Feel/Want/Willing Exercise

The Feel/Want/Willing exercise is a great tool for goal-setting, focusing and
clarifying your intention. Once you have taken the time to work with this exercise, it will become easier to think through the process whenever you feel stuck.

Give yourself about 15 minutes to do the following:

What’s pressuring me most right now?

• Take 3 minutes to write down everything that comes to mind, whether “reasonable” or not.
• Take 1 minute to review your list. You may want to edit, add or change, but
don’t delete anything.
• Take 1 minute more to pick your top 3 stressors. List them according to your priority.

Ask: (starting with your top priority stressor)

 • How do I FEEL when thinking about this?

• What do I WANT?

• What am I WILLING to do to have what I want (not what you want others to do)

 

Willingness accepts the premise that “I Can.” It puts you in a position of power. You are more willing to be MORE, do MORE (or do differently) in order to have MORE for yourself.