This document provides instructions for an assignment involving identifying one's wishes and goals. It asks the reader to imagine they are on their deathbed and list five wishes they would have for their life. For each wish, they must provide reasons for its importance and convert it into a present-tense goal. The document provides an example and notes to guide the reader in completing the assignment truthfully and overcoming any limiting beliefs. It encourages the reader to modify wishes over time as needed and take action towards realizing their goals.

1. ASSIGNMENT 1 - PART 1: “FIVE WISHES”
When you are working on this assignment, it is important that
you are a hundred percent truthful to yourself. This assignment
is to help you know yourself better and take action steps
towards your goals.
Question: Imagine you are on your deathbed tonight or some
fifty years from now. I stand by your deathbed and look you
right in the eyes and ask you the following question, ‘What
would be the things you’d wish had happened that would have
made your life a success to you?’ (For example, J. Paul Getty,
who at the time was the wealthiest man in the world, said on his
deathbed that he’d gladly give up all his millions for one
experience of marital happiness.). Please write down five
wishes (If you have more than five, you are welcome to write
down those as well).
Please note that the bigger the question, the more important it is
for you to answer it right away. This moment is all the time you
need to answer this question.
When you are writing down your wishes, put them in the
perspective of your deathbed, and, therefore, put them in the
past tense. As you note down each of your wishes, also write
down the reasons why each wish is important to you. Once you
write down your wishes and why they are important to you, turn
your wishes into goals by putting them in the present tense as if
they are happening at this moment. Once you put down your
goals, think of whether these are the things that you really want,
things you are willing to commit yourself to, body and soul.
Then, write down your commitment to realizing your wishes.
Also, please make sure that your wishes are as specific as you
can make them be.
Here is an example below. Please feel free to follow the same
format as you are working on the assignment.
Example:
WISH # 1

2. Wish #1: For my life to have been a success, I wish I’d a job
that I genuinely loved.
Here are the reasons why this wish is important to me… [Put
your reasons here]
Goal # 1: My life is a total success because I’m now thriving in
a job that I genuinely love and that gives me so much joy,
happiness, satisfaction, and opportunity to help and contribute
to the lives of others.
WISH # 2
Wish # 2: For my life to have been a success, I wish I’d found
my love mate/soul mate.
Here are the reasons why this wish is important to me… [Put
your reasons here]
Goal # 2: My life is a total success because I’m now thriving in
a loving relationship with my love mate/ soul mate.
WISH # 3
Wish # 3: For my life to have been a success, I wish I’d
explored all my strengths, skill sets, and areas I am passionate
about and utilized these to contribute to the human kind.
Here are the reasons why this wish is important to me… [Put
your reasons here]
Goal # 3: My life is a total success because I’ve been
identifying and living out all my strengths, skill sets, and areas
I am passionate about and utilizing them to contribute to the
human kind.
WISH # 4
Wish # 4: For my life to have been a success, I wish I’ve been
genuinely happy, relaxed, and played passionately all the way
through.
Here are the reasons why this wish is important to me… [Put
your reasons here]
Goal #4: My life is a total success because I’m genuinely
happy, relaxed, and playing passionately all the way through.
WISH # 5
Wish # 5: For my life to have been a success, I wish I’ve
become a very successful musician.

3. Here are the reasons why this wish is important to me… [Put
your reasons here]
Goal #5: My life is a total success because I’m a very
successful musician.
WISH # 6
Wish # 6: For my life to have been a success, I wish I’ve taken
good care of my body and health.
Here are the reasons why this wish is important to me… [Put
your reasons here]
Goal #6: My life is a total success because I take care of my
body and health.
COMMITMENT
Hereby, I commit myself, body and soul, to realizing these
wishes I laid out. I am willing to do the action steps necessary
to start realizing my goals today.
TURNING IN YOUR ASSIGNMENT
Before you turn in your assignment, make sure that you have a
dated copy for your records.
Important Note 1: While you are completing this assignment, if
emotions stir inside you or if you experience limiting beliefs
(e.g., I am not smart enough to…, I don’t have enough money
to…, I have to wait until…, Before I can…), simply welcome
them regardless of the type of emotions and limiting beliefs you
experience. All you need to do is to say “welcome” to these
emotions and limiting beliefs, identify what they are,
experience them in a welcoming way, and think about where
you may have picked up these limiting beliefs. There is a great
benefit in welcoming your emotions and limiting beliefs into the
light: once they are revealed to you, they lose their grip on you.
Once you identify what has been holding you back from
achieving your wishes (i.e., “what experiences or tendencies in
your past have led to your limiting beliefs”), then you can move
on to achieving them.
Important Note 2: Some items in your wish list may be things
you can do something about right now, while others may take
some time to put into place. For example, one of your wishes

4. may be to complete your undergraduate education, for which
you may have to do some work before that wish could become a
reality. However, there may be wishes that you have, for which
you may be able to do something about right away. If you come
across limiting beliefs (e.g., I don’t think I am ready to…, I
need so many things before I can start working on this…), once
again welcome them, identify where they are coming from, and
then let go of them. Then, you will be on your way to start
taking action steps to realize your wishes.
Important Note 3: Once you write down your five wishes, please
keep in mind that this is an organic document in the sense that
it is important for you to stay open to further modifying your
wishes as you move through life. So, feel free to make small
adjustments so that they’ll fit better. However, before replacing
a wish make sure that you are not replacing it because you
believe it is too hard to accomplish. If it were not hard to
accomplish, would you still want it? If the answer is yes, then
you may want to consider keeping the wish.
Source of the assignment: “Five Wishes: How Answering One
Simple Question Can Make your Dreams Come True” by Gay
Hendricks, 2007. To read the story behind this assignment and
to acquire more information about realizing your wishes, please
feel free to refer to this book.
ASSIGNMENT 1 - PART 2: “THE PASSION OF LIFE”
Step 1:
First, list all of your natural strengths, skills, and talents. Please
remember that there is no talent or skill that is too small or too
big. There is no talent or skill that is unimportant. Put down as
many as you can. Also, be as specific as you can. Also, please
feel free to ask others that you trust and feel close to, to help
you identify your natural strengths, skills, and talents.
E.g.,
Using logic to solve every-day problems
Remaining calm in emergency situations
Teaching on the following topics
Writing on the following topics

5. Public speaking on the following topics
Taking apart and putting back together gadgets and parts such
as…
Computer software
Talking
Giving advice
Step 2:
Second, list all of your interest areas that you are passionate
about.
E.g.,
Solving problems
Teaching on the following topics
Writing on the following topics
Talking on the following topics
Writing on poverty
Singing
Volunteering
Step 3:
Third, identify the commonalities between your first list and
second list. Specifically, what are the natural skills, talents, and
strengths that you are also passionate about? Then, write in the
present tense how you would love to spend your life (imagine
that you have no money or other concerns. You can do what you
want to do) on a day-to-day basis by using these strength and
skill areas that you are passionate about. Then, take your
answer to the previous question and answer the following
question. How can you make money and sustain yourself while
you are doing what you love and what comes naturally to you?
Please, devise a way to do that to the best of your ability.
TURNING IN YOUR ASSIGNMENT
Before you turn in your assignment, make sure that you have a
dated copy for your records.
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