Identify your internal values

These six questions are based on the book "Your Life Your Legacy" by Roger Hamilton. They involve identifying your internal values. Roger Hamilton considers that your wealth is actually what is left if you lose all your money. I would like to put a different slant, which is that your wealth is what you have before you attract your money. And your internal values are your real wealth.

Apparently 'wealth' comes from an old English word - weal - which means "well being". So, wealth is more than just money.

1. Passions

Ask yourself, what are your passions? Do you know? And if you do, to what extent do you live your passions, do you project your passions and is your life work congruent with your passions.

2. Talents

Roger Hamilton has developed a set of wealth profiles which are extremely powerful and useful in business. Your wealth profile identifies your core talent, though you will also have other talents to do with your physical and mental ability. So, ask yourself the question to what extent are you spending your time in areas that make full use of your talents?

3. Knowledge

To what extent do you have have the knowledge necessary to pursue your path with ease? What are you doing to increase your effective knowledge? That is, the knowledge that is required for you to pursue your path with ease.

4. Network

To what extent do you have the network of people necessary to pursue your path with ease? The type of network you need will depend upon your profile. Roger Hamilton explains that wealth is a function of value multiplied by leverage. And one person's value is another person's leverage.

The network that you need depends upon the leverage you require. In my case, I need people who will promote my business and also people who will find other people to work within my business. People of a different profile or from businesses at a different stage, for example, might need to network with people who can do deals for them in terms of finding joint ventures or finance. And others, yet again, might need to network with people who can provide the backup services and advice that their company or they themselves need.

5. Character

To what extent does your reputation and conduct create an attraction for you? Your character is a function of your integrity and your personality. Assuming that you have these, what are you doing to promote them so that people who know you or know of you know who you really are?

6. Purpose

What is your purpose? To what extent are you clearly are living your life purpose of contribution?

Earlier this week I spoke to some colleagues in Bangalore. One of the members there is running a school for children from the slums. Her passion (question one) is working with children. Her purpose is helping children escape from deprived backgrounds.

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