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Define your aspirations, identify your path forward, and align your actions with your core values.
Take The Leap · its overview
Take The Leap
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Core component · Legacy Launch ↗
The purpose of the Inspire Greatness Action Plan “Take The Leap” is to empower you to take the leap into your personal greatness: define your aspirations, identify your path forward, and align your actions with your core values. You put your core identity on paper in six lines, each with a belief level, and choose a totem to keep it in front of you.
Why Take The Leap exists · its core component
Legacy Launch
Take The Leap helps you define your purpose in life and business with your core principles, values, and chosen goals. It calls this phase of personal development and growth the “Legacy Launch”: it makes sure you will always be able to get back to the basics of the core identity you choose to be. It gives you a structured framework to make intentional choices, track your progress, and achieve meaningful outcomes.
The reasons it exists
From Take The Leap's own pages · Legacy Launch ↗
- Know who you areYour core value, characteristic, mission and vision, written down in one place.
- Aligned actionsWhen your actions match your core values, choices get easier.
- Intentional choicesA mission and a vision give every yes and every no a reason.
- Measured beliefA belief level on every line shows where to build before you leap.
- Tough times coveredA coping mechanism chosen ahead of time, for when situations tell you to quit.
- A daily reminderYour totem keeps who you choose to be in front of you every day.
“Are you willing to risk who you are today to become who you can be tomorrow?”
What this covers
What Take The Leap opens with, from the pages of the plan itself. Then its six parts, step by step.
- Top core value
- Top characteristic
- Mission statement
- Vision statement
- Coping mechanism
- Motivation factor
Pick three actions
Tap a trait once if it is you today, twice if it is who you want to be tomorrow, and a third time to clear it.
Who you are today
Who you can be tomorrow
hours lost a day
Each dot is one day of your year: 24 hours. The red ones are the days your lost hours add up to.
The six 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 jump on the cover: at 8 and above you make it across.CheckWhat to do with a goal at a 6.4Legacy LaunchSix lines of who you are, each with a belief level, and your totem.open
You learnLegacy Launch makes sure you will always be able to get back to the basics of the core identity you choose to be. Legacy Launch ↗You fill inYour top core value, top characteristic, mission statement, vision statement, coping mechanism and motivation factor, each with its belief level; then your totem.You tryTap the six lines on the cover's hexagon, then launch them.CheckWhat to do with a line under an 8.5How 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 tryLight up the days of your year your lost hours take, on the cover.CheckWhat two lost hours a day add up to in a year.6Finish and actYour plan, your totem first.open
You learnCongratulations! You are Finished! Then your totem comes first, to review daily.You fill inNothing new. Read your plan back, then submit it.You leave withYour filled plan, with your totem at the top and your six lines of who you are under it. Submit it and it is saved with Limitless Ideas, with a copy emailed to you. “Are you willing to risk who you are today to become who you can be tomorrow?”ThenProgress toward your I.GAP certificate. Certificate ↗
Why this is worth knowing
The purpose of this action plan, from its own Purpose of Action Plan: Who Are You?
- Help work through your core competencies that make up who you are.
- Identify your desired traits and goals you want to implement.
- Establish the most effective coping mechanisms in tough times.
- Introduce “action based motivational concepts” as a totem.
Try one
This is how the course asks. Pick an answer; each one explains itself.
You wrote your mission statement, and your belief level in it is a 5. What does Take The Leap tell you to do?
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
- Your core identity on paper: six lines, each with a belief level
- Your totem, to review daily
- Your filled plan, with your totem at the top: submitted to Limitless Ideas, with a copy emailed to you
- Progress toward your I.GAP certificate
What this draws on
- Take The Leap, an Inspire Greatness Action Plan (2025 edition)
- Legacy Launch ↗
- Learning Styles Overview ↗
- Motivation and Belief ↗ · Belief Principles ↗
6 parts · 10 answers · 7 belief levels · 6 lines of who you are, and your totem
Inspire Greatness Action Plans · before you begin
A little about you
Take The Leap
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 “Take The Leap”. Your plan is kept against the details below.
What this plan is for
How Take The Leap 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 leap reads differently for a founder, a career changer and a student, and Take The Leap is about who you choose to be. 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 · Legacy Launch ↗
The purpose of the Inspire Greatness Action Plan “Take The Leap” is to empower you to take the leap into your personal greatness: define your aspirations, identify your path forward, and align your actions with your core values. You put your core identity on paper in six lines, each with a belief level, and choose a totem to keep it in front of you.
The action plan itself · fill it in
Your Take The Leap action plan
Part by part, in the plan's own words. Every answer saves on this device as you type. When you finish, your totem 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 Take The Leap 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 Take The Leap you rate your belief here, and again on each of your six lines in Part 4.
Read more: Belief Principles ↗ · Motivation and Belief ↗
Part 4 · Legacy Launch
Legacy Launch
“Are you willing to risk who you are today to become who you can be tomorrow?” Write the six lines of who you are, and rate your belief in each, from 1 to 10.
If a line's belief level is less than an 8, you can build it up or switch to one that is a level 8 or above.
What is your reason to keep going when situations tell you to quit? Your motivation factor is the answer.
Example: Integrity: I do what I say I will do.
Definition: Your top core value is the one value you will not trade, even when it costs you.
Business example: Our clients' trust comes before any single sale.
Explainer: When a choice is hard, your top core value decides it for you, before the pressure does.
Example: Consistent: I show up, every time.
Definition: Your top characteristic is the trait people should see first in you.
Business example: Reliable: every order on time.
Explainer: A characteristic you name is one you can practice on purpose.
Example: I help families in my city start and grow small businesses.
Definition: A mission statement says what you do, and for whom, in one line.
Business example: We make healthy meals easy for busy families.
Explainer: A mission gives every yes and every no a reason.
Example: A main street full of businesses owned by the people who live there.
Definition: A vision statement says what the world looks like when your mission works.
Business example: Every family on our street eating one home-cooked meal a day.
Explainer: A vision shows you where the leap lands.
Example: A 20-minute walk and a call to my mentor.
Definition: A coping mechanism is what you do in tough times to keep going.
Business example: A weekly check-in with my business partner when sales are slow.
Explainer: Choosing it ahead of time means a tough day already has an answer.
Example: My children watching what I build.
Definition: Your motivation factor is the reason that gets you up when you would rather quit.
Business example: Our first customers, who still come back every week.
Explainer: It answers the plan's own question: what is your reason to keep going when situations tell you to quit?
Your totem
Example: A coin in my pocket with my mission statement taped to it.
Definition: A totem is a small, real thing that puts who you choose to be back in front of you.
Business example: Our mission statement framed beside the register.
Explainer: Its purpose calls a totem an action-based motivational concept: something you see, and act on, every day.
Part 5 · 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.” Take The Leap's time page.
Part 6 · Finish and act
Your Take The Leap 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
Take The Leap
What this covered
This one was WHO YOU ARE. The others hold the WHY, the year and the defense.
Take The Leap puts your core identity on paper. Keep your goals in numerical order as you go, and your goals follow you from plan to plan.
Monthly Gems and Weekly Trophies carry the month and the week, Defining Moment the next 48 hours, and Gold Standard for Goals builds a Win-Win. 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.