"Improve" and "Control" for Lasting Results

This is the last blog in my three part series on how to use the DMAIC business process improvement framework - to improve your life; whether those improvements are health and well being, career and finances, or relationships with the people and world around you.

Improve is the fourth step of the Six Sigma five step DMAIC approach. The objective of "Improve" is to develop and implement the best plan for improvement of the opportunities (root causes) identified in the analyze phase.

Depending on the root cause of the life process breakdowns - slip up on diets, over spending, or challenges in relationships, you can create methods to address and improve these areas of your life.

The "Analyze" phase that I discussed in my last blog provides you with the awareness necessary to improve your reaction to the situations that cause you to veer off the path towards your goals.

Once we become aware of the triggers that are either missed or switched that cause us to react to a situation in a way that is not producing the results we want to see in our lives, we are able to "Control" our reaction, thus producing different and hopefully the desired results. That's where the continuous improvement part comes in...

Sometimes, even when we change a process in our life we do not see the desired results, we may need to once again adapt our life process to achieve more significant progress towards reaching our goals.

It is in those times that we can become discouraged and put our hopes and dreams on the back burner all together - and fall short of living the life we deserve.

Don't let this happen to your dreams - you deserve the very best!