Do you have the habit of reviewing/checking/critiquing/measuring?

If you do not review or measure your progress, you will never get anything done. Even if you manage to get things done, you may end up doing things that may not get you too far.

I have been doing some serious thinking these days to add some formal review/critiquing mechanism to my personal life too; Even though, I am more right brained than left brained, a metrics/review/critique driven life can definitely help me.

What are the areas in life that you should measure or review?
Let me draw up a list here, at random:

1. Savings in the bank


2. Weight


3. Pursuit to specific goals


4. Meditation-your spiritual life


5. Time you spend with your spouse


6. Time you spend with your daughter/son


7. Vacation


8. Your health-Blood pressure, HDL, LDL, Total cholesterol---


9. Your diet


10. Your community work


11. The number of quality books you have read


12. Your expenses


13. Your debt


14. Your earnings


15. Your resume


16. Your business numbers


17. Your hobbies


18. Time you fritter away


19. Your bad habits


20. Your good habits


21. Wholesome movies you have watched


22. Your friends


23. Your extended family


24. Your possessions


25. Your property


26. Your cars


27. Your laptop


28. Your cell phone


29. Your PDA


30. Your camera


31. Your video camera


32. Your jewellery


33. Your skill sets


34. Your knowledge


35. Work life balance

The list above is not exhaustive. As I was typing the above list I suddenly realized that I have not used my video camera for more than a year. I do not know what is the state of its batteries.

A regular review can give you real insights about yourself and your life. Once you identify areas you need to take action, you can begin to act and live a more fulfilled life.

What do you think? Do you systematically review/critique important areas of your life?

Try it out! It can make a huge difference.

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What are the 30 things that make you an "also ran"?

There are so many factors that limit you to mediocrity and makes you an "also ran".

Check out whether any or all of these are playing a havoc in your life:

1. Blind role modelling
2. Unexamined influence of people
3. Labels you or others have attached onto you
4. Negative programming you have undergone
5. Lack of vision
6. Lack of mission
7. Lack of well thought out goals
8. Unexamined values
9. Complacency
10. Quickly satisfied with what you have currently achieved
11. Laziness and other habits
12. Not knowing your strengths
13. Environment
14. Negative cultural influence of:-(1) family, (2) Team, (3) Organization, (4) Country, (5) Current era in which you are born to (6) friends
15. Your self-talk
16. Narrow interests
17. Narrow focus on your job
18. Inadequate support
19. Wrong job
20. Poor risk taking
21. Inadequate seeking of adventure
22. Negative influence of books
23. Negative influence of TV
24. Negative influence of movies
25. Negative influence of Internet
26. The place your are currently living in
27. Unexamined negative experiences from your past
28. Your lack of education
29. Not spending time alone to introspect
30. Not learning from your mistakes

Use the above checklist and break free.

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