How to Be Awesome

Five Characteristics Of Awesomeness

Being Awesome means doing what you want, when you want, and why you want. It means having purpose in your life, and

having the power to achieve that purpose on your own terms. On your road to Becoming Awesome, one must find out what

who they truly want to be. The first step in Becoming Awesome is pick some characteristics that you define as Awesome,

and to define some goals to help you achieve these traits.

Let’s get on with it then!

First, which traits do you want to master? Pick five (5) from below, or pick your own.

Affectionate

Ambitious

Adventurous

Adaptable

Accountable

Active

Assertive

Attentive

Attractive

Aspiring

Affectionate

Appropriate

Agreeable

Artistic

Analytical

Bright

Brave

Courteous

Caring

Charming

Clean

Courteous

Creative

Curious

Clever

Committed

Cheerful

Cooperative

Careful

Considerate

Confident

Concise

Collaborative

Courageous

Compassionate

Calm

Captivating

Coordinated

Competitive

Disciplined

Dynamic

Driven

Direct

Dependable

Decisive

Dedicated

Determined

Educated

Efficient

Expressive

Entrepreneurial

Enthusiastic

Eager

Eloquent

Energetic

Elegant

Empathetic

Egalitarian

Engaged

Encouraging

Faithful

Fair

Friendly

Fun

Funny

Flexible

Forgiving

Focused

Gentle

Graceful

Generous

Good

Giving

Gregarious

Hard-working

Handsome

Humble

Helpful

Honest

Healthy

Intelligent

Intuitive

Involved

Industrious

Influential

Imaginative

Innovative

Inspiring

Interested

Intelligent

Independent

Inspired

Insightful

Just

Kind

Loving

Likable

Logical

Leader

Loyal

Modest

Masculine

Mature

Mannered

Motivating

Methodical

Motivated

Nurturing

Noble

Neat

Nurturing

Omnipotence

Observant

Original

Open-minded

Optimistic

Objective

Organized

Punctual

Proper

Passionate

Professional

Polite

Positive

Patient

Perceptive

Personable

Productive

Quick

Questioning

Relaxed

Romantic

Respectful

Responsible

Reliable

Realistic

Respected

Resourceful

Sensitive

Self-directed

Strong

Secure

Self-aware

Selfless

Simple

Self-disciplined

Sincere

Spiritual

Subtle

Sympathetic

Sociable

Steady

Systematic

Sensual

Sober

Skilled

Sweet

Tenacious

Tolerant

Trusting

Trustworthy

Talented

Unpretentious

Unselfish

Unique

Understanding

Versatile

Visionary

Vigorous

Willing

Warm

_________________

THE “BIG FIVE”

1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________

How to Be Awesome

Now What? Before we find out how to make YOU awesome, let’s find out what these words really mean.

For each of your traits, write down a few words on what these traits mean to you.

1. ____________ , Describe It in Just a Few Words:____________________________________________________________________

2. ____________ , Describe It in Just a Few Words:____________________________________________________________________

3. ____________ , Describe It in Just a Few Words:____________________________________________________________________

4. ____________ , Describe It in Just a Few Words:____________________________________________________________________

5. ____________ , Describe It in Just a Few Words:____________________________________________________________________

Are we getting closer to the big picture now? I hope so!

Now, for each of these traits, let’s write three activities you must complete in order to achieve mastery of these traits. It

can be a daily habit, it can be something you do every week, it can even be something you only want to do once a year.

Make it specific, simple and quantifiable.

1. If I want to be ____________ , I must complete the following:

1. ____________________________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________________

2. If I want to be ____________ , I must complete the following:

1. ____________________________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________________

3. If I want to be ____________ , I must complete the following:

1. ____________________________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________________

4. If I want to be ____________ , I must complete the following:

1. ____________________________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________________

5. If I want to be ____________ , I must complete the following:

1. ____________________________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________________

THAT’S IT!

Now, take this chart and memorize it. Read it every day. Post in your cubicle, or on your fridge. Have it by your nightstand or

tape it onto your bathroom mirror. The more you follow the habits defined by yourself, the more you are likely to become the

person you want to be. Now get out there, live your life, and Be Awesome.