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My name is Darius Lukas and I am the founder of www.letssandbox.com — the platform for creativity, growth and remarkable living.

As a small present to the growing Let’s Sandbox community, I have created this 2014 Planning Workbook.

Take an hour before the New Year to sit down and review your achievements in 2013 and set your goals for 2014.

Having the clear vision of where you want to be by the end of 2014 and what you have to do in order to accomplish it can bring astonishing results.

Let’s Sandbox is about playing and spontaneity. Some might think that thorough planning eradicates these qualities from our lives. Not at all! I am a great believer that having a good framework only fosters the kind of playing, which leads to unique experiences and big discoveries.

So Plan, Take Action and Play Your Way to Success in 2014

Darius Lukas and the Let’s Sandbox team!

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First, let’s review the past year. It is important to acknowledge what we have achieved in order to set goals and map out our actions for 2014.

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Make yourself a cup of tea or coffee. Put on some relaxing music. Sit down and spend about 2-3 minutes going through your year, month by month. Simply run your mind over the major events, which happened in your life in 2013.

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It can be as big as building a house or as small as sending your grandmother a birthday card. Please list at least 10 things you are proud of.

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We learn every day, both at work and in our personal life. Take time to review your experiences in 2013 and what they have taught you. Learning more about how to have a better relationship or deal with your mood swings count as much as learning to knit or drive. Make sure you list at least 8 lessons learnt.

EXPERIENCE WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT FROM IT?

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Sometimes things don’t work out as we planned or wanted. Identify what you were not quite happy about in your year.

EXPERIENCE WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY?

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Celebrate your life! Remember a successful presentation at work, a night on the beach, meeting someone significant, a walk or a good laugh with your children — what were the five key moments that have stayed with you?

WHAT WAS IT? WHY? WHAT EXACTLY MADE IT ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN YOUR YEAR?

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WHEN AND WHY? HOW CAN YOU MAKE SURE IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN NEXT YEAR?

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Can you repeat it next year, or can you do more of it?

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What made you feel elated and excited? Who were the people that put a smile on your face, encouraged you or helped you see the world differently?

WHO or WHAT? WHY?

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‘Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.’!

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… yourself in December 2014. Yes, go forward in time. You’re sitting in the same position as you are now, holding a pen or typing at your computer, and you are looking back over 2014. Imagine yourself feeling happy and content. What has made you feel that way? What have you done or achieved throughout the year to feel that way? Imagine your best possible year. Let your imagination wander. Take up to 10 minutes to do this exercise and then describe your vision of 2014 in detail. Essentially, you’re creating a memory ahead of time!

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What are the first 10 steps you can take at the beginning of 2014 to get you closer to the year you have just dreamt up? Try and be as specific as possible.

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What are your major goals next year? Aim high. Challenge yourself. You can do it! Some areas you might want to think about are: Relationships, Work, Finance, Health, Self-Improvement and Hobbies.

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Here you can include, for example, rising early or going to bed before midnight, exercising more or spending less time on social media. Think of habits that you need to acquire or change in order to enable you to achieve what you want.

HABITS HOW and WHEN WILL YOU ACQUIRE or GET RID OF IT?

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It isn’t enough to aim high and do everything you can to achieve it. You need to have a good time doing it. Otherwise, what’s the point?

Consider how you will enjoy the process of achieving your goals in 2014. It might be as simple as redecorating your workroom, so you can enjoy spending time there.

Name 3 ways of making your journey fun and enjoyable:

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Write down their names. They can be renowned people in your field, your colleagues or your friends.

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WHAT QUESTIONS DO THEY ASK THEMSELVES?

Anthony Robbins suggests that success depends on the questions we ask ourselves. Similarly, we should think about the questions that people who we admire ask themselves on a daily basis.

Try and come up with 5 questions that you think the people who you look up to might ask themselves. Which of the questions can you begin asking yourself next year?

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Set aside the time once a week for a meeting with yourself to review your progress. This should be time when you are alone, ideally at the end or the beginning of the week. You should see this as an important board meeting, which, if it were at work, you would never miss.

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Every small step counts. Reward yourself as a loving parent rewards a child. If, during the week, you managed to get some useful advice from a colleague, completed a big task or won a small competition – give yourself a treat. Take yourself to a spa, football match, theatre or buy yourself a lovely present – it can be anything. The only requirement is to do it alone. This reward is only for you.

Jot down a few ideas for how you could reward yourself:

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These 16 steps are more than enough to get you

started in creating your best year!

If you want to take this process further, read on.

We have a few extra ideas…

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TU!;0<=<!I recommend creating 4 lists which you can turn to at your leisure or when in need of inspiration.

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Make a list of 10 books that will motivate you and help you to achieve your goals in 2014. They might be books in your area of expertise, fiction or self-improvement books – whatever inspires you. Then allocate some time every week to read them. If stuck for ideas, check out some of the books I have written about on Let’s Sandbox.

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What are 5 films that could inspire you in 2014?

If you want to know what films inspired me and the Let’s Sandbox team, check them out here.

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Choreographer Twyla Sharp says they are necessary for a creative person. In her book ‘The Creative Habit’, she talks about her ritual of waking up at 5.30a.m., jumping into a taxi and asking the driver to take her to the gym. Twyla emphasises that her ritual is completed the minute she tells the driver where to go.

What could your rituals be in 2014? (A few ideas: waking up an hour earlier, meditating, reading inspiring books and writing down your thoughts; going to the park every evening for a short walk and contemplating the passing day; lying in the bath every Sunday evening and planning your week. Whatever you choose, remember that your ritual should bring you pleasure.)

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Half of the journey

We all know that having a plan and knowing where you’re heading is half a journey travelled; the other half is taking action and achieving your goals. That is why we suggested holding weekly board meetings with yourself: to keep checking on your progress, evaluating and making changes, if needed.

Columbus’ plan

Life is, of course, unpredictable and unforeseen things often happen. This workbook, we hope, will have served you in defining the direction you want to take in 2014. However, you can’t fully plan the final outcome or destination and that’s all right (otherwise there would be no surprise, right?). Even when Columbus thoroughly planned his mission to reach the Far East and ended up in the Americas instead, it wasn’t such a disaster after all, was it?

Explore

So, next year, have your eyes on the prize and keep yourself accountable to this plan but, at the same time, don’t forget to explore all that life has got to offer!

Share

As you’ve probably noticed, this workbook is totally and utterly free. If you liked it, please share it with you friends. Email it, post it on social media, print it out and hand it to everyone you know. We’d appreciate your help in spreading the word about Let’s Sandbox!

There are many more inspiring tools and ideas that could help you change your life on www.letssandbox.com.

And now, let’s crack on! The best year possible is waiting!

Darius Lukas and the Let’s Sandbox Team

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