![]() However, it won’t help you decide what you specifically want to improve or how to do it. The Wheel of Life® can help you gain insight about what is important in your life and how satisfied you are with these areas. The Wheel of Life® was not intended to be used as an end in itself. I’ve finished the Wheel of Life®, now what? If you think an important area(s) of your life is missing from the Wheel of Life®, go ahead and adapt the Wheel, or search the Internet for a version that more closely matches the important areas in your life. The versions vary in which life areas are included and how they are named. ![]() I reviewed the original Wheel of Life®, but there are many versions out there. If you want to look at your work-life balance, the Wheel of Life® can help with that too. If you want to get an overview or bigger picture of your life, the Wheel of Life® can help with that. My coach perspective When to use the Wheel of Life® For example, in the area of “Mental and Education,” a calm mind is important to me (you may identify something else as being important to you).Īfter I completed the Wheel of Life®, I also found myself wondering, “Now what?” The part that was missing (next steps) is probably what I would have received if I had submitted my ratings to SMI (which I didn’t). The Wheel of Life® did, however, stimulate me to reflect on what is important to me specifically within each of the broad areas of life. I don’t think I gained any new insights from seeing it altogether visually. I already have a sense of how satisfied or dissatisfied I am with the important areas in my life. I do question whether the Wheel of Life® increased my awareness of my life satisfaction. I found the Wheel of Life® easy to understand and to use, and quick to complete (only a few minutes). ![]() One of my friends kindly created a graphic for me, which you can download for your own use (PDF). I like the visual presentation, but could not find one for the trademarked version. The Wheel of Life is often depicted as a circle with slices representing important areas of life, and concentric circles indicating the rating scale. In their online version, you can submit your ratings to SMI with your contact information, and an SMI representative will contact you to provide feedback and potential next steps. The rating scale used for each of the six areas ranges from 1 meaning “not satisfied” to 10 meaning “very satisfied.” In their online version, drop-down menus are used to rate your level of satisfaction in each of the important areas in life: I am reviewing the version that is trademarked by Paul Meyer’s legacy organizations. Meyer (of self-improvement fame) is credited as being the creator of the Wheel of Life® Assessment. Where the registered trademark symbol is not used, I am referring to other versions. This article is about the original, trademarked version of the Wheel of Life®, as indicated by the registered trademark symbol (®). I was curious about the origins of the Wheel of Life (as it turns out, I was not introduced to the original version). It looked like a simple way to assess your satisfaction with important areas of life. I was introduced to the Wheel of Life during a coaching workshop. Strategy: Figure out what you need to do.Ĭommitment: Keep yourself motivated and going. Goal setting: Get clear on what it is you want to achieve.Īwareness: Know yourself (and other people). Stage of coachingįrom the perspective of an overall coaching process, the Wheel of Life® is most applicable to the stage of Awareness. ![]() Note that this is not the Wheel of Life used in Buddhist teachings. (or SMI®), to help you evaluate your satisfaction with six important areas in life. The tool is the Wheel of Life® Assessment from the Success Motivation Institute, Inc.
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