Life Mapping-- The Secret To Success
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Life Mapping: The Secret to Success
Introduction
Success is more than just economic gains, titles, and degrees. Planning for success involves mapping out all aspects of your life. Just like a map, you need to define key elements: origin, destination, vehicle, backpack, landmarks, and route.
Origin: Who You Are
Every map has a starting point. Your origin is who you are right now. Often, when people introduce themselves, they might say, "Hi, I'm Jean and I am a 17-year-old high school senior." This only tells you about their current role.
To truly understand yourself, reflect on your beliefs, values, and principles beyond your economic, professional, cultural, and civil status. Consider your experiences to gain insights into your traits, skills, strengths, and weaknesses. For example, Jean realized she was highly motivated, generous, and service-oriented, but also impatient. She believed in living a purposeful life and found war to be destructive to human dignity.
Destination: Your Vision
"Who do you want to be?" This question defines your vision. Knowing yourself helps clarify who you want to become, including any changes in attitudes, habits, or viewpoints. Your destination should encompass the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual aspects of life. After defining her beliefs and values, Jean decided she wanted a life dedicated to serving others.
Vehicle: Your Mission
Your vehicle is the means to reach your destination?"your mission or vocation in life. It largely depends on your self-awareness. Based on her self-assessment, Jean decided that becoming a doctor aligned with her life mission. She envisioned a life devoted to serving others as a doctor in conflict areas.
Travel Bag: Knowledge, Skills, and Attitude
Just as you pack essentials for a journey, you carry certain knowledge, skills, and attitudes on your life path. These determine your competence and aid in achieving your vision. Assess your current knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and identify what you need to acquire. This two-fold assessment helps identify your landmarks or measures of success. Jean realized she needed to gain medical knowledge and skills and wanted to work on her impatience with people.
Landmarks and Route: S.M.A.R.T. Objectives
Landmarks confirm you're on the right track, while the route determines travel time. In planning your life, identify your landmarks as measures of success, ensuring they are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound (S.M.A.R.T.). For instance, it's unreasonable to aim for both a master’s and doctorate within three years. Jean set her landmarks as earning a bachelor's degree in biology by 21, completing medical school by 27, specializing in infectious diseases by 30, working in local hospitals by 32, and serving in war-torn areas by 35.
Anticipate Turns, Detours, and Potholes
A life map minimizes impulsive decisions that can lead you astray. However, plans may need adjustment due to unforeseen circumstances. Like any path, anticipate turns, detours, and obstacles, and be prepared to adapt.
Conclusion
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