Wheel of Life

Its not unusual for people with promising and highly rewarding careers to feel dissatisfied 'hollow' or out of sorts, but can't put their finger on what it is that's bothering them or missing from their life.

One way to discover how balanced your life is, is for you to spend a few minutes working with the Wheel of Life. Very simply, the more balanced your life is, the more round the wheel is; and the larger the wheel that you draw, the more fulfilling it is. Where your wheel is closest to the centre shows you which area would benefit from some positive attention and this is exactly where coaching can often help. What to do

Firstly decide what areas are in your life that are important to you and write them on the outside of the wheel, each by one of the spokes. Then ( Rate each section from 1-10, 10 indicating complete satisfaction, 0 indicating total dissatisfaction. Record each score on the chart, and then connect each score to the next to see how round and balanced your wheel is.

It is important to note that each life aspect needs to be assessed as an average summary over time. For example, assessing ‘fun & recreation' as a snap-shot during a time-frame when you are at work may give it a falsely low score. So, rate each one as an average over a two to four week time period.

Another point to note is that you may want to replace the key words. It could be that ‘contentment' does not mean much to you and you would find it more meaningful to rate your overall ‘well-being', or you may want to change ‘energy' to ‘motivation' or ‘enthusiasm'. If you have become aware of your life values (what you hold to be of the greatest importance in life), you could replace the key words with each of your values and rate how well you are honouring them.

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