SAL MASTER Challenge #25

 

SAL Master Challenge

EXERCISE  #25

Self-action leaders RECORD, ANALYZE, and REFLECT 

upon their lives in a never-ending QUEST to GROW and IMPROVE

Conduct an Autoethnographic Study of your own life by doing the following:

• Reflect on the entirety of your life's journey to-date.

• Create an outline of your life's major dates, events, milestones, relationships, passions & pastimes, accomplishments, strengths & weaknesses, successes & failures, etc. 

• Review any existing journals or other artifacts such as: past work, awards and certificates, photos, and other personal and/or professional memorabilia.

• Interview at least three (3) family members or close friends to discover their thoughts and perspectives on your life's major dates, events, milestones, relationships, passions & pastimes, accomplishments, strengths & weaknesses, successes & failures, etc. 

• Analyze and reflect upon all available data.

• Summarize lessons gleaned from your data analysis in an organized, 10-page (minimum) written report that includes the following:

• A comprehensive synopsis of your life's journey to date.

• A list of lessons learned from your past that could help you experience more happiness, success, Existential Growth, and inner peace in the future.  

• An outline—or "Game Plan"—for your future based on your analysis and reflections.

I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #25

Your initials:__________         AP initials:__________

Congratulations!  

YOU have completed all 25 SAL Master Challenges. 

Keep READING and JOURNALING to the end of this

textbook to officially become a SELF-ACTION LEADER!

—Dr. JJ

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

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Self-Observation & Self-Analysis

                          

 Chapter 29

Self-Observation & Self-Analysis

CONSTRUCTION STAGE 4.1   Security

SAL MODEL STAGE 4.1   Self-Evaluation

CONSTRUCTION STAGE 4.2   Structural reviews, safety checks, and quality controls

SAL MODEL STAGE 4.2   Self-Analysis

A skyscraper's security staff closely monitors its property for purposes of employee accountability and to protect it from unauthorized entry and vandalism.

Everyone else who works in or around the building similarly plays a role in keeping a close eye on its many intended functions, operations, and roles.

After results have been observed and recorded, they are then analyzed as part of decision making processes regarding what needs to be done next—as well as into the future.  

As a self-action leader, YOU need to similarly observe your own thoughts, speech, actions, attitudes, and beliefs—and their consequences—so that you can then analyze them to see if they are moving you closer towards, or farther away from, your vision, mission, values, standards, and goals. 

These ongoing observations and analyses are essential to assessing and adjusting your approach to life, work, and relationships.  

Self-Observation is defined as: Taking thoughtful notice of your thoughts, speech, actions, attitudes, and beliefs.  And Self-Analysis is defined as: The thoughtful examination of your thoughts, speech, actions, attitudes, and beliefs to check for their alignment (or misalignment) with your vision, mission, values, standards, and goals. 

SELF-OBSERVATION

Taking thoughtful notice of your thoughts, speech, actions, attitudes, and beliefs.

SELF-ANALYSIS

The thoughtful examination of your thoughts, speech, actions, attitudes, and beliefs to check for their alignment (or misalignment) with your vision, mission, values, standards, and goals.  

Self-Analysis further involves taking stock of your results in various life arenas and then adapting your ACTION PLANS as needed in a never-ending, upward cycle of personal progress and Existential Growth. It is similar to having a quality control expert or facility manager inventory and inspect a skyscraper and its property before submitting a report with recommendations for changes, improvements, renovations, replacements, and upgrades.  

Similar processes take place with all other aspects of a skyscraper's functions and operations, which will usually involve a variety of different teams, departments, and organizations and/or companies.

In Your Journal

• For one full day (or week), carefully observe everything you think about, say, and do. Record these thoughts, speech, and actions in your journal. Then, conduct an analytic review in your own mind to see if the things you thought, said, and did are the kind and degree of things you would like to have thought, said, and done for that day (or week). If they were not, record what changes you would like to make the following day (or week) to bring you closer to achieving your goals.  

• Conduct a comprehensive Self-Analysis by mentally traveling through the Eight (8) Life Arenas of SAL (Constitutional, Spiritual, Physical, Mental, Emotional, Social, Moral, and Financial) in preparation to answer the following questions.

• How are you currently doing in each life arena?

• Which areas are currently your greatest strengths?

• Which areas are currently your greatest weaknesses?

• How would you prioritize these Eight Life Arenas in terms of which areas need the most work right now? 

—Dr. JJ

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

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Chapter 29 Notes

SAL MASTER Challenge #22

 

SAL Master Challenge

EXERCISE  #22

Self-action leaders are SELF-DISCIPLINED

Complete at least TWO (2) of the following four (4) exercises:

1. For a full month (30 consecutive days), discipline yourself to wake up at 6:30 a.m. (or earlier) and spend one full hour reading, writing, pondering, meditating, memorizing, praying, walking, or a combination of these activities before you go to school, work, or do any other activities. Do NOT use any technology during this time unless you are using an electronic device for reading or writing (typing) purposes. 

Day 1:_____     Day 2:_____     Day 3:_____     Day 4:_____     Day 5:_____     Day 6:_____ 

Day 7:_____     Day 8:_____     Day 9:_____     Day 10:_____     Day 11:_____     Day 12:_____ 

Day 13:_____     Day 14:_____     Day 15:_____     Day 16:_____     Day 17:_____     Day 18:_____ 

Day 19:_____     Day 20:_____     Day 12:_____     Day 22:_____     Day 23:_____     Day 24:_____ 

Day 25:_____     Day 26:_____     Day 27:_____     Day 28:_____     Day 29:_____     Day 30:_____ 

2.  Fast from food for two consecutive meals (20 hours minimum) once a week for FIVE (5) consecutive weeks (minimum requirement).  If you are feeling extra ambitious, abstain from food and water for 24 hours once a week for five consecutive weeks.  

Week 1 Fast:_____    Week 2 Fast:_____    Week 3 Fast:_____    Week 4 Fast:_____    Week 5 Fast:_____ 

3.  In a ONE month (30-day) period, physically work out for 60-minutes on 25 different days. Include elements of strength, cardio, and stretching exercises into your workout routine.

  Day 1:_____     Day 2:_____     Day 3:_____     Day 4:_____     Day 5:_____    

Day 6:_____     Day 7:_____     Day 8:_____     Day 9:_____     Day 10:_____

Day 11:_____     Day 12:_____     Day 13:_____     Day 14:_____     Day 15:_____

Day 16:_____     Day 17:_____     Day 18:_____     Day 19:_____     Day 20:_____ 

Day 21:_____     Day 22:_____     Day 23:_____     Day 24:_____     Day 25:_____ 

4.  Sign the CHASTITY Pledge below and then demonstrate integrity to your pledge for at least six (6) months in order to complete the SAL Master Challenge.  

I hereby commit to refrain from sexual activity prior to marriage.

I further commit to upholding complete sexual fidelity to my spouse after marriage. 

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Print Name

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Signature

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Date

 

I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #22

Your initials:__________         AP initials:__________

—Dr. JJ

Tuesday, June 18, 2025

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

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