I’ve been working with a “Three Most Important Things to Do Today” list for awhile. I wondered what a Deeper Song To-Do list would look like.
The label on your list
The search began when I explored a word substation for “important” What if I chose a different word like three things that will “move me forward”, or “get me unstuck”, or is the “easiest to do” or will “give me the most leverage.” I like the word “leverage.” “Power, force, control” are synonyms. That helps color the choices.
The criteria of “Deeper Song”
The purpose of a Deeper Song To Do List is to create specific do-able action steps that will nurture the community you serve. This could mean:
- A product you need to complete that will change some lives
- A connection you want to make that will nurture you both
- An idea you are burning to explore in a blog post series.
- Courses that assist people in their journey
- A change you need to make in your own life that frees you to deepen your song
What choice has the most impact?
I have so many ideas it is hard to choose where to begin. What if I examine the degree of impact they will have?
- Who will they impact? Some choices will have a huge impact on me – my life, my understanding, and my personal growth. Inevitably, those translate into clarity for others and it’s often a place where I begin
- How often will it impact? How soon can you complete it? There are projects and then there are PROJECTS. You’ll have both but a balance is good. You want to keep nurturing your community on a regular basis. A consistent blog post schedule is foundational. I’ve been writing in a series of articles and the ideas pour out. Podcasting takes more time but it is consumed differently and connects with a multi-tasking audience. A course asks more of the participants. You need a mix. Set up a foundation that keeps actively supporting your community, then work on the bigger projects.
- How deeply will it impact? You really have no idea how much impact our work will have until you put it out there. In a 6-week teleclass, I once had a 5-minute segment on forgiveness have a huge impact on the life of one of the participants. Our cornerstone content will have great impact. The courses we write ask people to actively participate in their own personal growth. A concept in our podcast series may be an ah-ha for someone. Keep putting your work out from your heart and notice and track what resonates.
- How do you need to change within yourself in order to sing a Deeper Song? Your personalized spiritual practice will influence how you change. The people you hang out with will inspire and motivate you or hold you back. Your commitment and perseverance will have impact on how you grow yourself. Make adjustments in your personal life that nurture you.
A simple Deeper Song To-Do List
Oh man, I want to choose three most impactful things out of all these possibilities I just wrote down. As your criteria changes, it will influence your measuring stick. Here’s where I started:
Action: Establish a podcast schedule of 1 per week
Impact: Consistency and a new way to serve my community
How I feel about that: I very much want this in my regular offering.
Action: Write more article series
Impact: Series have impact because they explore a topic more deeply
How I feel about that:I’m going to craft more series .
Action: Compose the “Melody for your Deeper Song” Course
Impact: I’m in a course for this so it makes sense to complete it next.
How I feel about that: I really like these 21-day daily email courses. I will do more of them
Action: 1:1 Skype calls with my community
Impact: Love these. I am letting them evolve organically.
How I feel about that:The new course I’m in has great new people to get to know This is probably the most self-nurturing thing I do.
How do I make a Deeper Song To Do list from this?
If I choose three qualities I want to inspire/motivate/encourage in others what would they be? Mine are:
- Unfolding: Stay in the moment. Allow life to unfold and shape things as they come.
- Connection: Interact meaningfully with others. Find my tribe(s) and participate. Allow myyself to be nurtured and supported.
- Impact: Putt my gift into the world. Harvest my own crop – all the life experience and wisdom I have accumulated to date. Share it with others – generously.
Unfolding, Connection, Impact
Now I have my measuring stick. Whatever I put on my daily Three Things to Do list they must be aligned with these three purposes.
Action: Establish a podcast schedule of 1 per week
Deeper Song Results::Impact-Put my gift into the world, Connection-Interact meaningfully with others,Unfolding- Stay in the moment
Action: Write more article series
Deeper Song Results: Impact-Put my gift into the world, Connection-Interact meaningfully with others,Unfolding- Stay in the moment
You get the idea. I’ve only shown you a process
As you develop your own Deeper Song To Do List please share it with me at cara@passionatelyonpurpose.com. We’re on this journey together and we will all follow our own version of the map. We can learn from each other.
What does your Deeper Song To Do List look like?
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