By Example: Twelve Personal Missions That Will Maximize Your Human Potential. Travis Slone

The journey will be as fun and rewarding as you make it.

      For the following month, do something significant each day that you will be proud of. Consider choices that would add meaning and inspiration to your true life story from Phase II. Keep track of your efforts using the behavioral tracking calendar in this book (there’s one in each chapter). Circle the choices or actions that you were most proud of, and document why you think that was so. Practice accepting who you have become. Slow down, and take time to appreciate the little things all around you. Notice changes in your environment as you create a new life for yourself. Continue this for one month, and then move on to the next mission.

      We also suggest using this month to begin re-writing the story that you summarized in Phase II of this mission. Has the story changed? Would you be able to end it more positively now than before? If not, how might the story be influenced by your daily task this month (doing something significant that you’d be proud of)?

      As a bonus, Google the terms ‘mindfulness,’ and ‘Top Ten Unhelpful Thinking Styles’ and discover how practicing certain core techniques can increase your ability to live responsibly in the here and now. You can also search for articles or books about ‘Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction .’ Practice these techniques daily for added benefit. Keep these tools in mind for when we get to the mission about overcoming adversity and stress.

      Completing this mission will help you to begin where you are, and thrive.