The Top 10 Questions to Ask Yourself Frequently

The Top 10 Questions to Ask Yourself Frequently

Category: Success, Smart Choices, Wisdom (BD18)

Originally Submitted on 4/22/98.

It has been said that the unexamined life is not worth living. Unfortunately we are often too busy to take the time for self-examination. As a result we sometimes don't realize that we have deviated from our real goals and purpose. Here are some questions that, if asked regularly, will help to keep oneself on target.

1. Does my life reflect my values?

2. What do I want my life to be about?

3. Do I either know the direction I want my life to go OR have sufficient faith in a higher power to trust that I do not need to know? (This is different from being a straw in the wind.)

4. Am I putting my time and energy into the areas that are most important to me?

5. What areas of my life am I short-changing?

6. Am I giving too much power to negative influences?

7. Am I unknowingly closing out people I care about?

8. Am I giving enough time to nurturing/replenishing myself?

9. Am I cultivating and making room for the influences I want to come into my life?

10. With all of the above answered, how can I re-allocate my resources, my time and my energy, to reflect my true values and to move me in the direction I am seeking?

About the Submitter

This piece was originally submitted by Diana Robinson, Ph.D., Personal & Career Coach, who can be reached at Diana@ChoiceCoach.com, or visited on the web. Diana Robinson wants you to know: I work with clients who want to get where they are going more quickly and more easily than is now happening, and who are eager to grow. I offer a free e-mail newsletter, Work in Progress, and a free half-hour phone coaching session. My web site is at http://www.ChoiceCoach.com.

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