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No. 2 –Well-Being Inventory

Estimated Time: 2 hours

Overview/Goals:

This exercise has you take inventory on your current well-being… how you feel about all
aspects of your life. This workbook focuses on your career, but there are additional factors that
impact your work and future success.

Well-Being – Five Key Elements to the BEST Career
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Before you proclaim what your target career is out loud… what if you could have it all?!?!?!?
Have you ever imagined what life would be like if you really liked what did each day—
achieving the goals you set? What if you had people you trusted, could truly communicate
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with, and in turn you felt good about yourself? Imagine having people in your life who love
you. Better yet, gainful employment, bills paid, and wealth, growing with confidence and
you feel good about it! Have you thought what it would be like to feel safe, really like where
you live, and feel proud of the people and community? Imagine wanting to do things out and
about where you live. And last, but not least, what if you have energy to get things done and
you are healthy? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE IT ALL?

If you consciously work these five elements of well-being into your academic and work plan,
it will be gratifying and easy to engage in work. The checklist is first for you. Scoring is a work
in progress, by the end of this workbook you should be more aware of what you, employers,
and training/ academic programs value.

Purpose Well-Being: Liking what you do each day and being motivated to achieve your
goals
Social Well-Being: Having strong and supportive relationships and love in your life

Financial Well-Being: Effectively managing your economic life to reduce stress and
increase security
Community Well-Being: The sense of engagement you have with the areas where you live,
liking where you live, and feeling safe and having pride in your
community

Physical Well-Being: Having good health and enough energy to get things done on a daily
basis
http://www.gallup.com/poll/128186/Gallup-Healthways-Index-work.aspx

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