Tap into your DESIRE. Identify the WHY behind the WANT!



Tune into the WHY’s of your to-do’s and your desires! It can make taking action a much more rewarding experience!

Whether we consciously know it or not, our behavior is driven by needs and values. Some of these are innate, like the need for food, water, shelter, air. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is good snapshot of needs that drive humans, and it is easy to see how most people need to achieve good results progressively in these stages. For instance, someone who is living on the street looking for food and shelter, may not be so concerned about finding the perfect career or creative outlet. This is a good example of how important a strong foundation can create personal peak potential!

Values are learned, sometimes unconsciously inherited from your social environment. One person might value loyalty because they come from a big family who offered consistent support and they cannot imagine living without it. Another person might value loyalty because they have not enjoyed the support from loyal relationships and they have an intense desire to experience it.

Now that you have looked at your life in chunks of areas that you can manage [Areas of Life Management], identified where you are and where you want to be [Life Wheel], and have identified things already in your life that you are happy and excited about, proud of and looking forward to [Shifting Focus Worksheet] – it is a good time to slow it down and see WHY you want these things before you rush in to get it all done!

This is also a good time to let you know an important fact, “You will never get it all done!” but you cannot do “it” wrong as long as you are taking steps in the right direction, and focus on feeling good. I have adopted this concept from Abraham and Ester Hicks. If you feel so inclined, Google “Abraham Hicks 5 Steps of Allowing” – It just might resonate with you too.

So this week’s exercises includes one of two assessments on needs and values. Look at these as an objective exploration of what drives you. This is not to compare yourself to others and no one will be judging you on your answers. Being honest in your answers will give insight as to what may be consciously and unconsciously driving your thoughts and behaviors. If you are completely truthful, the results might clarify why some of the things that make up 100% in your Areas of Life Management mean so much to you.

Knowing WHY you want something, tuning into your desires, can bring a new awareness to taking action. For example, my 100% in Physical Health and Well-Being includes dancing at my 111th Birthday Bash. Watching loved ones not take care of their health and die sooner than they wanted to, inspires me to get fit now so I can successfully dance into my later years – which makes going to the gym today something I want to do rather than a chore.

So go right to the next post and take the Life Values Inventory Assessment, and you will be on your way to becoming more aware of what drives you!