The Quality of Life

By Action Coach Dave Beam

Would you like to improve the quality of your life?  To bake a better cake, you need better ingredients.  To create a better LIFE, you must choose better LIFE ingredients.  Today, I would like to help you understand those ingredients by sharing one of my favorite Action Coach flip charts, the QUALITY OF LIFE.

QUALITY OF LIFE
 QUALITY OF RESULTS
QUALITY OF ACTIONS
QUALTY OF DECISIONS
QUALITY OF QUESTIONS
QUALITY OF BELIEFS/DREAMS
QUALITY OF KNOWLEDGE/EDUCATION
QUALITY OF MENTOR/TEACHER

To improve your quality of LIFE, you must first see the connection between the LIFE you have and the RESULTS you are producing.  I often coach my clients using this simple formula: CLARITY + ACTION = RESULTS.  The LIFE you now have; your level of wealth; the career you have; the condition of your relationships; your level of physical fitness; even your peace of mind; comes directly from the RESULTS that you produce.  And the quality of your RESULTS is based on the quality of the ACTIONS you take.  Nothing happens until you take ACTION.  No ACTION = No RESULT = No LIFE.  Consider what are you procrastinating and putting off.  The only failure is the failure to act.  To act and make a mistake is not a failure.  People who fail to act based on the fear making a mistake, fail to produce a RESULT; Hence no learning or growth.  Consider where you are failing to take action, and choose a course of ACTION and just do it! 

Obviously you want to minimize mistakes and choose quality ACTIONS.  The best ACTIONS come from the best DECISIONS.  And better DECISIONS are rooted in better QUESTIONS!  QUESTIONS are the tool that stimulate and increase creative thinking.  If you are stalled in a project, ask another QUESTION.  Ask a bigger QUESTION.  Ask a deeper QUESTION.  Ask other people you know and trust to ask you QUESTIONS.  QUESTIONS create ownership and move the mind forward.  The best QUESTIONS come from bigger possibilities birthed from bigger BELIEFS and DREAMS.  Always dare to ask a bigger QUESTION based on a bigger DREAM.  Open your mind, be courageous, and ask why not?  All things are possible to him who believes.  To expand your BELIEFS, you need to increase your KNOWLEDGE and EDUCATION.  All progress and growth in life begins in a change of thinking.  Make it a practice to read, listen, and learn all you can.  Learn from everyday experience by opening your eyes and observing and feeling all that is around you.  Learn to take it all in and listen and learn from everyone and everything.  Finally, the quality of your KNOWLEDGE comes from the quality of your MENTORS and TEACHERS.  In today’s world, you have a wealth of TEACHERS available through the internet, the library, and countless resources.  Identify the heroes that you would like to emulate, and let them teach you.  Read their books and listen to their presentations; over and over.  Realize that the RESULTS and LIFE that you currently have come from the DECISIONS AND ACTIONS that you have taken that are rooted in the QUESTIONS you have asked that stem from your BELIEFS and DREAMS that have been created from the KNOWLEDGE and EDUCATION you possess by the MENTORS and TEACHERS that you have chosen.