| Start by asking yourself some specific | | | | college" or "passing the bar", ask yourself |
| questions. Keep a record of your answers in a | | | | something more personal and unique. For |
| notebook or journal. | | | | example, ask yourself if "getting into |
| | | | college" would have been the choice you made |
| Here are 10 questions to begin your journey | | | | if it hadn't been expected of you. Would you |
| and remember, YOU will always be a WORK IN | | | | have preferred to learn a trade had it been |
| PROGRESS. | | | | an acceptable choice? What moments of triumph |
| | | | did you have as a child? |
| 1) If you could do anything you want to | | | | |
| tomorrow, what would it be? | | | | 7) What will you regret not doing in your |
| | | | life if you continue as you are now? |
| The answer should not be something that is an | | | | |
| escape from what you ordinarily would be | | | | 8) What do you want people to say about you |
| doing, but in more positive terms of a true | | | | after you are no longer living? What is your |
| dream. | | | | legacy? |
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| 2) What are your core values? | | | | 9) What do you want to do when you retire? |
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| Core values became yours in childhood and you | | | | 10) Outside of parents who influenced your |
| would not be you if you did not respect | | | | life more than anyone else; who had an impact |
| those. Make a list and then pare it down to | | | | on your life and what was it about that |
| the 5 that speak to you most strongly. | | | | person that meant something to you? |
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| 3) What are your special talents? | | | | The next step is to put self knowledge into |
| | | | action. That means you begin planning your |
| 4) What do you do better than most people you | | | | life based on what you know about yourself. |
| know? | | | | You notice if WHAT you do, act, behave, work, |
| | | | and make choices are in sync with WHO you |
| 5) What were your dreams as a child? | | | | are. It is complex because we are all |
| | | | influenced by the outside world to make the |
| If you have trouble remembering, go back and | | | | choices we do. |
| look at early photographs. Notice details to | | | | |
| jog your memory. | | | | In the immortal words of Joseph Campbell, |
| | | | "Follow your bliss." |
| 6) What is the thing you are most proud of | | | | |
| accomplishing in your life so far? | | | | When you know yourself and act in accordance, |
| | | | the path becomes clear. |
| If you are tempted to answer "getting into | | | | |