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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction Living on Purpose: 1
Yes, You Can Have the Exceptional Life You've Always Dreamed Of
ACTIVITY: Quality-of-Life Index 30
Phase I:
Figuring Out What You Want and Why You Want It
Milestone 1, The Burning Platform: 34
Week 1 Making a Case for Change
ACTIVITY: Cost of Inefficient Living (COIL) 37
Milestone 2, "I Always Wanted to Be . . .": 43
Week 2 Establishing Your Platinum Standard
ACTIVITY: The Big Dig 53
Phase II:
Creating Your Exceptional Living Plan
Milestone 3, What Matters Most: 62
Week 3 Getting Your Priorities Straight
ACTIVITY: Priority Pyramids 74
Milestone 4, Who Matters Most: 77
Week 4 Incorporating Others into Your Plan
ACTIVITY: Circles of Customers 80
Milestone 5, To the Horizon and Beyond!: 85
Week 5 Setting Goals and Uber-Goals
ACTIVITY: Idea Juicing 93
Milestone 6, Now You've Got It: 95
Week 6 Putting It All Together
ACTIVITY: The Exceptional Living Plan 97
Phase III:
Turning Your Plan into Reality
Milestone 7, A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: 105
Weeks 7-8 Figuring Out What's Working
and What's Not
ACTIVITY: Picturization 108
Milestone 8, Firefighting: 113
Weeks 9-10 Leaving the Crisis Zone
ACTIVITY: The Five Why's 122
Milestone 9, The Art of Anticipation: 125
Week 11 Wowing Your Customers
ACTIVITY: Quick Pulse Check 128
Milestone 10, Free to Be: 131
Weeks 12-13 Empowering Yourself and Others
ACTIVITY: Outsourcing 139
Milestone 11, The A-Plus Player: 143
Weeks 14-15 Entering the Purpose Zone
ACTIVITY: Supercharge Me! 147
Phase IV:
Keeping Your Momentum Going
Milestone 12, The Only Constant in Life Is Change: 152
Week 16 Embracing the Spirit of
Continuous Improvement
ACTIVITY: This Is Your Life 155
Epilogue Would You Follow You?: 161
Being a Leader
Acknowledgments 163
