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Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 234 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Your Life Plan Blueprint - 4 Checkpoints

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 234 of our Trek, and we are continuing on our current Trek Your Life Plan Blueprint. Yesterday we discussed how the Wisdom-Trek plan is a powerful and unique concept and worthy of taking our trek slowly through the process. We also looked at some examples of how the blueprint is powerful, yet very easy to implement and achieve results. During the past four days, we hiked the trail of the 10 key principles of setting goals. Those goal setting principles are:

Ensure congruency with your life purpose.

Ensure your purpose represents your Wheel of Life.

Understand your motivations.

Identify your objective goal first and then define your activity goals.

Plan for B3 goals.

Be specific with your goals.

Make goals measurable.

Start with long-term, and then break it down into short-term.

Set your objective goals as end outcomes, not tasks.

Use positive framing.

Today we will explore the checkpoints of how to manage goals once we create them.

These 10 principles and today’s follow-up are part of the establish phase of what we refer to as our WESPER framework which stands for: Wisdom, Establish, Strategy, Planning, Execution, and Review.

I am incorporating all of this information, along with worksheets, into an easy to use workbook, and I will let you know when it is complete. If you have any questions, or would like additional information as we go through our daily trek, leave a comment on Wisdom-Trek.com or email me at [email protected]. If you miss any of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. The single digit temperatures continue in southern Ohio this week, and it is possible we may receive some significant snowfall this coming weekend. It is still a bit too early to tell, but we will be watching. Since we have no place that we have to be, and since we work from home, I am inclined to say, “Let it snow.” I am not sure everyone would agree with me.

Work is very brisk this week, which requires putting in a lot of hours to make sure we are able to accomplish everything necessary, particularly to meet the quickly approaching tax deadlines. For some reason, the tax entities don’t understand that we are just too busy.

Let’s head on the trail for day fifteen of our Wisdom-Trek Life Plan process which we refer to as…

Your Life Plan Blueprint©

After you have set your goals within the guidelines of the 10 principles, you are almost ready to move on to the third phase of the WESPER framework. However, before that, there are 4 steps, or checkpoints, about your goals you need to understand first.

1. Write them down.

Write down your final objective and activity goals in each of the 7 areas of life. Follow the example that we explored yesterday. Begin with the end in mind. Which is your overall objective goal in each of your 7 areas of life? Then move backward into your activity goals for 1 year, 1 month, 1 week and each day. These goals should be placed prominently where you can always refer to them. I will include worksheets you can use for this process in the course I am creating.

2. Develop absolute mental clarity of your goal.

As you pursue your goals, you need to develop such a clear mental impression of your goals that you are able to perceive them with all your 5 senses, as if you have already achieved the goals.

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 233 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Your Life Plan Blueprint - 10 Principles (8-10)

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 233 of our Trek, and we are continuing on our current Trek Your Life Plan Blueprint. Since the Wisdom-Trek plan is a powerful and unique concept, we are taking our Trek through the process slowly. When Your Life Plan Blueprint trail is followed, it will result in an effective life that has impact and allows you to live your legacy each day.  Even though the process is powerful and unique, it is more simplistic and easier to implement than traditional goal setting systems. Currently, we are hiking the trail of 10 key principles, or stepping stones, for setting goals. So far we have explored the first seven goal setting principles which were:

Ensure congruency with your life purpose.

Ensure your purpose represents your Wheel of Life.

Understand your motivations.

Identify your objective goal first and then define your activity goals.

Plan for B3 goals.

Be specific with your goals.

Make goals measurable.

Today we will explore the remaining three key principles all of which are very important for setting and achieving effective goals and creating of your life plan.

These 10 principles are part of the establish phase of what we refer to as our WESPER framework which stands for: Wisdom, Establish, Strategy, Planning, Execution, and Review. As we navigate through this process, I am assembling the daily journals of this series on Your Life Plan Blueprint, which I will release as a downloadable course/workbook for your use. I will let you know when it is complete.

