The six questions between you and success Kathy Ennis

The 6 Questions Between You and Success

Kathy EnnisThe Small Business Brand Builder


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@kathyennis

for those who don’t know me

the 6 questions

1. who am I?

2. where am

I now?

3. how satisfied

am I?

4. what changes

do I want?

5. how do I

make change

happen?

6. what if my plan

doesn’t work out?

question 1: who am I?

4

time analysis record – actualPercentage of time Spent

Life Role 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70 – 100%

Child

Employee / Business Owner

Spouse or Partner

Parent

Consumer

Friend

Leisure-User

Student

Home Maker

question 2: where am I now?

I’m bored and in a rut

I know what I want but I don’t

know how to get it

I want to return to a job after bringing

up my children

I’d like to learn to accept what I’ve got, to feel more at peace

with myselfI don’t know what I want

I’m retiring soon and I don’t

know what to do

I want to be clearer about where I go from here in my

business or career

I find it difficult to choose among the

things that are important to

me

I want to find out what’s really

important to me I’d like to know what I am really

capable of achieving

I’m about to lose / just

lost my job

I’m quite satisfied with my job at the

moment, but I feel I may be missing out

on something

my skillsVery Competent Competent Want to use a

great dealSkills I would like to develop

Want to use sometimes

Want to use rarely or never

questions 3: how satisfied am I?what drives you?:• material rewards • power/influence• search for meaning• expertise• creativity• affiliation• autonomy• Security• status

my major satisfiersPeople Activities

In my business/ career

In my life

my major dissatisfiersPeople Activities

In my business / career

In my life

question 4: what changes do I want?

technique• describe yourself as you are now• describe yourself as you were 10

years ago• describe yourself as in 10 years

from now

Keep it in the first person

• which of the descriptions did you find most difficult?

• why?

question 5: how do I make change happen?•by having goals•by being strategic•by being SMART

specificmeasureableachievablerealistictimebound

question 6: what if it doesn’t work out?• get rid of bad feelings• have someone to talk to who

can offer you information, advice and guidance

• talk constructively to yourself• look after yourself under stress

what’s your biggest concern right now …


… can I help?


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