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Measure

Measure

We are constantly measuring the difference between our goal and reality. The goal of our action is to make this gap smaller.

If the gap is not getting smaller from our action, we are doing the wrong things. We are not following our plan or our plan was made without understanding the true journey required.

When our present reality matches our desired destination, we have achieved our goal.

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Integrating Down to Truth

Integrating Down to Truth

For many years I sought a fundamental process of bringing thoughts into reality in the most efficient manner possible. A system of consciously creating one’s inner world in the outer world.

I researched as many productivity practices as I could, from getting things done, po...

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Now

Now

Where you are RIGHT NOW, in this moment, living your life the way you have always lived it.

There is a good chance that you are stuck in the day to day routine of life, unsure of how to break free and have an adventure.

If you want more from life, then there comes a p...

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Act

Act

A dream is a goal without a plan. With a plan, even the seemingly impossible is brought into the realm of possibility through consistent focused action.

Action is about making real the desired goal, the plan is a blueprint on how to do this. In reality, the plan begins to b...

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Explore

Explore

All journeys start with exploration, expanding your awareness beyond your current realm of understanding.

It is here that you find new ideas, new goals, new aspirations.

Anything novel and new entering your awareness through your many senses is a for...

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Decide

Decide

Now with a plethora of exciting new things before you, you feel overwhelmed by the possibility.

It’s time to decide on a few important objectives. Of the goals you have collected through your exploration, you will need to audit them for alignment to who you are.

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Reflect

Reflect

With the journey ended and celebration coming to a close, the next journey is opened by reflecting on the previous.

Reflection is a form of exploration into the past, it opens the door on doing things differently next time.

Using this completed journe...

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Observe

Observe

Now with a destination in mind, you are eager to get started and head off on your journey. But it is still too soon…

On any journey you need 2 points at all times. Your destination and your current position.

It is time to observe and be present to your current starting point. ...

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Plan

Plan

Google maps turns on, you have a destination and a starting point. You press “start journey”, an intricate and yet precise list of instructions appears on the screen telling you how to go from where you are to where you want to be.

Unfortunately you don’t have a magic app that can do this j...

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Celebrate

Celebrate

Appreciation, gratitude, reward, if you do not overtly receive something for the achievement of the goal, you must still take the time to celebrate.

Celebration is the act of showing love for one’s own integrity, for making real one’s own intentions, for acknowledging the a...

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Achieve

Achieve

We have brought into reality a thought.

It started as a whisper in the back of your mind, crystallised into a goal, made possible through planning, and made manifest through determined action.

You have arrived, for better or worse at the destination you desire...

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