If you have any questions, or would like additional information as we go through our daily trek, leave a comment on Wisdom-Trek.com or email me at [email protected]. Your Life Plan Blueprint Trek spans many days, and the concepts build on each other as we climb toward the summit. If you miss any of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. Winter has finally hit the Mid-Ohio Valley this week. The temperature this morning was 7° with a wind chill well below 0°.  We also received about an inch of snow. Our newly renovated upstairs office is remaining warm, as we have a vent right above the large floor furnace in the eating area below. The downstairs is a bit cool, especially with the front rooms empty due to our current renovations. The weather will remain cold for a couple of days before moderating again at the end of the week. I was able to start removing the old varnish from the woodwork in the library and will be working on that for several days. I always begin with the end results in mind. It keeps me focused on the tedious process.

Let’s head on the trail for day fourteen of our Wisdom-Trek Life Plan process which we refer to as…

Your Life Plan Blueprint©

Let’s begin with another question today. Based on our concept that we discussed yesterday setting B3 goals, which are big, brave, and bold, did you decide on your own B3 goals for the 7 sections of your Wheel of Life?

We should not be fearful of setting B3 goals for we have everything we need to pursue them successfully. We may not succeed in everything that we attempt, but we can always learn from everything that we attempt. The only way you truly fail is if you fail to try.  Fear not as Romans 8:15 tells us, "So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him,

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 232 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Your Life Plan Blueprint - 10 Principles (5-7)

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 232 of our Trek, and we are continuing on our current Trek Your Life Plan Blueprint.  Just like our trek through life, we are making slow but resolute progress learning how to integrate your life plan with effective goals and objectives. We are hiking the trail of 10 key principles or stepping stones for setting goals. So far we have explored the first four, goal setting principles which were:

Ensure congruency with your life purpose.

Ensure your purpose represents your Wheel of Life.

Understand your motivations.

Identify your objective goal first and then define your activity goals.

Today we will continue with the next three key principles which are very important for setting and achieving effective goals and creation of your life plan.

These 10 principles are part of the establish phase of what we refer to as our WESPER framework which stands for: Wisdom, Establish, Strategy, Planning, Execution, and Review. As we navigate through this process, I am assembling the daily journals of this series on Your Life Plan Blueprint, which I will release as a downloadable course/workbook for your use. I will let you know when it is complete.

If you have any questions or would like additional information as we go through our daily trek leave a comment on Wisdom-Trek.com or email me at [email protected]. Your Life Plan Blueprint trek spans many days, and the concepts build on each other as we climb toward the summit. If you miss any of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at The Big House in Marietta. Sunday I had the privilege of speaking at the morning service at Putnam Congregational Church. I spoke on how Life is Like Brewing Coffee. There are certain steps that need to be taken to brew a great cup of coffee. In the same manner, there are certain steps that we need to take in our lives to create a great life. If you would like to hear this information, listen to Day 104 of our Wisdom-Trek.

This week will be busy with client work and meetings. Also, we need to process tax information for several of our clients within the next couple of weeks. Hopefully, I will also be able to get started on the woodwork and floors within the Big House. One thing for sure is that we will make it a great week.

Let’s head on the trail for day thirteen of our Wisdom-Trek Life Plan process which we refer to as:

Your Life Plan Blueprint©

Let’s begin with another question today. Based on yesterday’s hike, are you clear on the difference between objective goals and activity goals?  If not, please listen to Day 231 or read the daily journal to gain the full concept.  As a quick recap, an example of an objective goal is a long-range 7-year goal which gives you a destination or target in each of the 7 areas of your life. This is the basis for your life plan. Activity goals are the steps or task that we need to perform today, this week, this month, and this year to reach your 7-year objective goal.

A couple of objective goals that we should all pursue are:

1 Corinthians 14:1 - Let love be your highest goal.

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.

With this in mind, let’s move on to the next three key principles that are crucial in establishing your goals.

5.

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 231 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Your Life Plan Blueprint - 10 Principles (3&4)

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 231 of our Trek, and we are continuing on our current Trek Your Life Plan Blueprint. Just like our trek through life, we are making slow but determined progress on the concept of your life plan and how goals/objectives are integrated into your overall concept. Yesterday we started down the trail of 10 key principles or stepping stones for setting goals. We were able to explore the first two goal setting principles, which were:

Ensure congruency with your life purpose.

Ensure your purpose represents your wheel of life.

Today we will continue with additional key principles that are very important for setting and achieving effective goals and creation of your life plan. These 10 principles are part of the establish phase of what we refer to as our WESPER framework, which stands for: Wisdom, Establish, Strategy, Planning, Execution, and Review. I am assembling the daily journals of this series on Your Life Plan Blueprint into a downloadable course/workbook for your use. I will let you know when it is complete.

