Turning your wheel into something you can actually do
Vision is where you're going. Your Wheel is where you are.
Goals are the bridge between them. Superhabits are how you walk across it.
You've done the wheel. Now we take one area — just one — and turn it into a goal, a prayer, and a habit small enough that you'll actually keep it.
You've done the wheel. Now we take one area — just one — and turn it into a goal, a prayer, and a habit small enough that you'll actually keep it.
One area at a time. You will want to fix three things. Don't. Everything we know about how people actually change says one is the number that works.
1Choose your area
Usually your lowest score — but not always. Sometimes the right one is the area that would lift the others.
2What do you want to STOP?
What result are you getting in this area that you don't want anymore? Be concrete — what actually happens?
3What do you want to START?
Not the absence of the problem — the presence of something better. What would you like to be true instead?
4Write it as a goal
Turn that new result into one sentence. Specific enough that you'd know if it happened.
I want
5How might God use this to form you?
Every good goal forms you somehow — in patience, in freedom, in generosity, in trust.
Your goal does not need to be religious to be holy. Fixing your sleep is holy. Getting your finances in order is holy. Learning to stop snapping at your kids at six o'clock is extremely holy. Ordinary goods are still goods.
6Why does this matter to you?
Three reasons. The "why" is what carries you after the "what" stops being interesting.
7Your Goal Statement Prayer
Now the goal stops being something you achieve and becomes something you ask for. This is the heart of the whole worksheet.
Goal Statement Prayer
Fill in your goal and your reasons above, and your prayer will appear here.
AMEN
8What steps will get you there?
Four is plenty. The first one needs a date — a step without a date is a wish.
9What will get in the way?
Naming the obstacle in advance is itself a superhabit — Preparedness. People who do this are far more likely to follow through.
10Your temperament strengths
Work with how God made you, not against it. Choose the one that sounds most like you — most people are a blend, so pick the dominant one.
Sanguine
Warm, enthusiastic, spontaneous, people-loving
- Enthusiasm that gets others moving
- Warmth with people, quickly
- Optimism when things look hard
- Ease at starting new things
- Expressiveness and humor
Growth edge: You start well. Your growth edge is usually finishing.
For your first action: Make the first action social — do it with someone, or tell someone you're doing it.
Choleric
Decisive, driven, goal-oriented, natural leader
- Decisiveness under pressure
- Drive toward a clear goal
- Courage to act first
- Persistence past obstacles
- Ability to lead others into it
Growth edge: You get things done. Your growth edge is usually gentleness — with others and yourself.
For your first action: Make the first action a measurable target with a deadline. Then guard against steamrolling.
Melancholic
Thoughtful, deep, loyal, ideal-driven
- Depth of reflection
- Loyalty that doesn't quit
- Attention to what others miss
- High standards and real ideals
- Genuine empathy for people who suffer
Growth edge: You go deep. Your growth edge is usually starting before it's perfect.
For your first action: Make the first action small enough that perfectionism can't block it. Lower the bar on purpose.
Phlegmatic
Calm, steady, patient, peacemaking
- Steadiness when others panic
- Patience over the long haul
- Diplomacy in conflict
- Dependability — you show up
- A calming effect on the room
Growth edge: You are steady. Your growth edge is usually initiative.
For your first action: Make the first action scheduled and external — an appointment, not an intention.
11Customize your first action
Take step 1 and reshape it so it fits your temperament. A goal pursued through your strengths is a goal you'll enjoy — and enjoyment predicts follow-through better than discipline does.
12Choose one superhabit
Goals run on willpower, and willpower runs out. Habits are what replace it — and the classical name for a good habit is a virtue.
Choose a small one. Dr. Andrew Abela, who developed the Superhabits framework from St. Thomas Aquinas, specifically advises against attacking a big virtue head-on. "I will be more self-disciplined" is not a plan. "I will lay out tomorrow's clothes each night" is.
Choose your area in Step 1 and the superhabits for that area will appear here.
Bring this to your next session. We'll check how the first week went, adjust what didn't fit,
and decide whether to stay with this area or move to the next one.
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