Life and Work Priority Questionnaire for Coaching

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Most people want their lives to work better and easier, but are not sure where to start. Take the following assessment and determine what may be preventing you from enjoying a more satisfying job, a more profitable business, and a happier, more balanced life.

Print out the Priority Assessment below, and rate each statement's priority level in your life. If a statement does not apply to you, mark it n/a. Then decide how you can begin to handle, improve, and evolve the areas of your life that need the most attention now.

There’s four sections: Business/Career, Dealing With Life, You As A Person, and Personal Success.

Priority Assessment

Section 1. Business/Career

PRIORITY LEVEL
Low ------High

O O O O O

1. I see the importance in providing even more value to my clients or customers than they receive currently.

O O O O O

2. I need to make a change or advancement in my career or profession.

O O O O O

3. It's important to learn how to better prepare my staff, customers or colleagues for change.

O O O O O

4. I need to put together a budget, and/or strategic plan for my business or project.

O O O O O

5. I see the need to deliver work or service at a higher level of excellence, standards or even perfection.

O O O O O

6. I want to more easily and more powerfully influence my staff, vendors and colleagues.

O O O O O

7. I feel the need to invest more time and money into my business/professional skill set.

O O O O O

8. I could probably better leverage my assets, resources, connections or talents.

O O O O O

9. I see the need to become a stronger, more effective manager of people, projects and results.

O O O O O	10. I need to increase the size, scope and depth of my professional network and community.
O O O O O	11. I see the need to increase my personal or company's productivity significantly.
O O O O O	12. I definitely want to increase the profits of my business.
O O O O O	13. I have an important project that would probably progress more smoothly if I had a coach for support.
O O O O O	14. I need to learn and really master selling skills so that I can increase revenue immediately.
O O O O O	15. I need to develop a marketing plan or create unique ways to market my product or service.
O O O O O	16. I need to install administrative, selling or management systems in my business or work.
O O O O O	17. I want to learn effective teambuilding skills and management techniques to bring out the best of my group.
O O O O O	18. I feel the need to properly articulate my business or professional vision so that it is compelling.

Section 2. Dealing With Life

PRIORITY LEVEL
Low ------High

O O O O O		19. I recognize the need to become someone who accepts things more readily, with less resistance.
O O O O O		20. I need to set much wider boundaries so that I am not taken advantage of, or disrespected, by others.
O O O O O		21. I need to become a much more compassionate person and more patient with others.
O O O O O		22. I have important projects, situations or problems that I haven't completed, but need to.
O O O O O		23. I need to gain a broader perspective or context about life, myself, my life and/or my work.
	O O O O O	24. My life is fairly 'expensive' to my body, heart and/or spirit and I need to reduce these 'stress costs'.
	O O O O O	25. I would be more effective and successful if I had more of an Edge or more inner confidence.
	O O O O O	26. I believe that I can get a lot more done with a lot less effort. I want life to be effortless.
	O O O O O	27. I have noticed others who are very graceful in how they deal with life and I want to be that way as well.
O O O O O		28. I would like to become more grateful for what I do have, instead of always needing more.
O O O O O		29. I am someone who is ready to take a lot more initiative in certain parts of my personal and business life.

O O O O O	30. I need to more completely integrate the various elements of my personal and work life.
O O O O O	31. I need to increase the level of integrity in my life; I currently feel out of integrity in at least one area of my life.
O O O O O	32. I would like to better prioritize my goals, responsibilities, roles and projects so that I don't fall behind.
O O O O O	33. I find myself slowed down by either resistance or fear, or both, and I am ready to work through this.
O O O O O	34. I wish to become a person who responds quickly and fully to both opportunities and problems as they occur.
O O O O O	35. I feel the need to simplify my life, perhaps even dramatically.
O O O O O	36. I am ready to raise my standards of behavior, expectations, relationships and lifestyle.
O O O O O	37. I want to learn how to deal with difficult people in a more constructive, yet powerful, way.
O O O O O	38. I need to manage my time better in order to get the most out of each day, yet have enough time for myself.
O O O O O	39. I am tolerating more than I know is good for me and I would like to work on this.

Section 3. You As a Person PRIORITY LEVEL Low ------High
O O O O O	40. I would like to improve my physical appearance and presentation so that I am delighted with how I look.
O O O O O	41. It's time to update some of the assumptions I've made about myself or life, and upgrade my paradigm.
O O O O O	42. I am interested in identifying and focusing on things I want to attain.
O O O O O	43. I feel out of balance, like I'm juggling parts of my life. I'd like to get back in balance.
O O O O O	44. I want to make significant changes to my body in terms of weight, tone and/or strength.
O O O O O	45. I need to have more confidence in how I present myself; I'm ready to develop this part of myself.
O O O O O	46. I feel that I have a special gift, but I would like to better identify and orient myself around my gift.
O O O O O	47. I would like to be much happier than I am right now.
O O O O O	48. I would like to develop my mind and intellect more than I have. I need a challenge.

O O O O O	49. I would like to be more consistently passionate about my life and/or my work.
O O O O O	50. I feel the need to be more at peace with myself, life and/or others.
O O O O O	51. I am ready to enjoy my life a lot more and experience more pleasure.
O O O O O	52. I am intrigued about the idea of becoming a completely Problem-Free Zone.
O O O O O	53. I see the value in building significant reserves in all areas of my life: Time, money, love, and opportunity.
O O O O O	54. I need to take much better care of myself: Body, mind and spirit.
O O O O O	55. I want to get to know and understand myself better, and to know what makes me tick/motivates me.
O O O O O	56. I want to develop a stronger personal style and be able to express myself fully.

Section 4. Personal Success PRIORITY LEVEL Low ------High
O O O O O	57. I would like to learn how to attract success to me instead of pushing so hard for it.
O O O O O	58. I need to deliberately cause (meaning to create) my life and success, instead of waiting for it to happen.
O O O O O	59. I recognize the need to be a lot more coachable and flexible to input from others.
O O O O O	60. I would like to learn the key coaching skills so that I can be more effective with others.
O O O O O	61. I need to improve my communication and speaking skills so that I am better heard and understood.
O O O O O	62. I'd like to become much more creative in my life and/or unblock what gets in the way of my creating.
O O O O O	63. I have several important goals that I would probably reach sooner if I had support and advice from a coach.
O O O O O	64. I have great ideas but I need to develop them into something that is financially and personally rewarding.
O O O O O	65. I want to learn how to be inter-developmental with everyone, meaning to work in collaboration/partnership.

O O O O O	66. I need to increase my vocabulary and/or learn how to language and phrase my thoughts better.
O O O O O	67. I would like to create a coordinated and comprehensive Life Plan for the next 5 years.
O O O O O	68. I need a complete life makeover, starting from the ground up.
O O O O O	69. I need help in becoming much better organized with paperwork, bill-paying, or other tasks.
O O O O O	70. I need help to either resolve a relationship problem or improve a key relationship.
O O O O O	71. I would like to get to know all of the parts of myself better so that I can make better decisions/be happier.
O O O O O	72. I want to start saving or increase the amount that I'm saving each year.
O O O O O	73. I need to quickly turn around a very important part of my life.

	Copyright 2000, 2001 Barbra White, MBA www.BWCoaching.com

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