Definition
An extraordinary life: a life of meaning, a magnificent life, a life of joy, happiness,
love, passion, success, fulfillment…whatever it means to you. Life experienced on
your terms.
We’ve all known or witnessed someone who seems to have mastered an ability to grab life by the horns and
realize the completion of their most cherished desires. You may even feel that pure joy at least occasionally
if not consistently. However, experiencing the things you want to happen is one thing; being conscious of
how you’re doing it is another. So the question is: What creates an extraordinary quality of life? What are
the forces that shape the direction of our lives and determine our destiny? Most importantly, how can we
harness these forces to create a life of happiness, joy, success, fulfillment, and meaning?
The details of what we really want in life are going to be different from person to person, but we’re all
after a certain quality of life that will truly make us feel alive. This is not dependant on the economy or
any other outside factor. What’s most important is living life on your terms.
We all have a gap between where we are and where we want to be. Success and happiness knows no limits.
This mini action book is intended to help you bridge that gap. Whether you are wildly successful or facing
tough times right now, it is crucial to know where you stand in the areas that matter to you most. These
overarching lessons and exercises will help you think about and ultimately define what you want your life
to be, and how to maximize your inner resources to manifest that vision—not by anyone else’s standards,
but by yours and yours alone.
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The 2 Master Lessons of Life
While achieving can provide many wonderful things, the true measure of an extraordinary life is its level
of absolute fulfillment: success without fulfillment is failure. Living an extraordinary life means mastering
two skills:
As we travel on the journey of life, The Science of Achievement is the destination and the Art of Fulfillment
are the experiences along the way that make the journey feel worth it.
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The Pyramid of Mastery:
7 Areas of Constant Growth for an Extraordinary Life
If you want an Extraordinary Life, there are Seven Areas that you have to master. Fulfillment will not happen by doing
okay in some, great in another, and letting the others go by the wayside. Though there are times when we might need
to focus on one or two, each area is never less important than another. They are all interwoven.
Given the times, finances can seem like the most important area to concentrate on. But having all the money in the
world is not going to matter if you’re neglecting your physical and mental health—those inner resources that are always
within your control and are essential for a life of enjoying love; doing what you want to do when you want to do it;
meaningful accomplishment; material abundance; giving and celebrating. Mastering these seven areas means living
life to its complete fullest.
While all seven areas of life are important, there is a hierarchy that creates peak performance and fulfillment. For
example, if you don’t master your body—your capacity to maximize your health, energy and vitality—all the money,
career success, or contribution in the world will be worthless. You can’t experience an extraordinary quality of life
without the vehicle that’s going to help you create it. Or, if you spend your time trying to solve all your relationship
problems, but you haven’t even mastered your emotions, it’s a recipe for disaster. Without mastering meaning and
emotion, you will always be at the mercy of life’s challenges. Having a firm grasp of your emotions frees you to be
proactive rather than reactive to changes you face. Similarly, you must determine how you focus and spend your time
in order to create a successful career. Once you’ve discovered how to add value in your work/career/mission, you can
create a plan to grow your wealth. Spiritual growth and your capacity to celebrate and contribute is at the top because
you can’t enjoy the fruits of your labor until you’ve sowed the right seeds.
This is not to say that a person can’t work on their finances and transform their body at the same time. Rather, it shows
the importance and hierarchy of the core areas of life that are necessary to create a magnificent experience of life.
6. Finances
5. Work/Career/Mission
4. Time
3. Relationships
1. Physical Body
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Notes
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Exercise: Get Honest
Where Are You in the 7 Areas of Mastery?
1. In each of the 7 areas of Mastery, grade yourself on a scale of ‘0 to 10’ of where you are today vs. where
you really want to be (‘10’ is where you ultimately want to be). For example, you might rate yourself at
a ‘7’ in your family life, an ‘8’ in your finances, a ‘5’ in your emotional life, a ‘9’ in your career, a ‘6’ in
your spirituality, and a ‘7’ in your physical health.
5. Work/Career/Mission
Relationships: __________
4. Time
Time: __________
3. Relationships
1. Physical Body
Finances: __________
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Creating Your Life Map
Now, taking the scores you just identified for each of the 7 Areas of Mastery let’s convert this pyramid
to the Wheel of Life.
Look at the wheel below and notice that it’s divided up into different sections corresponding to some
of the typical areas of a person’s life: your physical body, your emotions/meaning, your relationships,
your time, your work/career/mission, your finances, and your spiritual sense. The middle of the circle
corresponds to ‘0’ and the outside ring of the circle corresponds to ‘10’. Now, taking one area at a time,
grade yourself on a scale of ‘0 to 10’ of where you are today vs. where you really want to be. For example,
you might rate yourself at a ‘7’ in your family life, an ‘8’ in your finances, a ‘5’ in your emotional life, a ‘9’
in your career, an ‘8’ in your ability to manage time, a ‘6’ in your spirituality, and a ‘7’ in your physical
health. Simply draw a line across the section that represents the number you currently rate yourself at in
that section.
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Now, once you’ve drawn the lines across each section rating yourself on a scale of 0-10, color in each
section to get a true picture of where you really are in each area.
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Answer This Question...
