The recent financial crisis may have had you considering and re-evaluating many aspects of your life. In fact, it might have even prompted you to overhaul the goals, priorities and activities originally dominating your existence—and we’d like to help you discover a fresh new perspective of your life.

Does Work-life Matter to You?

With our careers taking up as much as 80% of our waking hours, Steven DeMaio’s quiz on Does Your Work Matter To You is probably a good place to start. His questionnaire on work meaningfulness and office energy levels evaluates how you truly see your work.

If you are overwhelmed with feelings of dread, procrastination and a lack of motivation evoked by the quiz, you might want to consider increasing your emotional intelligence to counter those feelings, as suggested by a new study featured on the Psychology Today blog.

Your Life: Efficient vs. Effective

Another solution can be found in Peter Vajda’s post on the Slow Leadership Blog. He advises sparking a renewed curiosity in your life , which will open you to new possibilities and ideas. These ideas could in turn trigger new answers for unresolved issues in your life.

Time-honoured advice regarding effectiveness and efficiency from Ali Hale on the Dumb Little Man blog serves as a good reminder for how we should be living. Echoing the principles of Peter Drucker and Stephen Covey, the key difference between being efficient and effective is that the former merely means doing things right, but the latter – the one that reflects your most important priorities in life – means doing the right things.

For those who have time and are looking for a structured method for re-evaluation, the Creating A Better Life blog offers a seven day plan to work out your life from a physical, emotional and spiritual point of view. If you’re in a hurry, you might want to consider Jonathan Mead’s advice on the Think Simple Now blog, which discusses how to free yourself from self-imposed limitations and give top priority to your life’s passions.

If a major life overhaul is in the air for you, you may want to start by taking a personality test, followed by a dose of our eBook on Life Design. This is very much a path for the serious-at-heart though, as it will take self-discipline and control.

We look forward to hearing your insights as you take this journey!

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