What are the three most important opportunities facing you in your business/career/life right now where you need to PTO?
What turns you on?
What are you ‘passionate’ (overused, I know) about?
What are your strengths?
OPPORTUNITIES
Here are some examples listed by previous members:
– to buy some land
– to get a better job
– to help the sick and the poor
– to learn acting
– to start playing the piano again
– to grow their business; to go back to school
– to raise their income
– to give up smoking
– to improve their golf.
DFQ #18:
PEEL AN OPPORTUNITY ORANGE!
Choosing one of the three opportunity areas you thought of above give yourself an orange to peel. Complete (with who, when and where) the following sentence:Regarding my (#1 opportunity) I will PTO ….
Regarding my opportunity to increase my income, I will PTO by recording two mp3s of creativity exercises by 9/15/10 and post them to my site with a sales letter and let 100 people know
Regarding my (#1 opportunity) I will PTO …. with myself, one day at a time over the next six months or so, in my personal life…!
Regarding my #1 opportunity I would like to re-organise my future employment agreement for 2011. I will PTO to organise my strategies before I enter the negotiations and I will do them this week. I will organise an appointment for the next two weeks.
Regarding my #1 opportunity I would like to improve my skills in playing the piano accordion and I will PTO today by setting aside at least half an hour every evening to practise the tunes I know in my room and attempt to learn a new tune every fortnight. I plan to work on this with my sister who is a very good musician and with other musicians that I know who can introduce me to new tunes and give me tips to help me when I am learning.
Regarding my life opportunity, I will PTO with my son and try to improve my interaction with him, and inteact more frequently. He seems to live in his room and I would like him to come out more. If he doesn’t come out, I will go in. This will start today!
Regarding my opportunity to create an online introductory course, I will prepare 21 daily lessons, encourage and support my technical support people to devise a template, create an attractive graphic layout, and begin prepare a program announcement.
I will PTO of opportunity by enlisting the aid of the electronic herald aka www. I will disseminate all the pearls gleaned from the various schools I have tapped into. I will share my enthusiasm for learning and in particular, developing the ability and desire to tibi cogitate.
Regarding my (#1 opportunity) to increase the amount of exercise I do I will:
Who: exercise with myself and on Fridays with my girlfriend
When: as soon as the alarm goes off, I will get up no more snooze button
Where: around the streets or if raining on the treadmill (no excuse)
To raise my fitness levels and improve my eating habits to include lovely homecooked meals. (Give up the snacks and doughnuts1)
To improve my skills in communication with students. I will aim to ensure the people I deal with are given an opportunity to express their views, take ownership of their views and when resolving conflict, enabling them to see the importance of taking ownership of their decisions or actions, and assist them to make to make informed decisions so they may confidently satisfy their goals (amongst other things). Whew!