SAGE GOALS
ACRONYM TOOL KITHere are 50 acronym questions that can be used as tools, organized by the purposes they can be used for.
Naturally, it's not necessary to use all the questions; just scan the list to find ones you sense might be of help.
To help you identify the experiences you’ve valued most in the past and are still likely to:PEAKS – Peak Experiences And Knowledge Surges – What are your most treasured experiences?
ISLE – Ideal Style of Life Elements – Which of those elements would you most want in your ideal life?
To help you reflect in greater depth about some period of time or incident that occurred:
WHAT -- What Happened And Transpired - i.e., What occurred or took place in the time you're focusing on?
GOAL – Going On All Levels – i.e., What all was going on in addition to what was apparent on the surface?
To use to encourage free-associating or brainstorming without judging your ideas:
WAFTS - What All Floats To the Surface - i.e., What are all the thoughts and feelings you have on a subject?
RIOT - Random Ideas Or Thoughts – i.e., What all thoughts come to mind regarding the subject in question?
To push yourself to consider all aspects or levels in a situation:
WELL -- What Extra Levels Loom - A question to ask yourself to help you listen for deeper levels on a topic.
AOL/NBC – Any Other Levels that Need Be Considered - A way of asking if there’s anything we’re missing.
To anticipate where you might fail and take action in advance to protect against it:
FLOP -- Fatal Levels or Overlooked Pitfalls – A question to ask to make sure you aren’t overlooking anything.
MAP – Management Action Plan – Handling your efforts toward a personal goal in a professional manner.
To help you reflect on what your priorities are in a situation:
TOP – Top Order Priorities – i.e., A reminder to ask and take into consideration what your long-term priorities are.
WHIP -- What's Higher In Priority - i.e., A question to ask to help you in evaluating between two courses of action.
To help translate a long-term goal down to actions you can take to stay on track toward it:
WIN THAT - What I'd Need To Help Accomplish That - A question to ask help concretize goals into next steps.
ZONE - Zeroed On Needed Efforts - i.e., What efforts would help move you closer to your target zone objectives?
To connect the dots from longer term goals into short term concrete steps and actions:START – Short Term Action-Related Targets – Break goals down to quarter, month and week’s work.
WHEN - What Happens Executionally Next - To focus you on taking next steps toward your goals.
To help you identify areas where you haven’t paid enough attention or need to do more:GREAT - Give Raised, Extra Attention To - What needs more attention in order to help make it better or great?
WARNS - What Areas Really Need Strengthening - i.e., A reminder to watch out for areas that need attention.
To help you recognize when you are starting to lose sight of your priorities or get in trouble:
SLIP - Slight Lapse In Progress - i.e., A temporary indication of a failure to pay enough attention to something.
SLIDE - Sustained Lapse In Discipline Efforts - i.e., an extended failure to perform up to your own standards.
To identify a next step or tool you could try that might help you resolve a situation:
WHY - What'd Help You - A question to use in meditation to try to engage a resistant part into finding solutions.
WATCH - What Action or Tool Could Help - i.e., What could you do differently that might help improve things?
To convert an insight or goal into some action or course correction you could take:ACTIONS - Accelerated Commitment To Initiate One Next Step - i.e., A reminder to take some next step.
WAIT - What Action I'll Take - i.e., What you will do differently today to help you better move toward a goal.
To help you hold onto your goals and motivate you to keep moving toward them:GOALS – Getting Objectives Achieved Logically & Swiftly -- A reminder to keep taking steps toward your goals.
FREE - Frequent Replenishing Earned Enjoyments – To remind you to take time for activities that rejuvenate you:
To remind you to dialogue with and listen for messages or signals from your higher self:VOW - Voice Of Wisdom – i.e., The voice of our intuition beyond our emotions, insecurities or appetite parts.
AIMS - Areas for Improvement, Mastery & Strengthening - To remind us about our self-improvement goals.
To listen to a behavior or part of you or a situation and learn what it’s trying to tell you:
WISE - What's It Saying or Explaining - i.e., Asking what something is trying to teach you by happening.
WAYS - What Are You Saying - i.e., Asking some part directly what it’s trying to teach you by occurring.
To reduce mistakes by anticipating where they’re likely to occur so you can avoid them:
WAIL FAIL - Where Am I Likely to Forget About Important Levels - A reminder to help defend against forgetting.
SOS - Signs Of Sabotage - i.e., A reminder to look for indications that a self-sabotaging part of you is acting up.
To help you be able to identify and watch out for the parts of you that can undermine you:
AEIOU - Appetites, Emotions, Insecurities, Overreactions & Urges - i.e., The primary sources of self-sabotaging.
FEARS - Failure, Expectations, Additional Responsibilities and Succeeding - i.e., The fears that most block us.
Questions you can use to remind you and help you stick to your top goals and priorities:
AIRS – Am I Really Serious - i.e., A question to ask yourself to help remind you not to stray from your priorities.
STAIRS – Show Through Actions I’m Really Serious - Our actions are the only thing that show our seriousness.
Self-harnessing methods for staying focused on your priorities and staying on track toward them:
DHARMA – Daily Harness: Acting, Reflecting, Meditating & Adjusting – A right living regimen for a self-actualizing life.
THEME – Temporary Harness Evaluating, Meditating & Escalating - i.e., Short-term, focused use of harnessing.
To stack the deck and hold yourself accountable to stick to something that you want to do:
CROP -- Consequence, Reward Or Penalty - i.e., Setting course-corrective consequences to protect against failing.
THEME – Temporary Harnessing, Evaluating, Meditating & Escalating – A short-term, targeted use of harnessing.
To remind you to give yourself and others positive motivation to keep going in a desired direction:PRAISE -- Positive Recognition And Improvement Support & Encouragement - A reminder to reward effort.
BEST – Best Effort or Step to Take – A question to keep focused on what seems best to do.To continually reflect on how you’re doing and recalibrate your efforts toward your goals.
REPEAT – Renewed Emphasis or Paying Extra Attention To – Rededicating and escalating your effort.
FORWARD -- Forget One Recent Weakness And Redouble Determination – To keep yourself moving forward.
To remind you to watch for and take actions that can impact your probability of succeeding:
LUCK -- Levels of Unexpected Consequences or Knowledge - To watch for and take steps that affect your luck.
CROP -- Consequence, Reward Or Penalty – Stack the deck by setting consequences to protect against failing.
To remind you to slow down and keep your eye on the ball and connected to your priorities:
SPOIL – Speed Past or Overlook Important Levels – A reminder to slow down and consider all aspects.
WHILE – What Have I Learned by Experience – To remember what you’ve learned before taking action.To accelerate your growth trajectory, keep a list of “what works” in a learnings tool kit.:
WOW – Words Of Wisdom – Keep a collection or list of the wisest advice you learn or give yourself.
TOOLS – Techniques Or Other Learning Shortcuts – Keep a tool kit of everything that works for you.
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