Not sure where to start?
Try the Personal Concerns Inventory (PCI) to clarify what to focus on, or start with Relaxation Therapy for guided meditation.
Take Focused Action On What Matters Most
You Know What Matters. Now Let’s Work On It.
You’ve completed the Personal Concerns Inventory and reviewed your Primary and Secondary Concerns. Now, based on your Highly Focused Concern, the area most relevant to you right now, you can begin deciding what to do next.
Focused Action means taking what you learned from the PCI and directing your attention toward something you can influence. You do not need to solve everything at once. Start with the concern that matters most right now, consider what you can do about it, and choose a practical next step.
Where Should You Start?
Your Highly Focused Concern can help guide you toward the Mulry Method resources most relevant to what you are experiencing.
Consider starting with:
- Relaxation Therapy if your concern involves stress, sleep, or physical tension.
- In The Zone Skills Training if your concern relates to performance, anxiety, focus, or self-control.
- Freedom From Back Pain if your concern involves low back pain, posture, or daily movement.
- Mulry Method: Self-Care in 10 Steps for a broader introduction to the Mulry Method approach to self-care.
Recommended Reading
If you want to explore the ideas behind the Mulry Method in greater depth:
- In The Zone explores the skills involved in becoming Relaxed, Balanced, Flexible, and Focused and developing greater control over how you respond and perform.
- Positive Performance Psychology explores Dr. Mulry’s approach to performance, self-learning, and the psychological principles underlying the Mulry Method.
Choose Your Next Step
Return to your Highly Focused Concern and ask yourself:
What part of this concern can I influence?
You may need to learn something, practice a skill, change a behavior, make a decision, or simply begin paying closer attention to a pattern you have identified.
Choose a manageable action and give yourself an opportunity to learn from what happens. Focused Action is not about solving every concern at once. It is about using greater awareness to decide what you can do next.
As Dr. Mulry emphasized throughout his work, “We become what we do.”
Continue Your Self-Learning
Your concerns and priorities can change over time. Returning to the PCI gives you an opportunity to reassess what matters most and see whether your focus has changed.
You can also review your previous results through:
The goal is not simply to identify concerns. It is to use what you learn about yourself to guide what you do next.