If you have any questions, or would like additional information as we go through our daily trek leave a comment on Wisdom-Trek.com or email me at [email protected]. Your Life Plan Blueprint trek spans many days, and the concepts build on each other as we climb towards the summit. If you miss any of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at The Big House in Marietta. Friday evening we drove up to Marietta and arrived around 10 pm. The renovation contractors are making good progress but still have the back stairway area to complete. There is drywall and plaster dust all over, but we will get that cleaned up this next week. The two front rooms and downstairs foyer/hallway are looking great and are ready for me to start refinishing the woodwork and floors. I also have some rewiring of the light fixtures that I need to complete before they are rehung. We are very pleased with the results.

Let’s head on the trail for day twelve of our Wisdom-Trek Life Plan process which we refer to as…

Your Life Plan Blueprint©

Let me start with a question today. Have you determined your purpose and overall goal for your life?  Have you written it down?  For an example, check back on Day 230 to review what I wrote for my life purpose and predominant goal. Remember that determining your purpose and overall goal of life is essential to create your life plan and establish your 7-year goals for each of the 7 areas of life.

Let’s move on to the next two key principles that are crucial in establishing your goals.

3. Understand your motivations.

Have you ever had an experience where you went full throttle at pursuing a goal only to find out that once you completed it that it did not bring the satisfaction expected or the cost to you personally was too great?

In today’s mad pursuit towards wealth and success and in the endless chase to validate one’s self-worth, we buy things we do not need with money we do not have to impress people who do not care.

There are some common symptoms which emerge when you set goals that do not align with your primary purpose and plan for your life. These goals will undermine your values. This will cause you to sabotage yourself in your goal pursuit. You will either lose interest during the goal achievement process and not complete it, or you will feel empty after the goal has been achieved.

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 230 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Your Life Plan Blueprint - 10 Principles (1&2)

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 230 of our Trek, and we are continuing on our current trek Your Life Plan Blueprint. Just like our trek through life, we are making slow but solid progress on the concept of a life plan and how goals/objectives are integrated into our overall concept. Today we are continuing our exploration of how to establish goals that are the stepping stones within our life plan. We are referring to this as our WESPER framework which stands for Wisdom, Establish, Strategy, Planning, Execution, and Review.  I am assembling this series on Your Life Plan Blueprint into a downloadable course for your use. I will let you know when it is complete.

If you have any questions or would like additional information as we go through our daily trek, leave a comment on Wisdom-Trek.com or email me at [email protected]. If you miss any of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

 

We are recording our podcast from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina. By the time this episode is initially released we should be back at The Big House and will be staying there for a little over two weeks. I will be speaking again at Putnam Church on Sunday and plan on teaching a lesson from day 104 of our Wisdom-Trek on Life is Life Brewing Coffee. There is nothing like a great cup of warm coffee on a cold winter day.  There is much to do with both our business and with the renovations while in Marietta. It is my hope that I will be able to make good progress on the woodwork and the floors in the two front rooms and downstairs foyer/hallway.

Let’s head on the trail for day eleven of our Wisdom-Trek Life Plan process which we refer to as…

Your Life Plan Blueprint©

On our trek yesterday, I encouraged you to write down one major objective or goal that you desire to complete by the end of 2022 (7 years from now) in each of the 7 areas of your life.

Those areas are:

Spiritual

Family

Physical/Health

Mind/Intellect

Personal/Social

Financial

Work/Career

I realize it may be difficult to predict that far in advance, but we need to initially think long term or begin with the end in mind. From there, we will backfill our yearly, monthly, weekly and daily goals or tasks that we must complete to reach our 7-year objective. Have you written down your objectives yet?

Within our life and life planning, we will be making a series of minor course corrections as we go along, which is understandable. Even knowing that, we still need to plan. Long-term planning is important. Proverbs 24:27 instructs us, "Do your planning and prepare your fields before building your house."  This means to plan for the long-term outcome. While the crops are growing, then you will have time to build your house.  It will not work in the opposite. Otherwise, you would have a shelter but no food.

As we embark on establishing a 7-year goal for each of the 7 areas of life, there are 10 fundamental principles that we need to set for these goals and objectives. These principles are what will guide you to set the right goals so that you can pursue them.

