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Creating Win-Win outcomes for your goals with meaningful, effective, and a “never give in” attitude.
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Inspire Greatness Action Plans · Action plan crash course
Core component · Get R.E.A.I. ↗
The Inspire Greatness Action Plan “Gold Standard: For Goals” offers a range of benefits by emphasizing the creation of Win-Win scenarios through a deep understanding of customers or business partners. You gather over 15 data points about the person you want to work with, write a S.W.O.T., and leave with three Win-Win actions.
Why Gold Standard exists · Win-Win
Win-Win
Gold Standard encourages you to gather and analyze over 15 personal data points about a customer or business partner, so you can develop meaningful connections and optimize your interactions. Its banner says it plainly: creating Win-Win outcomes for your goals with a meaningful, effective, and “never give in” attitude, by learning the basic information about your clients and peers so your relationship can grow.
The reasons it exists
From Gold Standard's own overview · Get R.E.A.I. ↗
- Win-Win scenariosBoth sides gain, so both sides want to keep working together.
- A deep understandingOver 15 data points about the person, instead of a guess about them.
- Meaningful connectionsTheir story, their passion and their role models: what to talk about besides business.
- Better interactionsTheir favorite color, their habits, what they enjoy: details that make every contact personal.
- A clear S.W.O.T.The strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats of this Win-Win, in four lines.
- A never-give-in attitudeThree Win-Win actions, written down, so the relationship keeps moving.
“Creating Win-Win outcomes for your goals with meaningful, effective, and a ‘never give in’ attitude.”
What this covers
What Gold Standard opens with, from the pages of the plan itself. Then its eight parts, step by step.
You
Them
Gold Standard
data points gathered. Over 15 is the plan's own goal.
Jordan Rivers
Owner, Rivers Family Bakery
Website: riversbakery.example
Favorite color: Not asked yet
Role models: Their grandmother, who opened the first store
Passion: Feeding the neighborhood
Why continue: Their kids want to run it one day
What they bring to the table: Thirty years of recipes and a loyal following
Pick their favorite color
Under an 8: build it up, or switch to a goal you can believe in
hours lost a day
Each gold bar is one full week of your year: 168 hours.
- 1Send a thank-you letter that tells their story back to them
- 2Offer a starter package in their favorite color
- 3Refer one customer to them this month
The eight parts, step by step
Open any part to see what you learn, what you fill in, what you try and how it is checked.
1Become your own heroWhat an action plan is, and why it exists.open
You learnA lot of information thrown at you all at once, with no practical steps, leads to mistakes and wasted time. An I.GAP gives you the steps.You fill inNothing yet. This part sets the stage.You trySpot which situation needs a plan, not more information.CheckOne question, with the reason shown either way.2Your learning stylesChoose one or more in each of four groups.open
You learnThe four groups: Core, Stress, ReEnforce and Social, and what each style means. Learning Styles Overview ↗You fill inYour styles, one or more per group. They carry into every plan.You trySort study habits into the style they belong to.CheckMatch a habit to its style.3Motivation and beliefThe 1-to-10 scale and the 8-or-above rule.open
You learnWhy belief comes first, and the rule: if your belief level is less than an 8, build it up or switch. Motivation and Belief ↗You fill inDo you believe you will accomplish your goals? Yes or no, and your belief level.You tryThe gold bars on the cover, with the rule on every move.CheckWhat to do with a goal at a 6.4The Win-Win, and the basicsYour goal for this Win-Win, then who they are.open
You learnReflect, Evaluate, Assess, Implement: start with the Win-Win you want, then learn the basics about the person. Get R.E.A.I. ↗You fill inThe goal of creating this Win-Win; their official position, name, favorite color, email address and website; their role models, passion, reason to continue, and what they bring to the table.You tryPick their favorite color on the cover's sample card.CheckWhy a favorite color belongs in a Win-Win.5What makes them who they areFourteen more data points, in their words.open
You learnOver 15 personal data points let you develop meaningful connections and optimize your interactions.You fill inTheir birth date, family, vision, what makes them awesome, challenges overcome, habits, story, motivating factor, and a thank-you letter to them.You tryFill the ring on the cover: over 15 turns it gold.CheckHow many data points the plan asks for.6How much time are you wasting?24 · 168 · 730 · 8,760 hours.open
You learn24 hours in a day, 168 in a week, 730 in a month, 8,760 in a year.You fill inThe hours you lose in a day. The page shows your week, month and year.You tryPile the gold bars on the cover: one for each week of the year your lost hours cost.CheckWhat two lost hours a day add up to in a year.7S.W.O.T. and Win-Win actionsFour lines, then three actions.open
You learnA S.W.O.T. of this Win-Win: strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats. Then the actions that move both sides.You fill inYour S.W.O.T. in four lines, and Win-Win Actions 1, 2 and 3.You tryFit the two puzzle pieces on the cover.CheckWhat makes an action a Win-Win action.8Finish and actYour plan, your first Win-Win action first.open
You learnCongratulations! You are Finished! Then your first Win-Win action comes first.You fill inNothing new. Read your plan back, then submit it.You leave withYour filled plan, with your first Win-Win action at the top, your S.W.O.T. and the data points under it. Submit it and it is saved with Limitless Ideas, with a copy emailed to you.ThenProgress toward your I.GAP certificate. Certificate ↗
Why this is worth knowing
What this action plan is for, from its own banner and overview.
