Interactive Wheel

Click the link to access the interactive wheel or click on the blank wheel below.

The wheel is simply a circle split into segments to which you assign categories.

The segments are graduated from 0 to 10 with 0 being in the centre of the circle and 10 being at the outside.

To use the interactive wheel, decide on your focus, for example your personal life or your business, then select one of the prepared wheels or select Custom to create your own.

After choosing your wheel, score your sense of satisfaction for each category, with 0 being worst and 10 being best, and enter your score in the box adjacent to the relevant segment.

If you are uncertain regarding how to rate your sense of satisfaction with the categories, here are some possible questions regarding the Wheel of Life categories to assist you.

Career		Money
Is my job rewarding? Does it reflect my values? Do I have opportunity for advancement?		Do I earn enough and live within my means? Do I save enough? Am I planning for financial freedom?
Health		Significant other/Romance
Am I generally fit and well? Do I eat healthily? Do I exercise regularly?		Do I have/want a soul mate? Do we share values and intimacy? Am I nurturing the relationship we have with each other?
Friends and Family		Personal Growth
Do I have/want a close circle of friends? Do I spend enough time with family and friends? Do I value the relationship we have with each other?		Am I continually learning new things? Do I enjoy new opportunities for growth? Are the things I do growing me as a person?
Fun and Recreation		Physical Environment
Do I have fun often? Do I know how to relax? Do I enjoy sports or have hobbies?		Do I like the area in which I live? Is my home comfortable, tidy and warm? Do I keep my appearance smart? Is my car serviced and reliable?

Once you have entered your scores for all the segments, click Plot and you will have a graphical representation of the categories regarding your chosen focus as you rate them presently.

Once you have finished scoring and plotting your wheel, you can print your completed wheel to guide your goal setting and actions.

There is even a Goal Achievement wheel to assist you.

Click the link to access the interactive wheel or click on the blank wheel above.

Return to this page for more tips on what to do with your wheel once you have printed it.

 

Interpreting Your Wheel

What you are aiming for with your completed wheel is to have all segments scored evenly, above 7 and as near 10 as possible.

If you have some segments scored lower than 7, possibly some with particularly low scores, then it is necessary to investigate how they may interact with each other in order to identify the area to address first.

For example, with the wheel of life, if there are low scores for Money, Career, Personal Growth and Fun & Recreation, it may be that the low score for Personal Growth could be linked to a low Career rating or it could be that this person has not been concentrating on their personal development.

Fun & Recreation scored low could be tied to the low score regarding Money.

Not having sufficient money could mean that a person may be unable to go out or engage in recreation that has an appreciable cost associated with it, which can lead to a low level of morale and lack of desire to have fun.

A low score for Money could also be tied to the low score for Career, though it may be that money is low due to poor financial management.

Hence it can be that a low score in one category can result from other factors and that working to improve the score in a category can have a 'knock-on' effect on other areas.

 

Taking Action

Now you have your printed wheel, the next question is; What to do with it?

If you have only one category scored low then where to start seems apparent though, to ensure areas currently scored high retain their current evaluation, a well formed outcome is required before beginning to make changes.

For example.

If the only category scoring low is currently Career, going full-out making changes regarding your career without paying close attention to the effect of these changes on other areas could result in the score for Career improving but at the expense of, say, Fun and Recreation and Friends and Family.

Where there are a number of categories to which you have assigned a low score, where to begin is a little more complex.

As highlighted above, categories are interrelated and action in one area is likely to affect other areas so, where to start, requires some thought and consideration.

Questions that can assist you here are:

• With regard to this wheel, what exactly do you want?
• What will you be like when you have achieved this?
• What will be the impact of achieving this on other areas of your life?
• How will achieving this affect others close to you?
• What will achieving this bring you that you want?
• What will achieving this bring you that you don't want?

If, for example, we take the Wheel of Life described above in 'Interpreting Your Wheel'; where there are low scores for Money, Career, Personal Growth and Fun & Recreation, then considering these results may indicate a focus on Career in order to improve the scores for the other areas.

You may or may not be clear about the direction you want to take regarding your career but, if you are, exactly how you do this may initially have negative implications on Money, Fun & Recreation and Friends & Family, so a good, detailed and accurate plan will need to be formulated in order the changes are properly managed.

Questions that can assist you here are:

• With regard to your preferred category, what exactly do you want?
• What skills do you already have that will assist you in achieving this?
• What skills do you want to gain that will assist you in achieving this?
• Where can you learn these skills?
• What will be the effect of this on other areas of your life?
• What other options do you have?
• Who can you ask to support you in this?
• When can you have these conversations?

This is a brief insight into the use of a coaching tool, The Wheel, and a few questions a coach may ask in order to assist you in setting and achieving your goals.

If working with this interactive wheel has highlighted areas you wish to address further, please contact us directly to discuss how we can help you.

Wishing you much success.