Setting Your Goals

1. Ensure congruency with your life purpose.

Your goals need to be defined in the context of your life purpose which becomes your plan. Everything in your life flows from your purpose. Your purpose stems from your values and is the guiding direction for everything in your life. It sets the stage for what you do every day.

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 229 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Your Life Plan Blueprint - 7 Areas of Life

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 229 of our Trek, and we are continuing on our current Trek Your Life Plan Blueprint. So far we have covered the purposes for a life plan, basic goal setting, and an overview of the WESPER framework. Yesterday we explored why wisdom is so important as we are creating or revising a life plan with its goals and objectives. Today we will begin to dig up nuggets of wisdom on establishing goals as part of our overall life plan. I am assembling this series on Your Life Plan Blueprint into a downloadable course for your use.  I will let you know when it is complete. If you have any questions or would like additional information as we go through our daily trek, either leave a comment on Wisdom-Trek.com or email me at [email protected]. If you miss any days of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina. We had my sister Rebecca over for dinner on Wednesday evening for our monthly get-together. It is always a blessing to spend time together as we went through some more of the old pictures from when we were kids. I found a picture of all 10 of us kids singing Silent Night on Christmas Eve as we headed to bed.

We are wrapping up this week and will be heading to Marietta on Friday. We are interested to see if the contractors were able to complete their current project in the two front rooms and downstairs foyer/hallway. We know that we will have a lot of drywall and plaster dust to clean up, but it will be well worth it.

Let’s head on the trail for day ten of our Wisdom-Trek Life Plan process which we refer to as...

Your Life Plan Blueprint©

We determined yesterday that the first and most important step, in creating or revising a life plan is wisdom. We also learned that wisdom can be gained in three ways:

Through the study of the Bible and other wise materials

Through your network of family, friends, and mentors

Through asking God directly for wisdom via prayer and meditation

Before you go any further with the WESPER process on how to establish goals, you need to determine what your life plan will consist of. There are various ways to do this, but based on my experience, and personality, I believe that you do not need to over complicate life. Let’s keep it simple.

If you have been on our Trek over the past ten days, I showed you the Wheel of Life on day 224 that breaks your life down into 7 major areas. The Wisdom-Trek Life Plan Blueprint is segmented into 7 areas that comprise your life.  Those areas are:

Spiritual

Family

Physical/Health

Mind/Intellect

Personal/Social

Financial

Work/Career

I explained earlier on this Trek that the best way to create a life plan is to begin with the end in mind. So the first step in creating or revising a life plan is to reflect on the 7 areas of your life and determine where you would like to be in each area 7 years from now.

I realize it may be difficult to predict that far in advance, but in order to determine what you will do today, this week, this month, and this year you need to have a long-term destination planned. We will backfill with detailed goals and objectives, so don’t be overly concerned about how you will reach that destination at this point. Initially, let’s just choose 1 main objective for each area.

My question for you today is “By the end of 2022 w...

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 228 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Your Life Plan Blueprint - Wisdom Goals

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 228 of our Trek, and we are continuing on our current Trek Your Life Plan Blueprint. We have already mapped out the framework that will assist you in setting goals and creating a life plan for yourself. We have also explored the purposes for an effective plan and some basic goal setting principles.

Over the past two days, our trails took us through the overall concepts of the 6 step framework to create a successful life plan through effective goal achievement. We caught a glimpse of this powerful but easy to implement framework, which is the core for Your Life Plan Blueprint. We are purposely taking it slow on this life planning trail, which will allow us to understand the map that we are following. If you have any questions, or would like additional information as we go through our daily trek, either leave a comment on Wisdom-Trek.com or email me at [email protected].  If you miss any of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina. It has been a busy week of work and life activities with much still to do before we head back to The Big House Friday evening. Based on our 2016 calendar that we have laid out, we will be spending a considerable amount of time in Marietta with additional home renovations and preparing for the Chamberlain reunion on July 4th weekend.

Let’s head on the trail for day nine of our Wisdom-Trek Life Plan process which we refer to as:

Your Life Plan Blueprint

On today’s trail, we will explore the first step of our WESPER framework which refers to wisdom. This is one element that I have never seen included in any goal setting programs that I have reviewed or used, and yet without wisdom based on Biblical principles and advice from trusted mentors, how can we begin to formulate a life plan?