- Creating Win-Win outcomes for your goals with meaningful, effective, and a “never give in” attitude.
- Learning the basic information about your clients and peers, to better your relationship and help it grow.
- Gathering and analyzing over 15 personal data points about a customer or business partner.
- Developing meaningful connections and optimizing your interactions.
Try one
This is how the course asks. Pick an answer; each one explains itself.
A client you want to work with loves the color green, and their grandmother opened their first store. What does Gold Standard tell you to do with that?
Sample question. The example inside the answer is new wording for you to review.
What you leave with
- Your learning styles, carried into every plan
- Over 15 data points about the person you want a Win-Win with
- A S.W.O.T. of this Win-Win
- Three Win-Win actions, written down
- Your filled plan, with your first Win-Win action at the top: submitted to Limitless Ideas, with a copy emailed to you
- Progress toward your I.GAP certificate
What this draws on
- Gold Standard for Goals, an Inspire Greatness Action Plan (2025 edition)
- Get R.E.A.I. ↗
- Learning Styles Overview ↗
- Motivation and Belief ↗ · Belief Principles ↗
8 parts · 34 answers · 23 data points · S.W.O.T. · 3 Win-Win actions
Inspire Greatness Action Plans · before you begin
A little about you
Gold Standard for Goals
Eleven short answers. Two are required; the rest take a few seconds and shape the examples and the follow-up you get.
Who is filling out this action plan
You are about to start “Gold Standard for Goals”. Your plan is kept against the details below.
What this plan is for
How Gold Standard fits your life right now. Pick what is true today; you can change it any time.
You and Inspire Greatness
All optional. Answering changes nothing about your plan; it only tells us how you found it and whether we are already working together.
Why we are asking
An action plan is personal. A Win-Win reads differently for a founder, a salesperson and a student, and Gold Standard is about the person you want to work with. Your name and email keep your plan with you and bring you your copy when you submit it. The rest tells us whose plan this is, so the examples, the follow-up and any support fit your situation and not a textbook one. Everything except your name and email is optional.
Inspire Greatness Action Plans · Action plan crash course
Core component · Get R.E.A.I. ↗
The Inspire Greatness Action Plan “Gold Standard: For Goals” offers a range of benefits by emphasizing the creation of Win-Win scenarios through a deep understanding of customers or business partners. You gather over 15 data points about the person you want to work with, write a S.W.O.T., and leave with three Win-Win actions.
The action plan itself · fill it in
Your Gold Standard for Goals action plan
Part by part, in the plan's own words. Every answer saves on this device as you type. When you finish, your first Win-Win action comes first, and Submit action plan saves it with Limitless Ideas.
Part 2 · Learning styles
Learn your way
“Choose one or more learning styles from each category below that you feel you identify with!”
In Gold Standard this page comes right after Become Your Own Hero. Your picks carry into every plan.
Pick at least one in each group.
Part 3 · Motivation and belief
Do you believe?
“Belief plays a fundamental role in the success of any endeavor.” From the plan's Motivation and Belief page.
Remember: keep goals in numerical order as you use them in different action plans.
Belief level: on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest, how much do you believe in the stated goal? If your belief level is less than an 8, you can build it up or switch to a goal that is a level 8 or above.
Do you believe that you will accomplish your goals/dreams?
Your belief level
“On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest, how much do you believe in the stated goal?”
In Gold Standard you rate your belief here, before you set out the Win-Win you want in Part 4.
Read more: Belief Principles ↗ · Motivation and Belief ↗
Part 4 · The Win-Win, and the basics
Reflect · Evaluate · Assess · Implement
Start with the Win-Win you want to create. Then learn the basics about the person it is with: a customer, a business partner, a peer. The questions are written to them, so you can ask them as they are and write their answers in their words.
Everything after the first question is about the other person, not you. Over 15 data points across Parts 4 and 5 is the plan's own goal; fill in what you know and ask for the rest.
Ask before you write down their email address or birth date: what you write here is saved with your plan when you submit it.
Example: Become the bakery's coffee supplier, and send them new customers.
Definition: A Win-Win is a result where both sides gain: you reach your goal, and they reach theirs.
Business example: Partner with a local gym to offer our meal plans to their members.
Explainer: Naming the Win-Win first tells you which data points matter, and what your actions must do for both sides.
The basics
Example: Owner and head baker.
