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Today we're going to talk about a system for getting everything that you always wanted
in life. I call it making your Star Board. So grab a piece of paper and you can do this
very simple exercise with me. Start by drawing a star in the center. This
is you; you're the star of your own life and you get to write your own script in life.
So we'll script out the things that you want in life or in a given year. We're going
to make points of light shooting out from this particular star. We've got five sections
of our paper, and I'm going to give you the secret five F-words for life. It's not
that F-word you're thinking about; it's one that's a lot more powerful.
So we're going to write up here the five F-words. Fun is really important. Your fitness
is very important. Down here, your finances are very important. Over here, you've got
your faith, or we can call this your philanthropy. And over here you've got your family. And
the important part of the five F's is balance in your life. Each of these parts of your
life has certain objectives and outcomes written in them that you're looking for. As you
start to dream and write about the different things that you want for your life, you're
going to see whether your life that you're creating by design is in balance, or whether
everything is heavy toward one area. So for example, at the beginning of every
year, I start out and I think of all the fun things that I might want to do this year.
I'm going to take a vacation with my family to DisneyWorld, I'm going to take my son
on a train ride. And so I start writing those over here, the things that I want to do.
And over here for fitness goals, I'm going to write things like I'm going to go on
a walk every day. Over here in finances, I can make a very specific
business goal. I'm going to purchase this many houses in a year, and originate so many
loans, and add this many commercial properties to my portfolio.
Down here is my faith and my philanthropy. I'm going to attend this specific charity
event, or make a contribution to a specific charity, or do some kind of meditation every
day to build my spiritual life, my faith and my philanthropy.
Over here in family, I set very specific and measurable objectives. I want to make sure
that I do bedtime with my son every day. That's an important thing.
So once you start building up your five-pointed star and build your star life, then you've
got a to-do list for your whole year or your whole month or whatever period of life that
you're designing. And if you do your to-do list, you'll have a well-balanced life,
and you'll have everything that you wanted in life by design.