Before Lifebook my life was ... great actually! I scored an Excellent 107 on the first intra-spect assessment.
Sure, I had some categories far lower than others, but I was pretty happy with my life as a whole.
I have always enjoyed the adventure in the pursuit of happiness, like climbing Kilimanjaro, volunteer work in Costa Rica or packing up my life in the UK and moving to Dubai. I have had a successful career - not astounding - but good enough to afford me a luxury quality of life where I have stayed in some of the most glorious 5* hotels and resorts on the planet, travelled on private planes and boats, taken helicopter rides over incredible places like the Grand Canyon and Victoria Falls.
I have maintained a very good level of fitness throughout my life, and my financial investments on the whole, have fared pretty well over the years. I have people in my life all over the world whom I'm proud to call my friends. The one area where I struggled after a divorce was love, and I finally met the man of my dreams, Jeff, in 2014 and we have been attached at the hip ever since.
So why did I need Lifebook?
Well, despite all this, something was still missing. I felt the promise of deep diving 12 (later 13) categories in every single area of my life was bound to uncover what that was - no stone unturned. I'm familiar with the Coaching Wheel through my work as a coach, but have only ever used it as a snapshot of where my life was at any given time. It was always a bit of a 'finger in the air' guess, rather than the far more accurate output of the intra-spect assessment, which delves a LOT deeper into each category - the why's and how's. That assessment set the stage for what has become what I'm calling the "elegant geometry" of the Lifebook process.
The systematic, enforced look behind my own wizard's curtain in each area, to determine if I'm truly living my life to the full, or if, in reality, I'm just bumbling along, making it up as I go.
Some great choices along the way have afforded me the amazing life I now enjoy, but frankly, this has happened rather by accident than design. So, if I can achieve this much without Lifebook, how far can I possibly go with this new approach to life? I completed the Hoffman Process back in 2012 which covers four categories: intellect, body, spiritual and emotional. I'd never looked at my life like that before and as a psychotherapy program, it is brilliant. It is touted for being the equivalent of three years of psychotherapy in just six days.
If I now extrapolate out to 12 categories, then Lifebook is like NINE years of self-development in six weeks! Wow!
My top 3 takeaways from Lifebook are:
1. Many courses fixate on finding your "Life Purpose". The term has never resonated with me. I could never visualise it and that has been a constant source of frustration which has kept me stuck in paralysis mode. Lifebook, however, is full of practical applications. Now I can use the "shooting the bullet" theory to take those first baby steps into focused action and see where it leads.
2. My feelings of gratitude have just been amplified exponentially! I get that warm, fuzzy feeling now on all 13 levels, whenever I choose, which is incredibly heart-warming and life-affirming.
3. Lifebook is the framework I've been seeking all my life. It's not just another course - it is all about living with intention. I have already increased my instra-spect score to an Extraordinary 129.
Now I'm ready for a whole new level of dream-smashing and Lifebook has turbo-charged my determination and will to get me there faster and more holistically than any other single program, course or retreat out there.
My life mantra is "Don’t dream your life, live your dreams". Lifebook has shown me that my very best life is right there just waiting for me to claim it.
Sure, I had some categories far lower than others, but I was pretty happy with my life as a whole.
I have always enjoyed the adventure in the pursuit of happiness, like climbing Kilimanjaro, volunteer work in Costa Rica or packing up my life in the UK and moving to Dubai. I have had a successful career - not astounding - but good enough to afford me a luxury quality of life where I have stayed in some of the most glorious 5* hotels and resorts on the planet, travelled on private planes and boats, taken helicopter rides over incredible places like the Grand Canyon and Victoria Falls.
I have maintained a very good level of fitness throughout my life, and my financial investments on the whole, have fared pretty well over the years. I have people in my life all over the world whom I'm proud to call my friends. The one area where I struggled after a divorce was love, and I finally met the man of my dreams, Jeff, in 2014 and we have been attached at the hip ever since.
So why did I need Lifebook?
Well, despite all this, something was still missing. I felt the promise of deep diving 12 (later 13) categories in every single area of my life was bound to uncover what that was - no stone unturned. I'm familiar with the Coaching Wheel through my work as a coach, but have only ever used it as a snapshot of where my life was at any given time. It was always a bit of a 'finger in the air' guess, rather than the far more accurate output of the intra-spect assessment, which delves a LOT deeper into each category - the why's and how's. That assessment set the stage for what has become what I'm calling the "elegant geometry" of the Lifebook process.
The systematic, enforced look behind my own wizard's curtain in each area, to determine if I'm truly living my life to the full, or if, in reality, I'm just bumbling along, making it up as I go.
Some great choices along the way have afforded me the amazing life I now enjoy, but frankly, this has happened rather by accident than design. So, if I can achieve this much without Lifebook, how far can I possibly go with this new approach to life? I completed the Hoffman Process back in 2012 which covers four categories: intellect, body, spiritual and emotional. I'd never looked at my life like that before and as a psychotherapy program, it is brilliant. It is touted for being the equivalent of three years of psychotherapy in just six days.
If I now extrapolate out to 12 categories, then Lifebook is like NINE years of self-development in six weeks! Wow!
My top 3 takeaways from Lifebook are:
1. Many courses fixate on finding your "Life Purpose". The term has never resonated with me. I could never visualise it and that has been a constant source of frustration which has kept me stuck in paralysis mode. Lifebook, however, is full of practical applications. Now I can use the "shooting the bullet" theory to take those first baby steps into focused action and see where it leads.
2. My feelings of gratitude have just been amplified exponentially! I get that warm, fuzzy feeling now on all 13 levels, whenever I choose, which is incredibly heart-warming and life-affirming.
3. Lifebook is the framework I've been seeking all my life. It's not just another course - it is all about living with intention. I have already increased my instra-spect score to an Extraordinary 129.
Now I'm ready for a whole new level of dream-smashing and Lifebook has turbo-charged my determination and will to get me there faster and more holistically than any other single program, course or retreat out there.
My life mantra is "Don’t dream your life, live your dreams". Lifebook has shown me that my very best life is right there just waiting for me to claim it.