What Color Is Your Parachute 2018 by Richard N. Bolles copy

example, the negative factor “rains all the time” does not necessarily
translate into the positive “sunny all the time.” It might be something
like “sunny at least 200 days a year.” It’s your call. Keep going, until
every negative factor in Column 2 is turned into its opposite, a positive
factor, in Column 3. Don’t forget to note any positive factors you listed
at the bottom of Column 3, when you were working on Column 2.
COLUMN 4 In Column 4, now, list the positive factors in Column 3, in
the order of most important (to you), down to least important (to you).
For example, if you were looking at, and trying to name a new town,
city, or place where you could be happy and flourish, what is the first
thing you would look for? Would it be, good weather? or lack of crime?
or good schools? or access to cultural opportunities, such as music, art,
museums, or whatever? or would it be inexpensive housing? etc., etc.
Rank all the factors in Column 4. Use the ten-item Prioritizing Grid on
this page if you need to.
SHOW AND TELL Once done, list on a blank sheet of paper those top
ten factors, in order of importance to you, and show it to everyone you
meet for the next ten days, with the ultimate question: “Can you think of
any place that has all ten of these factors, or at least the top five?” Jot
down any and all of their suggestions on the back of the sheet. When the
ten days are up, look at the back of that sheet and circle the three places
that seem the most interesting to you. If there is only a partial overlap
between your dream factors and the places your friends and
acquaintances can come up with, make sure the overlap is in the factors
that count the most.
COLUMN 5 Now you have some names that you will want to find out
more about, so that you can eventually figure out which would be your
absolute favorite place to live, and your second, and your third, as
backups. Enter those three places in Column 5, then copy them plus
your top five geographical factors, on to Petal #7, Preferred Place(s) to
Live, on the Flower Diagram on this page.
COLUMN 6 If you are doing this with a partner, skip Column 5.
Instead, when you have finished your Column 4, look at your partner’s
Column 4, and copy it into Column 6. The numbering of your list in
Column 4 was 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. So, you need a different numbering system
for your partner’s list, as you copy it into Column 6; let us say a, b, c, d,
etc.