Strategize Your Life: Applying Strategic Thinking to Personal Success

TLDRLearn how to apply strategic thinking to your personal life and develop a life strategy to live a great life. This video introduces the seven-step program of Strategize Your Life, which helps you define success, purpose, vision, assess your life portfolio, learn from best practices, make portfolio choices, and ensure successful change.

Key insights

🧠Strategic thinking principles used in corporate settings can be applied to personal life to create a life strategy.

💡Life strategy is about making integrated choices that position a person to live a great life, rather than just focusing on winning.

📊A life portfolio consists of different strategic life units, such as relationships, health, education, and work, which should be balanced and invested in accordingly.

🌟Positive psychology offers the PERMA-V model, which includes positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, achievement, and vitality as key factors for a great life.

⚖️Strategic life areas should be assessed based on their importance and satisfaction level, allowing individuals to prioritize and make changes to improve their life portfolio.

Q&A

How can strategic thinking principles be applied to personal life?

Strategic thinking principles can be applied to personal life by considering success, purpose, vision, and making integrated choices that position a person to live a great life.

What is a life portfolio?

A life portfolio consists of different strategic life units, such as relationships, health, education, and work, which should be balanced and invested in accordingly.

What is the PERMA-V model?

The PERMA-V model, derived from positive psychology, includes positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, achievement, and vitality as key factors for a great life.

How can I assess and improve my life portfolio?

Assess your life portfolio by rating the importance and satisfaction level of each strategic life unit. Make changes to invest more time and energy in areas that are important and improve overall satisfaction.

What is a life strategy?

A life strategy is an integrated set of choices that positions a person to live a great life, focusing on what is important, satisfying, and aligned with their purpose and vision.

Timestamped Summary

00:20Strategize Your Life is a program that applies strategic thinking principles to personal life.

01:02Life strategy is about living a great life, not just winning.

02:23A life portfolio consists of different strategic life units.

03:51The PERMA-V model includes key factors for a great life.

06:26Assessing and improving your life portfolio is crucial for a successful life strategy.

07:41Rating importance and satisfaction helps in creating a strategic life portfolio.

09:29Preparing a life strategy is important for personal success and direction.

09:53Luck is when preparation meets opportunity in life.