With this knowledge, the Wisdom-Trek Life Plan Blueprint is based on what is commonly referred to as the Book of Wisdom which is Proverbs.  The foundation for a solid life plan is found in Proverbs 1:2-7,

Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline,

to help them understand the insights of the wise.

 Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives,

to help them do what is right, just, and fair.

These proverbs will give insight to the simple,

knowledge and discernment to the young.

Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser.

Let those with understanding receive guidance

by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables,

the words of the wise and their riddles.

Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge,

but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

While all wisdom ultimately stems from God’s Word, there are many friends, family members, and trusted mentors who have learned wisdom through their life trek and experiences. We should not hesitate to seek out these individuals for advice when we are working on our life plan and setting goals. Become part of an accountability group, a peer group, or a mastermind and utilize the experience and wisdom of others to assist in your trek of life. While experience is a great teacher, its lessons are hard. Vernon Law said it this way, “Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.”  Voltaire understood the value of wisdom when he said, “Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of other...

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 227 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Your Life Plan Blueprint - Framework #2

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 227 of our Trek, and we are continuing on our current Trek Your Life Plan Blueprint. On this Trek, we are mapping out the framework that will assist you in setting goals and creating a life plan for yourself. We have explored the purposes for an effective plan, some basic goal setting principles, and yesterday and today we are exploring the overall concept of the 6 step framework to create a successful life plan through an effective goal achievement. This powerful but easy to implement framework is the core for Your Life Plan Blueprint. Just like our trek of life, we will take the life planning trail one step at a time. If you have any questions or would like additional information as we go through our daily trek either leave a comment on Wisdom-Trek.com or email me at [email protected].

Since our trek on life planning will take several days, if you miss any of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina. We are enjoying the time we are able to spend with our grandson Kip, who is staying with us for a few days while his parents are out of town. We cherish the teachable moments of everyday life and take our responsibility to be a positive role model very seriously, without the need to be too serious ourselves. Proverbs 13:22 tells us, "Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly." This inheritance and wealth are so much more than money. It is the legacy that we live each day.

Let’s head on the trail for day eight of our Wisdom-Trek Life Plan process which we refer to as…

Your Life Plan Blueprint

Yesterday on our trail, we started an overview of the framework that makes up the Wisdom-Trek Life Plan Blueprint and consists of 6 steps for which I use the acronym WESPER which stands for:

Wisdom: Seek guidance from God and trusted mentors.

Establish: Set the vision and goal in place.

Strategy: Devise strategies to succeed in the goal.

Planning: Identify plan elements based on the strategies.

Execution: Bring the plan and goal to life.

Review: Assess the outcome and next steps.

Today we will explore some important facts about the WESPER framework.

Things to Know about WESPER 

The framework is applicable for any goal.

As part of Your Life Plan Blueprint, we will explore setting at least one goal in each of the seven areas on our wheel of life that we described on day 224. Those seven areas are:

Spiritual

Family

Physical/Health

Mind/Intellect

Personal/Social

Financial

Work/Career

 

The WESPER framework is applicable in all areas of your life. What goals do you have? Finding a job you love? Losing weight? Increasing traffic to your blog? Setting up your business? Improving your health? Buying a new home? Building stronger relationships? No matter what goal you have, WESPER is totally applicable and relevant. In short, it can be used for virtually any goal in the world.

Each step serves its own role and is pertinent to the success of the goal.

They are individual parts of a system that make it whole. While the only essential step is the fifth step of Execution, trying to skip any of the other steps will jeopardize your chances and degree of success.

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 226 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Your Life Plan Blueprint - Framework #1

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 226 of our Trek, and we are continuing on our current Trek Your Life Plan Blueprint. On this Trek, we are slowly mapping out the framework that will assist you in setting goals and creating a life plan for yourself. So far we have explored the purposes for an effective plan and some basic goal setting principles. On our trail today and tomorrow, we will review the overall concept of the 6 step framework to create a successful life plan through effective goal achievement.

Your life plan does not have to be overly complex. A simple but concise life plan is sufficient to achieve significant results in your life.  Just like our trek of life, we will take the life planning trail one step at a time. If you have any questions or would like additional information as we go through our daily trek, either leave a comment on Wisdom-Trek.com or email me at [email protected].

