The Wellness 8
Eight dimensions of a well-lived life, and an honest place to start.
Why I wrote it
My dad died when I was 23. He was diagnosed at 48 and gone eighteen months later. I did the math at his funeral: if I had his years, I was already almost halfway through mine. That gave me an urgency nothing else ever had.In those last months he spent time with each of us kids, teaching what he knew about how to live. Looking back, he lived every one of the eight dimensions in this book. He was kind, he made his surroundings the best they could be, he never stopped learning, and he was the friendliest man anyone knew.When someone asks how I'm doing, I want to be able to say "I'm well" and mean it in every way, not only physically. This book is what I'm still learning about that. I don't set myself up as the example. It's eight things to pay attention to so the whole wheel turns.
— Jeremy
Eight spokes. One wheel.
Life works like a wheel with eight spokes. If one is broken or missing, the ride gets bumpy.
Emotional
Healthy living starts on the inside. Once you're at peace there, everything else moves forward with greater ease.
Intellectual
Never stop learning. A mind that isn't renewed starts to stagnate.
Environmental
Manage your surroundings: cut back the negative people, media, and self-talk, and make room for the positive.
Physical
Take care of your body so you can keep contributing, growing, and learning.
Financial
It isn't only about money. It's also the richness you feel when you make a meaningful difference in other people's lives.
Social
It's less about having a good time than giving one to others, and being kind just for the heck of it.
Occupational
Do creative, stimulating work with integrity and dedication, and let your work feed your mind.
Spiritual
Inner peace and joy, meaning and purpose: something that matters beyond yourself.
Where are you, really?
A free self-assessment. Honest statements, your own ratings.
Rate yourself from 1 to 5 on ten plain statements for each of the eight dimensions. Then plot your scores on the Wellness Wheel. Connect the dots and you'll see how round your wheel is, and where the flat spots are that make life roll less smoothly than you'd like.Then pick the one dimension you want to grow and take it through the GROW worksheet:
Goal: make it as specific as you can.
Reality: know where you are now and how far you need to go.
Options: name three that could work.
Way forward: choose the best one and take action now.
No one checks your work. No account, no tracking.
"How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us and we manage ourselves each day to be and do what matters most."
— Stephen R. Covey, from the Foreword
Jeremy Reynolds
Husband, father, grandfather.Jeremy Reynolds has been an entrepreneur and founder for more than 20 years. He started out answering phones and has spent his career building businesses. Over the years, he and his wife Karen have taught personal growth principles to people in more than 40 countries. The Wellness 8 was his first book, and Stephen R. Covey wrote its foreword. He is also the author of The Sovereign 8.
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The Wellness 8 is a book about personal growth. It is not medical, financial, or professional advice.© Jeremy Reynolds. All rights reserved.