Think about the things that annoys you the most and then ask yourself.
What are my top ten pet peeves?
I will honor and respect myself.
* Stop and sit still for sixty seconds.
* Take a deep breath, and slowly exhale.
* Stay true to who you are when answering this question:
What will I not tolerate from people who are in my immediate circle (friends, boyfriend/girlfriend, coworkers, classmates, family members)?
I will honor and respect myself.
* Stop and sit still for sixty seconds.
* Take a deep breath, and exhale slowly.
* Think about having honest conversations, and ask yourself this:
What will I do when I need to have a truthful conversation with someone I disagree with (a friend, coworker, boss, teacher, or relative)?
Blimish's truth
Do not let this happen to you. At the beginning of my senior year in high school, I broke up with my boyfriend of two years. I felt lost, lonely, and vulnerable. The break-up had a negative impact on my self-esteem. After the break-up, I started hanging out with a group of girls who were, in hindsight, dysfunctional.
Although I knew right from wrong, the feeling of being lost was overwhelming, and whatever morals or values I had were overruled by my feelings of being betrayed and having my heart broken.
One day I skipped school with my new dysfunctional friends. We went to the local mall, and unbeknownst to me, two of the four girls I was hanging out with decided to shoplift some clothes.
As we were leaving the store, one of my so-called friends asked me to hold her backpack. I was so naive, I did. As soon I took the backpack, a security guard stopped us and started asking me what was in the backpack. He snatched the backpack away from me, and hundreds of dollars' worth of merchandise fell out. We were then escorted to the security office in back of the store. All I could do was cry and scream, "I did not steal that stuff."
My so-called friend did a good job convincing the guard that it was my bag. Twenty minutes later, the police arrived, and we were all handcuff ed. By that time, all of us were crying and terrified. Finally, one of the girls spoke up and admitted to shoplifting, saying I had no idea what they were doing.
Being handcuff ed and accused of shoplifting was the experience I needed to make me realize I knew better and I deserved better. I was released, and as I walked home, sobbing, I promised myself never to put myself in that position again by hanging-out with people I barely knew, by losing sight of who I was and what I stood for, and especially by allowing someone else to damage my self-esteem.
To this day, I believe getting sucked into peer pressure is like giving up your identity. So I refuse to allow another person to take away my options or to determine how my story will end.
Are you the friend you want or expect others to be?
I have my own identity.
* Stop and sit still for sixty seconds.
* Take a deep breath, and exhale slowly.
* Think about your friendships when answering this question:
How do I define friendship?
Something for you to think about
Once you've identified or reconnected with your morals and values, it's extremely important for you to represent yourself accordingly. Become the person you say you are, because you are teaching others how to treat you based on how you conduct yourself.
I will honor and respect myself.
* Stop and sit still for sixty seconds.
* Take a deep breath, and exhale slowly.
* Think about having honest conversations and ask yourself this:
What will I do when I need to have a truthful conversation with someone who is mistreating, disrespecting, or belittling me?
I will honor and respect myself.
* Stop and sit still for sixty seconds.
* Take a deep breath, and exhale slowly.
* Think about having honest conversations and ask yourself this:
How can I remain calm while getting my point across without raising my voice or using foul language?
I will honor and respect myself.
* Stop and sit still for sixty seconds.
* Inhale confidence, and slowly exhale self-doubt.
* Stay true to who you are, and answer this question:
When my self-esteem is low, what words of encouragement can I say to myself to boost my confidence?
Generate positivity.
I am open to giving and receiving magical memories.
Loving and respecting yourself also means being kind and compassionate to others.
Take the generate positivity challenge by making a conscious effort to do the following with sincerity.
[check] Look people in the eye, smile, and say hello.
[check] Give genuine compliments.
[check] Use your manners (please and thank-you).
[check] From time-to-time, do a random act of kindness.
[check] Speak words of encouragement to yourself and to others.
[check] Give people the benefit of the doubt.
[check] Be non-judgmental (get to know the person's story before judging).
[check] Be forgiving.
[check] Be compassionate.
[check] Be considerate.
[check] Do what's right.
[check] Think positive thoughts, and expect positive results.
[check] Walk into a room full of zest!
Say it! Mean it! Believe it!
I will always love and respect myself, no matter what.
Protect Your Reputation
In today's society, almost everyone is armed with a cell phone, which also serves as a camera and a video recorder. Everything is now being captured and posted on social media for all to see, comment on, and judge.
Someone is always watching, and you don't want to be caught on camera doing or saying something you will regret today, tomorrow, or ten years from now.
Blimish's truth
Do not let this happen to you. One of my dear friends was having a girls' night out with some of her so-called friends. They were all having cocktails, talking, laughing, and having a good time. One of the young women decided to video the event on her cell phone without telling the others or getting their consent.
Unbeknownst to my friend, she was recorded saying horrible things about the company she worked for, her boss, and her coworkers, while smoking what appeared to be marijuana.
