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Environment

An Ecosystem to Support Your Journey

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Answers: How do I ensure success?

Architecting an environment that sustains you. This is about having surroundings that support and enable your effort. It’s people, systems, symbols, score, objectives, and other environmental cues.

lesson 1

Introduction

course objectives

  • Shape my environment(s) to directly impact the outcomes I seek. 
  • Identify the environment(s) I spend the most time in. 
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  • Determine what things I can eliminate, minimize, or add to my environment(s) to increase my motivation to accomplish my goal.  
  • Change my environment(s) to represent the outcome of better behaviors. 
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Learning Objectives

Learning about your environment is an important step toward creating change and finding fulfillment on your Journey to Purpose.

By the end of this lesson, you will know how to shape your environment to directly impact the outcomes you seek.

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a moment for reflection

Confronting Fear

Have you ever found yourself confronting a situation where you were very worried or even afraid? If you were able to proceed, what did you do to manage that which frightened you so badly? In the activity below, check all of the words that apply.

Note: Reflection is critical to the learning process. It taps into our Spiritual Intelligence, an inner awareness that lies below the level of consciousness (learn more). It also triggers emotions which create neurological connections, or cognitive markers that facilitate memory (learn more). Sometimes these reflection opportunities may seem silly or unnecessary. But the science shows it will increase both memory and understanding. All of your reflection entries are captured in your Life Journal, which you can access at any time here or from the Command Center.

lesson 2

The Power of Environment

A Change in Environment

Designing an environment that supports our desired outcome can have immediate impacts. 

Children show a sensitivity to their environment that we can learn from as we design our own. A simple change can make all the difference.

Shaping Our Environment

Our environment can have a huge impact on our mental, emotional, and behavioral experiences. 

If we want to support our goals, there are so many ways that our environments—electronic as well as physical—can make a difference. Our senses will take it all in—does it have a positive or negative impact?

lesson 3

Motivation and Environment

The Power of Environment

Our environment has the potential to create some of our most powerful and productive emotions and thoughts. 

But environments left to decay can have devastating effectsFor good or bad, our environments are playing a significant role in our journey to purpose. 

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a moment for reflection

Living Environments

Consider the environments you have access to. Are you able to enjoy the positive impact of living environments on your motivation and ability to do the things you want to do?

Note: Reflection is critical to the learning process. It taps into our Spiritual Intelligence, an inner awareness that lies below the level of consciousness (learn more). It also triggers emotions which create neurological connections, or cognitive markers that facilitate memory (learn more). Sometimes these reflection opportunities may seem silly or unnecessary. But the science shows it will increase both memory and understanding. All of your reflection entries are captured in your Life Journal, which you can access at any time here or from the Command Center.

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a moment for reflection

Motivation Exercise

Different people will add or subtract things from the same environment to make it ideal for them: some need no music, sound or distraction to study or work, while others love to blast music to stay focused. Some rely on rituals or routines to get energized at the gym. Even building in simple triggers like setting something out to use later can positively shape your environment to help you reach your objectives.

Note: Reflection is critical to the learning process. It taps into our Spiritual Intelligence, an inner awareness that lies below the level of consciousness (learn more). It also triggers emotions which create neurological connections, or cognitive markers that facilitate memory (learn more). Sometimes these reflection opportunities may seem silly or unnecessary. But the science shows it will increase both memory and understanding. All of your reflection entries are captured in your Life Journal, which you can access at any time here or from the Command Center.

lesson 4

Ability and Environment

Impacting the Outcome

Our behavior can have a big impact on our environment. We often have more potential to shape the environment that is affecting us than we realize. 

If we want certain outcomes, how can we impact our environment to support them? 

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a moment for reflection

Ability Exercise

Environmental factors have a significant impact on your “ability” to reach your objectives. For example, if you’ve set a goal to write and publish a novel, you might choose to work in a space where you can limit distractions.

Note: Reflection is critical to the learning process. It taps into our Spiritual Intelligence, an inner awareness that lies below the level of consciousness (learn more). It also triggers emotions which create neurological connections, or cognitive markers that facilitate memory (learn more). Sometimes these reflection opportunities may seem silly or unnecessary. But the science shows it will increase both memory and understanding. All of your reflection entries are captured in your Life Journal, which you can access at any time here or from the Command Center.

Reviewing Your Environment

If you created an Objective Postcard through the Objective Element Course, you captured a clear vision of the future state you’re working toward.

As you explore the impact of Environment more deeply, consider what could be added or removed to flesh out your description of the ideal future state.

lesson 5

Allow Your Environment to Shape You

Allowing Environment to Inspire You

Sweden has been the birthplace of a huge movement to shape our environments.

No better example of this is the origin story of a global business that has had one of the biggest impacts on the way we design our environments.

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a moment for reflection

Improve Your Environment

Changing your environment might be easier said than done, but you’ll never know until you try. It doesn’t have to be expensive or difficult to make an impact if it’s meaningful to you.

Note: Reflection is critical to the learning process. It taps into our Spiritual Intelligence, an inner awareness that lies below the level of consciousness (learn more). It also triggers emotions which create neurological connections, or cognitive markers that facilitate memory (learn more). Sometimes these reflection opportunities may seem silly or unnecessary. But the science shows it will increase both memory and understanding. All of your reflection entries are captured in your Life Journal, which you can access at any time here or from the Command Center.

lesson 6

Conclusion

Environment Conclusion

Our environment has a lasting impact on our motivation and ability. In contrast to letting our environment decay, 

intentionally shaping our environment to support our progress not only improves our current objectives, but bleeds over into the rest of our lives.

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