Definition: Their title or role: who they are in their business or organization.
Business example: Purchasing manager at a regional grocery chain.
Explainer: Their position tells you what they can decide, and what they are measured on.
What drives them
Example: Their grandmother, who opened the first store.
Definition: The people they look up to, and want to be like.
Business example: A founder they quote in every meeting.
Explainer: Role models show you what they value. A Win-Win that fits their values is easier to say yes to.
Part 5 · What makes them who they are
Learn the basic information, to better your relationship
Fourteen more data points from the plan's page 6, asked as written. Over 15 personal data points let you develop meaningful connections and optimize your interactions.
Their birth date: the plan adds “Zodiac, Numerology, personality type, etc.” Write what they are glad to share.
Their life
What makes them who they are
Their story
Example: Started baking at 12, took over the family store at 30, and opened a second location last year.
Definition: Their story is how they got here: where they started, what they went through, what they are building.
Business example: Left a corporate job to start the company with two partners.
Explainer: Knowing their story lets you talk about what matters to them, not just the deal.
Example: Thank you for the coffee and the conversation. I loved hearing how your grandmother started the bakery, and I would be glad to help with the new location.
Definition: A short letter to them, written with what you learned: their name, their story, what matters to them.
Business example: Thank you for your time on Tuesday. Your plan for a second location is exciting, and I would like to help you open it on time.
Explainer: A thank-you letter turns what you learned into a relationship. It is a Win-Win action many people never take.
Part 6 · Your time
How much time are you wasting?
“24 hours in one day. 168 hours in one week. 730 hours in one month. 8,760 hours in one year.” Gold Standard's time page.
Part 7 · S.W.O.T. and Win-Win actions
S.W.O.T., then three Win-Win actions
The plan's last lines: a S.W.O.T. in its own order, S, O, W, T, and three Win-Win actions. Write them for this Win-Win, with what you learned in Parts 4 and 5.
A Win-Win action is a step you take that moves both sides toward the Win-Win. Action 1 comes first on your last page.
S.W.O.T.
Example: They already like our coffee.
Definition: Strengths are what helps this Win-Win from the inside: what you and they already have.
Business example: We deliver daily, and they need daily deliveries.
Explainer: Writing the S.W.O.T. after the data points turns what you learned into a plan.
Win-Win Action
Example: Send a thank-you letter this week, with a sample of our new blend.
Definition: A Win-Win action is a step you take that moves both sides toward the Win-Win.
Business example: Offer a 30-day trial of our meal plans to their members.
Explainer: Three written actions turn a good conversation into a Win-Win. Action 1 comes first on your last page.
Part 8 · Finish and act
Your Gold Standard plan
Congratulations! You are Finished!
We are thrilled to celebrate your successful completion of the Limitless Ideas Action Plan. Your commitment, dedication, and hard work have paid off, and we commend you for taking this important step towards personal growth and achievement.
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Inspire Greatness Action Plans · the last page
Gold Standard for Goals
What this covered
This one was the WIN-WIN. The others hold the WHY, the action and the defense.
Gold Standard is about the people your goals depend on. Keep your goals in numerical order as you go, and your goals follow you from plan to plan.
Yearly Dreams, Monthly Gems and Weekly Trophies carry the year, the month and the week. Take The Leap puts your core identity on paper. None assumes you have done any other.
Other Inspire Greatness Action Plans
Each one is its own plan. Nothing here assumes you have done any other.
Foundation · who you are and why
Take The Leap
Put your core identity on paper: your top core value, top characteristic, mission statement, vision statement, coping mechanism and motivation factor, each with a belief level.
“Are you willing to risk who you are today to become who you can be tomorrow?”
Open the overview →Culture Shock
Find your WHY, then set one goal for your lifetime, this year, this month, this week and the next 24 to 48 hours, each with a belief level.
Open the overview →The Grind · from the year to the next 48 hours
Yearly Dreams
Name your top outcomes for the year and the habit you will change, then track your most important goal month by month.
Open the overview →Monthly Gems
Celebrate last month's victories, recap what you learned, and check off this month's goal tasks with the hours each one took.
Open the overview →Weekly Trophies
Five yes-or-no questions, then timed steps: affirmations, last week's wins, your weekly impact, and your most important tasks from Monday to the weekend.
Open the overview →Defining Moment
Reflect, Evaluate, Assess, Implement: realistic action steps you commit to for the next 24 and 48 hours.
Open the overview →Defense and Win-Win
Emergency Snacks
A fail-safe plan for tough times: the threats to your goal, three coping tools for each, and a quick action for courage.
Open the overview →Gold Standard for Goals
Create a Win-Win by learning what matters to a customer or business partner, then a S.W.O.T. and three Win-Win actions.
Open the overview →Keep going: the I.GAP library for this plan
The one-page guides this plan draws on. Each opens its PDF until its own crash course is built.