Create Your Game for
2016
December 9, 2015
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Step 1: Get Complete with the Past before Creating
the Future
What is the value of Completion?
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1. What have I accomplished in 2015?
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2. What have I stopped in 2015?
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3. What is finished?
4. What seems unfinished?
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5. What am I taking with me from this year?
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6. What am I leaving behind or giving up?
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7. What gifts has this year given me?
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8. What is next for me?
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9. What else is there to say to be complete with 2015?
10. Am I willing to be complete with 2015?
11. What 2 or 3 words encapsulate your 2015?
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Step 2: Create Your Conditions of Satisfaction for
2016
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What will make you completely satisfied?
These are your ‘whats’
Suspend any thoughts of ‘how’
Use descriptive and quantifiable phrases
A longer list is better than a short list
Think big
Why create Conditions of Satisfaction?
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My Conditions of Satisfaction – DRAFT
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My Conditions of Satisfaction for 2016!!
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Step 3: Name Your Game for 2016
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What two or 3 words encompass all you 2016?
Or, what phrase captures the spirit of 2016?
Make it a ‘catchy’ title
Makes you excited to play your game
Inspires you or raises your energy
The shorter the name the better
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Step 4: “How to Play Your Game”
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Very simple rules; winning at life isn’t complicated
The Vital Few
Rules that let you win a lot!
Rules that are fun to play
 Creates a game that you want to play over and over again
 If you play be these rules, your COS will come to be
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Step 5: Put It All Together
The Name of My 2016 Game is:
The Rules for Playing My Game are:
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