If this wheel were a tire on your car called life, how would your car run?
How would you do even at 10 mph?
How would you do as an achiever going 100 mph?
If you are like most people, your car is a little out of balance, and it’s going to be one heck of a bumpy ride!
The same is true of your life. When certain areas of your life are out of balance, you tend to experience
more bumps in the road. You can still achieve your desired destination, but it’s going to take you longer
and the ride isn’t going to be as smooth or fun!
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The 3 Pillars of an Extraordinary Life:
The Fast Track to Results: The Path of Personal Mastery
Chances are that you’ve experienced some level of growth and improvement in at least one of the Seven
Areas of Mastery. This kind of progress did not happen by accident alone. Think about those things
you wanted to accomplish, build upon, or change for the better—and succeeded at. What were the
common elements? The answers are as simple as they are profound. First of all, you knew what you
wanted, and then you developed a strategy to get there. However, something that may not be as evident
when acknowledging past achievements is that you fully aligned your intentions with your actions. No
thoughts, feelings, contradictions, or obstacles stopped you.
Therein lays the key to reaching any goal. Anything that you’ve ever accomplished, or will accomplish,
comes from implementing these 3 Pillars…
III. Get Aligned, Get II. Get the Best Tools I. Get Focused and Clear &
Integrated and Get Results for Success Make it Compelling
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1. The First Pillar: The Power of Clarity
The first step is to clarify the results you desire in your life: what do you want most in
the areas of life that are important to you? What is your definition of an extraordinary
quality of life for you? What do you need to take your life to the next level?
Without a clear and compelling vision for what you want today, you won’t be able
to even find the target of lasting happiness, let alone hit it. Your chances of knowing
what your bull’s eye looks like, however, depends on how honest you can be with
yourself. If you have the courage to face the truth of where you are, you will discover
the path to where you want to be.
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Steps to Completing Your Personal Mastery Plan
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3. Get Aligned, Get Integrated and Get Results
Finally, think about anything that may be holding you back:
i. Have you found any conflicts in your old beliefs, values or goals?
ii. What might you need to shift in these beliefs or values to get the results you desire?
iii. Who else will you touch with these changes?
iv. How will you reward yourself?
Step Three: Share with Someone Who Will Hold You Accountable
1. Share your action plan with someone you know who will hold you to a higher standard.
2. Put your Map in a place that you can come back to with ease as positive reinforcement.
3. And don’t forget to celebrate—no win is too small!
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My Personal Mastery Plan: The Gap Map
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2) Get an Expert/Effective Guide/Mentor
3) Principles & Skills
4) Standards/Rituals/Schedule
Critical for Success
5) System for Training & Conditioning
for Results
6) Get a Team/Peer Group/Community
to Call You to a Higher Level
7) Daily Action, a Flexible Approach
& Constant Measurement
3. Get Aligned, Get Integrated &
Get Results
1) Do you have beliefs, values and
goals in conflict? Do you have
conflicts with other people about
getting results in this area of your life?
2) What’s your plan to transform these
conflicts? Update your BP, integrate,
align and achieve.
3) How will you celebrate? What will
you do for yourself and others when
you achieve? Who will you touch
with your improvement?
*Rate yourself from 0–10 (10 being absolutely where you want to be in this category)
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Closing the Gap: Your Master Checklist to Fast Track Your Results
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III. Get Aligned, Get Integrated & Get Results
1. Uncover conflicts in your blueprint
Could you have the tools to achieve what you want, but still fail? Absolutely. There may be
conflicting values in your blueprint that hold you back.
2. Update, integrate, align and achieve a new blueprint
Install a new blueprint for yourself that is in sync with your goal. Only when you are aligned, will
you have the fire to go after what you want.
3. Succeed, celebrate & pay it forward
Once you’ve achieved your outcome, inspire those who you love to have the courage to create
the life that they deserve.
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The 7 Master Principles of Life:
Key Beliefs to Help You on Your Journey
5. Life is a paradox.
What’s right is wrong and what’s wrong is right depending on the…
a. Context c. Culture
b. Time Frame d. Perception
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Pay It Forward
Perhaps the best definition of a truly happy and fulfilled person is someone who gives more than they
take. In the movie, “Pay it Forward”, a young boy creates a revolutionary way of life—repaying good deeds
not with payback, but with new good deeds done to three new people.
The antidote to stress is gratitude; the long-lasting cure for pain is service. As you transform your life, use
the extraordinary joy and happiness that you create to serve the world. Sounds impossible right? Like how
could I affect the lives of millions of people?
You can! If you share your transformation, integrate it into your world and ensure that the people around
you are holding themselves to a higher standard, you will be serving them. Pay it forward to three people
and they will pay it on to three more people each, making nine people. The day after that, 27 people will
pay it forward to another three. And each day, everyone will pay it forward to three more. This spreads
to 81 people, then 243, then 729, 2,187, etc. In two weeks that’s 4,782,969 people! Your gift has traveled
all over the world.
Does it work? Just ask the parents of the young boy. Better still; ask the millions of people that received
his gift.
Tony Robbins is looking forward to connecting with you during the UPW Webinar
on Wednesday, February 18.
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