Chapter 18. My Ways of Getting Clarity The key to developing the concrete goals and step by step plans to achieve our big aspirations in life is to have clarity about what we really want. There are many ways to achieve clarity, including deep thinking, reading inspirational books, hearing the stories of other people, and even listening to music. (I highly recommend music as inspiration, being a musician after all.) However, one very useful thing I often do are 'life reviews'. It is an easy exercise that only requires a pen and some paper.
A life review begins with brainstorming. What things do I want out of life? What is missing from my life right now? And what barriers are there to me having those things? The next step is to explore, in-depth, every one of these points. For example, what can I do to achieve the thing I want? What can I do to remove the barriers in front of me? And what steps need to be taken to make the whole thing work? At the 154