Since this trek on life planning will take several days, if you miss any of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Our delayed Chamberlain Christmas celebration this past weekend was such an enjoyable blessing for Paula and me. All five of our children, their spouses, and our six grandchildren were able to spend Friday evening and all day Saturday with us. While some of my time was spent on meal preparation, I was able to share in all the festivities as we have an open floor plan in our house that makes it great for hosting activities.

Sunday evening through late Wednesday, we also have the blessing of having our grandson Kip staying with us as his parents take a few days off together. It is always a special time when we can share life with our grandkids. These amazing times with our children and grandchildren are part of our life plan. To make a lasting impact on them is a very important part of living our legacy each day.

Let’s head on the trail for day seven of our Wisdom-Trek Life Plan process which we refer to as…

Your Life Plan Blueprint

I mentioned yesterday that the framework that makes up the Wisdom-Trek Life Plan Blueprint consists of 6 steps for which I use the acronym of WESPER, which stands for:

Wisdom: Seek guidance from God and trusted mentors.

Establish: Set the vision and goal in place.

Strategy: Devise strategies to succeed in the goal.

Planning: Identify plan elements based on the strategies.

Execution: Bring the plan and goal to life.

Review: Assess the outcome and next steps.

Through this WESPER framework, goals you never thought achievable that make up your overall life plan will start becoming within your reach and in a matter of time, achieved. I personally use this framework to achieve my goals, and it works wonders.

 

Do not let the simplicity of the framework fool you. While these 6 steps look very simplistic, they are the foundation for successful goal achievement, especially for massive goals where the “what” and “how” for achieving them becomes elusive.

That being said, WESPER is not a miracle pill that takes out the hard work of fulfilling your life plan through goal achievement. WESPER is not an elixir that allows you to achieve your goals without lifting a finger. At the end of the day, you still need to put in the time and effort to achieve your life plan. As Proverbs 21:5 encourages us,

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 225 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Your Life Plan Blueprint - Goals #2

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 225 of our Trek, and we are continuing on our current Trek Your Life Plan Blueprint. On this Trek, we are slowly mapping out the framework that will assist you in setting goals and creating a life plan for yourself. A simple but concise life plan is sufficient to achieve significant results in your life. Just like our trek of life, we will take the life planning trail one step at a time. As always, if you have any questions or would like additional information as we go through our daily trek, either leave a comment on Wisdom-Trek.com or email me at [email protected].

Yesterday, I introduced the concept of the Wisdom-Trek Wheel of Life that has our lives segmented into 7 areas, which we will explore as part of our life planning process. I will be utilizing our daily journals for this trek to create a PDF workbook which you can use to create your life plan. Once the workbook is completed, I will let you know how you can obtain a copy of it.

Since this trek on life planning will take several days, if you miss any of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina. After a busy weekend celebrating Christmas with our children and grandchildren, we are embarking on another busy work week. We are still involved with our own life planning for 2016, so this week will be occupied with some of those details.

Let’s head on the trail for day six of our Wisdom-Trek Life Plan Trek which we refer to as…

Your Life Plan Blueprint

As we continue to consider some of the preliminary concepts of setting successful goals that make up the life planning process, I thought it would be helpful to share some of my own experiences.

My Experience With My Goal Pursuits

I have set and pursued many different goals and goal programs throughout my life. While I have utilized some different types of goal setting processes, which I will discuss tomorrow, the processes really did not include all the information that was needed to create a blueprint for a life plan. They focused on action and habit changes without getting to the root of the need for changing the way you think, which is the only way to ensure lasting change.

I do tend to be disciplined and driven, so I was able to achieve many of my goals that I set out to complete. I was able to lose about 30 pounds from my heaviest weight. I do exercise extensively at least five days a week, and I generally eat healthy to maintain good physical condition. I also spend time each day in meditation, prayer, the study of the Bible, and positive business training.

All of these milestones that I have been able to achieve have been driven by a change in the way I thought about life and the legacy that I wanted to live each day. This is the reason why I have taken some of the best concepts of goal setting, life planning, and changing the way you think and have created the Wisdom-Trek Life Plan Blueprint.

I fully acknowledge that much of the information that I will be sharing during our daily Wisdom-Trek is not new, or necessarily original, but as Issac Newton is quoted as saying, “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.”

I have curated information from my mentors that have gone before me, added my own life experiences, and integrated a good dose of wisdom from the Scriptures to design the Wisdom-Trek Life Plan Blueprint.