The AIM Workbook — LifeSketch
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The AIM Workbook

Where the design work happens.

1One section per lesson. Each lesson tells you which section is yours — no working ahead, no make-up guilt.
2Think on paper here. The best of it gets assembled onto your Career Plan at the end of the week.
3Mark each section done when it has first-draft ink. The chips below keep score.
Progress 1 · Future Self 2 · What Drives You 3 · Vision 4 · Backward Design
What this tool is

This is the working document for your design week. Four sections, one per lesson — each lesson tells you which section is yours. Nothing here is graded and nothing is final: this is where you think on paper, and the best of it gets assembled onto your Career Plan at the end of the week.

You're done when

Each section has real first-draft ink. Every section carries its own done-line at the top — hit those four and this workbook has done its job. Messy counts. Changing your mind counts. Blank doesn't.

Section 1

Future Self

Who do you want to be in your next chapter? You live your life in roles — strands in a rope — and your career is one strong strand, not the whole rope. Start with who, and the what starts lining up behind it.

Done looks like: a wheel with your roles on it, purpose lines for your big three, and the career deep-dive started. 20–25 minutes. First draft. Living document.
The core self — the dimensions inside every role
Wheel of Life — quick check-in (rename any area, add your own)
Life area / role1–10Right now this feels…Focus

The labels are engineering states, not grades. "Wrong" means the strand needs re-rigging — it says nothing about you.

Future role inventory — the roles I want in my next chapter
Purpose & success — for your big three

Two questions, honestly answered: Why does this role matter to me? and What does it look like when it's truly thriving? Not affirmations — a compass.

RolePurpose — why it mattersSuccess — what thriving looks like
Career role deep dive — what must the work contribute so the other strands can thrive?
Section 2

What Drives You

Your values, passions, and priorities are the operating system underneath every career decision — and like any operating system, yours needs a periodic update. Map it here, then run the translation move at the bottom: it's the most important ten minutes of the section.

Done looks like: five to seven values with translations, both energy columns populated, and at least three entries on the Wants & Needs List — including one true non-negotiable. 20–25 minutes.
The value bank — narrow in two passes
Not mine Tap once — shortlist (aim ~10) Tap again — core (aim 5–7) Shortlist 0 · Core 0

Read the bank, listen to your gut, and pick what feels most alive right now — not what sounded right five years ago.

Translation table — every core value earns a sentence
ValueWhat it means to meHow it shows up in my next role
Energy audit — work-focused

Keep asking the filter question: "What is it about that?" Liking restaurants doesn't mean becoming a server — dig to the actual ingredient.

Priorities — sorted, with the trade-offs named

"Right now" is doing real work in that sentence — priorities are seasonal, and this list is allowed to have a version number.

The translation move — drivers become your filter
DriverNeed or Want?Evidence in a job — how I'll recognize it
Entries land on the Wants & Needs List of your Career Plan — one list, not two.
Section 3

Vision

The creative superpower: picture the future vividly enough and you can reverse-engineer the route to it. Choose one prompt — the one with the most energy. One done vividly beats four done thin. Granular detail is the point: if your brain can't see the reward, it won't prioritize the work.

Done looks like: one visioning prompt completed with real detail, an Ideal Career Chapter paragraph, and one high-energy element circled at the bottom. About 20 minutes.
Pick your prompt — one is enough
The Ideal DayYour perfect 24 hours, hour by hourDraft saved
The Miracle QuestionWhat changes when the problem is gone?Draft saved
The No-Limits ScenarioDreaming without the survival-mode filterDraft saved
The LegacyThe long-term footprint you want to leaveDraft saved

Struggling to start? Don't look for the job title first. Look for the feeling you're missing.

Run the vision through your roles
The Ideal Career Chapter
Circle the highest-energy element

Look back over what you just wrote. Which single element gives you the most energy? That circle is your ticket into the next section — and the second voice that says "it's impossible, you're too far behind" is not the truth. It's your brain reacting to the gap. The answer is a method, and it's next.

Section 4

Backward Design

An aspiration without backward planning is a recipe for chaos, stress, and expensive mistakes — blueprints and permits before hammers. Start at the finish line and walk it back until the last step is sixty seconds long. You're not signing a contract with the universe; you're setting a GPS. Detour = recalculate.

Done looks like: outcome and purpose written, horizons sketched, resistance named, very next step defined — and the 60-second version of it done right now. Before the snack. Before the email.
1The goaland the life role it belongs to
2Outcome & purposethe project scope — the why that carries the how
3What it takesthe ingredients — test the walls before swinging hammers
4Horizonsthe construction schedule — fill far to near

A 70%-reliable plan you use beats a flawless blueprint gathering dust. And watch the trap: planning can be procrastination wearing a hard hat.

5The very next stepthe point of origin — cognitive load: zero
First drafts are the point. The plan is allowed to change.

Work one section per lesson, 20–25 minutes each — the video walks the section with you. Nothing here needs to be finished perfectly to count; it needs to exist. At the end of the week, the best of this workbook gets assembled onto your LifeSketch Career Plan. Your entries save automatically on this device.

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