PiViva Perspectives on Self-audit and life review: personal development and coaching for change that stays with you.
The Four Quadrants is a quick, honest stocktake of how you feel about the things that fill your time. You sort your meetings, tasks, chores, people and commitments into four…
Ralph Varcoe · 4 min read
Ikigai is a Japanese word that roughly means "a reason for being", and in Japan it doesn't have to involve work at all. The four-circle diagram you may have seen (what you love,…
Ralph Varcoe · 4 min read
The Johari Window is a simple model of self-awareness that divides what's known about you into four squares: Open (known to you and to others), Hidden (known only to you), Blind…
Ralph Varcoe · 4 min read
A 360 gathers anonymous feedback about you from a spread of people, perhaps someone you work for, someone who works with you, and someone who knows you at home, and then shows you…
Ralph Varcoe · 4 min read
A life timeline exercise asks you to plot the moments that shaped you, such as turning points, achievements, setbacks, relationships and decisions, and then step back and look at…
Ralph Varcoe · 4 min read
The Wheel of Life is a coaching tool that asks you to score how satisfied you are with eight areas of your life, and then draws those scores as a wheel so you can see at a glance…
Ralph Varcoe · 4 min read
A personal SWOT analysis maps your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats on a simple grid of four boxes. The really useful part comes afterwards, when you cross a…
Ralph Varcoe · 4 min read