She didn't know it was recorded until she saw it posted on social media. The posting was viewed by her coworkers, and her boss. Although she was embarrassed, apologetic, and remorseful, she was fired from her job of five years.
In an instant, her reputation was tainted. Two years later, she is still trying to rebuild her reputation.
I own my reputation.
* Stop and sit still for sixty seconds.
* Close your eyes, and visualize how you want to be perceived.
* Open your eyes, and answer this question:
What reputation do I want to build as I begin to flourish into the person I want to become?
Words of Wisdom
Protect your reputation in the same manner you would protect your money, your credit score, your heart, and your life.
Learning how to protect your reputation at an early phase in your life will reduce your fear of what might surface at the most inopportune time.
Just imagine one day you want to run for president of the United States or another political offi ce, or you apply for your dream job, or whatever is important to you and your family. Th en imagine human resources conducting a Google search and checking your online postings.
Do you know you can be Googled by the following people?
* Future employers
* Potential landlords
* Likely roommates
* Possible lovers
* Friends and definitely adversaries
(Continues...)
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Personal data may be collected from you during the selection process (for example via your application form and CV) and during your employment (including holiday forms, expense claims, performance reviews, any disciplinary or grievance processes), or from third parties, including referees, health service providers, background check providers.
USE:
Personal data of our people will be used for HR administration and management, both in respect of the selection of people to work for us (including suitability, eligibility and/or fitness to work), and those who do work for us, to include learning and development, disciplinary and security (of people, offices and data) requirements, providing and liaising with benefits providers, business management and planning (including accounting and auditing), paying you and dealing with tax and NI deductions, assessing and deciding on salary reviews and compensation, conducting performance reviews and managing performance, dealing with legal disputes involving you or others, preventing fraud, monitoring your use of our information and communications systems, ensuring compliance with our policies, and equal opportunities monitoring.
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
In performance of a contract with you; and/or
compliance with a legal obligation; and/or
vital interests of the data subject; and/or
where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
We may also use your personal data in the following situations, which are likely to be less common:
where we need to protect your interests (or someone else’s interests);
where it is needed in the public interest or for official purposes.
In respect of all disclosures of personal data, we will only share the personal information which is necessary for the particular purpose for which it is provided, or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so, and we will ensure that the personal data is appropriately protected.
In respect of special categories of personal data, we may process this in the following circumstances:
in limited circumstances with your explicit written consent; and/or
where we need to carry out our legal obligations and in line with our policies; and/or
where it is needed in the public interest (such as for equal opportunities monitoring or in relation to our occupational pension scheme), and in line with our policies; and/or
where it is needed to assess your working capacity on health grounds, subject to appropriate confidentiality safeguards.
Less commonly, we may process this type of information where it is needed in relation to legal claims or where it is needed to protect your (or someone else’s) interests and you are not capable of giving your consent, or where you have already made the information public. We may also process such information about our people (or former people) in the course of our legitimate business activities with the appropriate safeguards.
The special categories of personal data may be used in the following ways:
in relation to leaves of absence, to comply with employment and other laws;
in relation to your physical or mental health, or disability status, to ensure your health and safety in the workplace and to assess your fitness to work, to monitor, manage and administer benefits and absences;
in relation to your race, national or ethnic origin, religious, philosophical or moral beliefs, or your sexual life or sexual orientation, to ensure meaningful equal opportunity monitoring and reporting.
DISCLOSURE:
Personal data may be transferred to service providers who support the operation of our business (such as payroll service providers), to other third parties reasonably necessary in the conduct of our business (including insurers, professional advisors, regulators). These third parties may be acting as processor, or controller of personal data in their own right.
In respect of all disclosures of personal data, we will only share the personal information which is necessary for the particular purpose for which it is provided, or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so, and we will ensure that the personal data is appropriately protected.
RETENTION PERIOD:
We will keep personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements. We will normally keep personal data of applicants who we do not employ for six months after we receive it.
We will keep personal data of employees throughout your employment and normally for a minimum of six years after your employment ends.
Changes to your personal data
It is very important that the personal information that we hold about you is accurate and current. Please tell us if your personal information changes during your relationship with us.
Data Security
We have put in place measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those of our people and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and where they have agreed to treat the information confidentially and to keep it secure. We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and the ICO of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.
Where we store your personal data
We principally store data, both electronically and on file, at our office.
Personal data may be transferred outside of the EEA by processors acting on our behalf. For transfers to countries not considered adequate by the EC, we will ensure that personal data is adequately protected, as required by the GDPR. This would include by use of the Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the EC to protect personal data.
Your rights
Under certain circumstances, you have the right by law to request:
access to your personal data. This enables you to ask to receive a copy of the personal data that we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
correction of the personal data that we hold about you.
erasure of your personal data.
object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on our legitimate interest and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
restriction of processing of your personal data.
transfer of your personal data to another party.
Links from our website
Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third parties that we permit to make such links. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. We recommend that you check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on our website, so please ensure that you are viewing the correct version.
Please contact us if you have any questions, comments or requests regarding this Privacy Policy.
Last amended May 2021.