BECOMING A BRILLIANT STAR 
Striving For Excellence

The graphic shown below represents ten areas of life in which one can strive for excellence. Five represent more internal or personal areas (spiritual, thinking, feeling, committing, and doing) and five represent more external or public areas (family, career, financial independence, friends, and society). Decide where you are now and place a mark on each line. Connect the lines (dipping towards the center) so that you make a star representing where you are now. The terms provided on the back will help you identify where you are now and what area you might want to concentrate on. Do the same for where you would like to be in each of these areas in 2-5 years. Then select one or two areas for concentrated attention.

Affective

Conative

Society

Friends

Finance

Spiritual

Family

Physical

Cognitive

Career

BECOMING A BRILLIANT STAR
Striving For Excellence	
DIMENSIONS	EXCELLENT/
MAGNIFICENT 	ADEQUATE/
MEDIOCRE	SUBSTANDARD/
INFERIOR	
GENERAL 	Persevering
Persisting
Striving	Fluctuating
Vacillating
Oscillating	Quitting
Stopping
Abandoning	
SPIRITUAL	Disciple
Devout	Believer
Accepting	Faithless
Profane	
THINKING 	Wise 
Brilliant	Knowledgeable 
Intelligent	Ignorant
Dull	
FEELING	Optimistic
Enthusiastic
Patient
Confident
Self-efficacy 	Skeptical
Responsive
Tolerant
Encouraging
Uncertainty 	Pessimistic
Apathetic
Impatient
Insecure
Self-doubt	
COMMITTING	Courageous
Determined
Goal-oriented
Self-regulated 	Compliant
Agreeable
Cost-oriented
Other-regulated 	Timid
Hesitant
Non-focused
Non-regulated	
DOING	Vigorous
Robust	Well
Healthy	Sick
Feeble	
FAMILY 
FRIENDS	Dedicated
Trustworthy
Courteous
Faithful
Respectful	Attached
Accountable
Civil
Reliant
Polite	Uncommitted
Unreliable
Rude
Unfaithful
Insolent	
CAREER	Highly
Competent	Successful	Failure	
FINANCIAL	Financially
Independent	Pay Check
To Pay Check 	Poverty	
SOCIETY	Transcendent
Humble Servant	Socially-minded
Good Citizen	Prideful
Self-centered	

Sources for dimensions of the Brilliant Star: Waitley, D. (1986). The twelve best-kept secrets of success. New York: Bantam; Ziglar, Z. (1992). The wheel of  life. Charlotte, NC: Internet Services Corp. 

Developed by: W. Huitt (Last revised: August 2000).