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Read the text and tick the things that you already do and think of the actions that you would like to do to become happier.

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Watch the video and write the essay with the main ideas of the speech:

Appendix 1

Questions to Prompt Your Thoughts

regarding the LIFE WHEEL

Physical Environment
Are you comfortable with the home that you live in?
Do you have a clean and tidy environment?
Do you have a good community? / Romance
Do you feel love?
How often are you expressing love to others?
Business/ Career
Are you where you want to be by now?
Is your career heading in the right direction?
Are you satisfied with the kind of work you do? / Personal Growth
How focused are you on Personal Growth?
Do you read often?
Are you trying new experiences and thriving to learn?
Are you satisfied with your direction in life?
Finances
Are you comfortable with what you’re earning to satisfy your needs?
Are you financially set up for future growth in wealth? / Fun & Recreation
Are you enjoying life and making it fun?
Are you satisfied with the level of activity that you do?
Do you socialize often?
Do you regularly do what you love?
Health
How physically healthy are you?
Are you satisfied with your level of fitness?
Are you satisfied with your diet?
Are you socializing often? / Spiritual / Contribution
What do you do that impacts the lives of others?
How would others rate your contribution to society or to them as individuals?
How connected are you to the inner and outer world?
Are you satisfied with your relationship with your spiritual being?
Family & Friends
Is your family supportive of you?
Are your friends supportive of you?
Are you socializing often?
Are you supportive of your family &friends? / Self-Image
Do you think of your skills and abilities highly?
Do you respect and love yourself?
Do you appreciate yourself?

Appendix 2

PERSONAL SWOT ANALYSIS

STRENGTH
What are you best at or what are the things you are good at doing?
Which of you skills differentiate you form the others?
What are your strength according to you friends, colleagues, family?
Which personal attributes are you proud of having?
What is unique about you? / WEAKNESSES
What are the things you can do better?
In which occasions you are prone to give up?
Which tasks you avoid doing?
What are the roots of your failures?
Which things you should face or stand up to in your life?
Which ways do/can you use in improving your life?
Which ways do/can you use in improving your weaknesses?
OPPORTUNITIES
What does opportunity mean to you?
Are there any opportunities immediately open to you?
Which chaotic situations can you turn into an advantage?
How do you understand you have an opportunity?
Who can support me in achieving my goal? / THREATS
Which obstacles do you face?
What are the thing that harm or can harm you?
How do you act when you face a threat?
What are the threats that you weaknesses create in your life?
How can you eliminate the threats in your life?