4 - Thomasville Times - Thursday, February 18, 2010
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MARILYN TAYLOR
Syndicated Columnist
GOALS, ORGINS, TOP
TEN, PATTERNS. These
headers top the panels of
the PaperRoom System'^’^
work described in Choice
Points. We‘ve discussed
how to gather and
record all the data, now
what do we do with it?
Whether you use Rice’s
self help book or engage
a specially trained PRS
coach, processing the
information is key to
breaking the code imbed
ded in your answers.
When you look at a
handmade quilt, you
initially see beauti
ful, yarn-dyed colors
carefully displayed in
pattern. Turn it over
and you’ll see something
else. Tiny stitches, lots
of them. Hundreds of
hand-tied knots. Some
threaded areas that look
irregular and uneven.
You see what’s beneath
the attractive, colorful
exterior and how it came
to be. You might say the
same thing about look
ing under the surface
of the panels we work
with in the PaperRoom.
The GOALS panel, for
instance asks how we
would like to see our
lives unfolding in twenty
years. I hear answers like
‘At the top of my game,
by then”, or “Working
part time in a job that
really means something
to me” or “Spending time
with grandchildren”.
The answers, however
varied, consistently re
flect the authentic values
of the speaker. They
are quite simply, what
matters most. Time
can be spent chasing or
attending to any num
ber of things, but the
entries on the GOALS
pattern tell the real story.
Another part of each
person’s story unfolds
in the next panel, called
ORIGINS. After listing
the characteristics of the
most influential people
in your life, its time to
consider afresh their
present day influence.
With real choice as the
goal, each of us has a
window here through
which to quickly view
the past and air out
dated notions. Through
the ‘ME’ quadrant we
see both clutter and the
confirmation of genu
ine attributes. Guided
by our values, we can
choose the behaviors
to carry us forward.
Your story takes a
heady turn with the
TOP TEN - who doesn’t
love to relive life’s most
exciting and reward
ing moments? Whether
re-teUing accounts of
graduation ceremo
nies, significant career
accomplishments, or
fondly remembering
a very special celebra
tion, these memorable
experiences reflect the
moments that punctuate
all the rest. And they do
something else. Taken
together, they describe
the kinds of experiences
you need to have from
time to time to be your
best self. To be on top of
your game. To feel satis
fied and fulfilled. Given
that, it makes sense that
the TOP TEN entries pro
vide a metaphor for your
ideal work environment.
In one his most famous
stories, Thomas Wolfe
asserted “you can’t go
home again”. And cer
tainly, you can’t go back
to TOP TEN moments.
Not literally anyway.
But figuratively, you can
go back every time you
see a snapshot, look at
the diplorna or hold that
greeting card in your
hand again. In fact, we
need to go there in some
fashion if that type of
experience made it to
the TOP TEN. Such key
natural selection takes
the chosen words beyond
the ‘it would be nice if’
level and elevates them
to the core need level.
So critical is our under
standing and pursuit of
core needs that an addi
tional panel was devel
oped to articulate them.
This adjunct panel
entitled CORE NEEDS
asks: “What are my'core
needs and how can I
meet them in new ways?”
Part of the answer
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may be found in the last
panel(s), PATTERNS.
Through a thorough re
view of lifetime jobs, one
can see the kinds of en
vironments that have en
livened you. An examina
tion of various locations,
employers, and types of
tasks will readily remind
us of where our needs
were met, and where
they were not. Often
length of employment is
an indicator. Places we
didn’t hang around very
long likely clashed head-
on with our core needs
and values. Taking the
EXIT is the ultimate val
ues statement. And the
story takes a new turn...
Last week’s column
ended with this com
ment about writing your
PaperRoom story: “It’s
a compelling collection
of pertinent facts and in
formation. It’s all about
you. And its potential
lessons abound.” To
that I’d like to add that
the gestalt, the full set
of thoughts and experi
ences written on the
grey and white panels,
offer nothing short of
a panoramic view that
is your life. Taken in to
gether, each stand alone
panel also bends to shape
and inform the others.
It’s an excellent way
to tell your story.
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