You are lucky enough to be living in an age where opportunity and choice are everywhere. Making a choice and creating an opportunity means change but it means change that you are choosing and are therefore more in control. It is not something that ‘happens’ to you but something you are taking on for yourself.

There is a planning process that you can use time and time again to think through what you want to do and how practical and detailed your plans are to do this.

Strengths
Having a clear focus
In the real world
Now think of lots of ways
Ending with action

Working in pairs, use the questions on page 75 to talk each other through a change you each would like to make in your life. If the change is private and you would rather do it on your own then choose something less personal just to get a feel for the process.

Have a look at the list of questions that you can ask yourself every time you want to think about a change. It will take you a little time to do the thinking but it will be time well spent. By the time you have answered all the early questions, you should know whether you are on the right lines and your willingness will be 100% as you will have thought it through and made it easy for yourself. If it isn’t 100%, change your goal and go through the process again.