The final exercise we recommend is the Heart's Core Grid.
A good way to prepare for the Heart’s Core exercise is to review your answers to the Three Questions. Often there will be a number of overlaps from that exercise to Heart’s Core. At the same time, the Heart’s Core will provide surprises you would never expect that then become the essence of your Torch Statement and your Life Plan. So be as open as you can to fresh ideas and new insights, and flexible and loose as you approach Heart’s Core.
For some, Heart’s Core will be easier and truer than the Three Questions. For others it will clarify your goals in surprising and valuable ways.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Please fill out the Hearts Core grid with goals in each box that call out to you. Not that every box has to have a goal, but most people find value in having at least a few things in each column. The columns are more important than the rows.
The Heart’s Core Column: Please fill this column with the goals that you feel are closest to your heart, to your passion—things you must do for your life to have meaning.
The Ought To Column: Fill this column with responsibilities that you feel you should do or that you ought to do, e.g. income taxes, doing a budget, cleaning out the garage, etc.
The Fun To Column: Fill this column with the fun stuff you'd like to do, e.g. guitar lessons, trips to Paris, skydiving, learning Spanish, riding motorcycles, etc.
Have, Do, Be: Generally ‘Have’ contains things, ‘Do’ contains actions, and ‘Be’ contains qualities, but the rows are merely meant to help you organize your thoughts, it's what you put in the columns that really matters.
Just dive in, have fun with it! See if you can find eight or nine things that feel just right.
