Web of Goals – Your approach
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 1:29 pm
So I'm asking myself a lot how to identify what's meaningful for me and how to get to a point in life where I focus on these parts of my life. Recently I came across an article that is targeting this question in a scientific way (you need access behind a paywall or be willing to cross it in any way).
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/figure/1 ... 0903271074
I must admit that I only read a German summary of the article yet, so I cannot completely say if it is worth a read or not. However one of the results of the work was a list of “Sources of Meaning” that give humans meaning and lead them to enjoy meaningful lives. They can be grouped roughly in five categories. Another result: It seems to be helpful to focus on at least three out of the five categories.
Selftranscendence
Vertical selftranscendence
Explicit religiosity
Spirituality
Horizontal selftranscendence
Social commitment
Unison with nature
Self-knowledge
Health
Generativity
Selfactualization
Challenge
Individualism
Power
Development
Achievement
Freedom
Knowledge
Creativity
Order
Tradition
Practicality
Morality
Reason
Well-being and relatedness
Community
Fun
Love
Comfort
Care
Attentiveness
Harmony
I have the feeling that the Web of Goals can be used as a hands on visualization and the Sources might be nice building blocks in it.
I also struggled the last years to pinpoint some of my deepest values and boiled it to roughly six which interestingly can be found in or mapped to the list above. The current stage there was reached while going through Coveys book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”.
I also made on or two Web of Goals on paper to depict different states in my past and was quite surprised in the end as a crisis could clearly be seen at one point where the majority of the web broke down.
But now to the point of this thread: What is your approach on the Web of Goals? Does anyone use the technique? Do you use is regularly, i.e. do you review and adapt it every now and then? What are your criteria to put things on it? Do you use pen and paper or a do it digital?
I thought about asking to post examples but I don't think it is a good idea. The webs are probably pretty personal and it might be misleading to have a look on other persons webs. But if you think it is a good idea feel free to do so.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/figure/1 ... 0903271074
I must admit that I only read a German summary of the article yet, so I cannot completely say if it is worth a read or not. However one of the results of the work was a list of “Sources of Meaning” that give humans meaning and lead them to enjoy meaningful lives. They can be grouped roughly in five categories. Another result: It seems to be helpful to focus on at least three out of the five categories.
Selftranscendence
Vertical selftranscendence
Explicit religiosity
Spirituality
Horizontal selftranscendence
Social commitment
Unison with nature
Self-knowledge
Health
Generativity
Selfactualization
Challenge
Individualism
Power
Development
Achievement
Freedom
Knowledge
Creativity
Order
Tradition
Practicality
Morality
Reason
Well-being and relatedness
Community
Fun
Love
Comfort
Care
Attentiveness
Harmony
I have the feeling that the Web of Goals can be used as a hands on visualization and the Sources might be nice building blocks in it.
I also struggled the last years to pinpoint some of my deepest values and boiled it to roughly six which interestingly can be found in or mapped to the list above. The current stage there was reached while going through Coveys book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”.
I also made on or two Web of Goals on paper to depict different states in my past and was quite surprised in the end as a crisis could clearly be seen at one point where the majority of the web broke down.
But now to the point of this thread: What is your approach on the Web of Goals? Does anyone use the technique? Do you use is regularly, i.e. do you review and adapt it every now and then? What are your criteria to put things on it? Do you use pen and paper or a do it digital?
I thought about asking to post examples but I don't think it is a good idea. The webs are probably pretty personal and it might be misleading to have a look on other persons webs. But if you think it is a good idea feel free to do so.