CMI GLOBAL

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Wheel of Life Exercise

  • The Wheel of Life is a tool that will give you a visual picture of your life as you are seeing it right now. The Wheel represents your satisfaction with different areas of your life and helpsyou and your coach understand how you are experiencing your life as a whole.
  • Rate your satisfaction– Manual Version – Rate your level of satisfaction with each life area from 1 (unsatisfied) to 10 (totally satisfied). For instance, perhaps your relationships with your children are close, warm and respectful. Perhaps you will rate that area as a "9".Mark a “dot” on the line associated with Family and Children on the Wheel. However, you are feeling some dissatisfaction with your spiritual life; your devotions have suffered recently and you are not feeling close to God. Perhaps you will rate that area as a "3" or "4".Mark a “dot” as before. Then connect the dots. (See Example below).Automated Version – see p. 2.
  • When you complete the exercise, please send it to your coach. If you have trouble saving or sending the file, simply send your coach an email with each life area listed along with your rating of that area (ex: finances - 2; marriage -8, etc.)."

Spiritual Well-being - Your relationship with God, including spiritual disciplines, fruit of the Spirit, etc.

Physical Well-being - Stewardship of your physical body includingexercise, diet, sleep, and proper care

Living Environment - Your home, workplace, and geographical area

Cultural Adaptation – You feel at home and a part of the culture in which you are living and working

Finances- Financial stewardship; your long-term and short-term financial picture

Work/Ministry - The work God has called you to

Pace of Life - The tempo or speed of your daily life, ministry and activities

Personal Development - Your growth as a person and a leader

Play and Recreation - Taking time to relax, play, develop hobbies, be creative; rest

Friendships - Your social life andclose personal relationships

Family and Children - Your relationships with your children and extended family

Marriage/Singleness- health of your relationship with your spouse orcontentment inembracing single life

Rate your Level of Satisfaction – Automated Version: Instructions

Follow these instructions to complete the Wheel of Life Self-Assessment and see the result automatically. It only works if you have MS Word 2003 or later, and with OpenOffice Writer (free download, similar to MS Word.) Here's how to do it:

  1. Open the CMI Wheel of Life 2009.doc on your computer in either MS Word or OpenOffice Writer.
  2. Read the instructions at the top of the first page and then double click on the larger Wheel. It will open an internal window with two tabs at the bottom - Wheel of Life and Satisfaction Level.
  3. Click on Satisfaction Level tab. You will see the list of Life Categories in the left-side column and a second narrower column to the right headed, “Level.”
  4. Enter your level of satisfaction on a 1-10 scale for each category in the “Level” column.
  5. When you have finished, click on the Wheel of Life tab at the bottom of the window. Your responses should now be plotted onto the Wheel.
  6. Then, simply click on any area of the Wheel of Life document outside the internal window to return to the standard document view with the results of your self-assessment now indicated in the Wheel.
  7. Save the document.
  8. Send it as an attachment to your coach.