How would I assess my current life and self?
- What are my values?
- What do I want more of in my life?
- What do I want less of in my life?
- What are my talents? What are my strengths? Am I making the most of them?
- What skills do I love that I want to get better at?
- How am I doing in each of my life areas?
- What would I like to do that I haven’t done yet? What experiences would I like to have before I die?
- Who do I want to become?
- What would bring more joy and happiness into my life?
- If this was my last day on earth, what would I regret not doing, seeing, or creating?
- What personal qualities and characteristics (in myself and in others) appeal to me?
- Who would I most like to be like? Why?
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What makes me most happy?
- What makes my life really worth living?
- What can’t I live without?
- What motivates me? What could I spend an entire day doing and not grow tired, bored, drained or frustrated ?
- What energizes and inspires me?
- What kinds of activities and experiences do I enjoy so much that I know I will never tire of them?
- What is my burning passion?
- What work do I find most absorbing and engaging?
- What are 10 things that feed my soul, personally and at work.
- What are five to ten things I enjoy doing the most?
- What makes me happy? What do I need to do and be to feel whole?
- Who do I love most in my life? Who matters the most to me?
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What do I truly desire for my life?
- What is the deepest desire for my life and that of my loved ones?
- What and who do I love more than anything else in this world?
- What do I really want? What really matters to me?
- If I had a magic wand and could change any one thing about my life, what would I change?
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What if anything was possible?
- If I could wave a magic wand and have whatever I wished for in any part of my life, what would it be?
- If I knew I could have it all and do anything I wanted, what would I choose to have and what would I choose to do? Deepak Chopra
- If I had no obligations, constraints, or obstacles and my resources were unlimited, what would I do? Where would I be? Who would I be with?
- If I never had to work another day in your life, how would I spend my time?
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What if I could not fail?
- If I knew failure wasn’t an option, what would I attempt to achieve or do with my life? How big would I dream? What impact would I want to make in my personal life, my community, my city, my country, the world?
- If I were absolutely guaranteed to succeed, what would I dare to dream and to do?
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What would wild success look and feel like?
- How would I define success in my life?
- What is the highest vision for this project or for this business?
- Have you envisioned wild success lately? David Allen
- If I were wildly successful in the coming years, what do I imagine or see myself doing or being?
- What is the biggest and best thing I can imagine for myself?
- What are the greatest things I could accomplish, given the right circumstances, resources and motivation?
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What is my vision for my ideal life?
- If everything went incredibly, splendidly right, what would my life look like?
- If I had a magic wand and could invent the future, what life would I create for myself?
- What is my highest vision for my life? What is my dream for my life?
- What is the optimal life? How do I live this life?
- If I could design my dream lifestyle, what would it look like?
- What would my ideal day look like? What do I do? With whom? For whom?
- What life do I want to have lived at age 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80?
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What is my vision for each key area of my life?
- What life categories are most important to me? Categories could include things like: 1. Health and wellness 2. Ability 3. Character 4. Career and business 5. Love and relationships 6. Wealth and finances 7. Life experiences 8. Accomplishments and contributions 9. Contentment 10. Spiritual connection 11. Leisure
- What would be my idea vision for each category?
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What is my vision for my ideal future self?
- What does the highest version of myself look like?
- What values and qualities am I expressing?
- What mindsets do I live by?
- Who have I become? What is my true nature?
- What wisdom, principles and truths do I live by?
- How am I feeling? What is my state of mind? How do I feel about yourself?
- What kind of people are in my life? What are my relationships with them like? How much connection and depth is there?
- What experiences have I had and what experiences am I having?
- What does my physical body look and feel like?
- Where exactly am I? What are my surroundings?
- What pursuits do I devote my time to?
- What have I created and what am I creating?
- What have I accomplished?
- What do I own?
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How will I contribute to the greater good?
- How does my vision serve a higher purpose for humanity?
- What is my life’s purpose?
- What is the bigger impact I am having?
- What issues do I care about?
- What do I wish I could change about the world?
- What will I contribute to the world in a way that makes me feel proud and content?
- What kind of difference can I make? What would I like to do to make the world a better place?
- What legacy would I like to leave behind?
- Purpose questions
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Looking back at the end of my life
- What one-sentence inscription would I like to see on my tombstone that would capture who I really was in my life?
- Imagine my 80th birthday. Who will be there with me? What are the top three things I’d like people to say about me? What will my grandchildren say about me?
- When my life is ending, what will I regret not doing, seeing, or achieving?
- What do I want to be remembered for?
- What is the kind of life I want to look back on?
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Is my vision inspiring and exciting? How and why?
- Does my vision connect to my core values? Does it relate to what matters most to me?
- For each aspect in my vision, why do I want it? Would it truly fulfil me?
- Is this what I truly want or is it what others expect or want of me?
- How will I feel about yourself when I achieve this lifestyle? Will it truly satisfy my inner being?
- Will this vision stretch me and help me grow?
- Does this vision come from my heart? Is it creative and imaginative?
- Does my vision and the idea of living it make me smile and make my heart sing? If it doesn’t, maybe I need to dig deeper, dream bigger.
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Planning backwards from my vision
- What’s the last thing that would’ve had to happen to achieve my best life?
- What’s the most important choice I would’ve had to make?
- What would I have needed to learn along the way?
- What important actions would I have had to take?
- What beliefs would I have needed to change?
- What habits or behaviors would I have had to cultivate?
- What type of support would I have had to enlist?
- What steps or milestones would I have needed to reach along the way?
- Who must I have had to become? What qualities must I have cultivated?
- How long will it have taken me to realise my best life?
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Who and what can assist?
- What must I release to manifest this vision? This may include habits, mind-sets and compulsive behaviors.
- What talents, gifts, skills, and qualities do I already possess that will serve this vision? What skills and expertise do I need to acquire?
- Who can help me achieve this vision? What mentors, role models and experts can I get assistance from?
- How often shall I review my vision to ensure it remains top of mind? When will I do it?
- How can I make my vision as powerful as possible? Vision boarding? Visualisation? Sharing it with others? Taking consistent action towards it?
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What actions can I take now?
- What strategies do I need to reach my vision? What are the initiatives I need to focus on? What are the required actions and milestones? What is my timeline? What deadlines should I set?
- What are small changes I can make in my life now to move me towards my vision?
- What actionable steps can I put into my day planner to create momentum?
- What is the first step I can take? Can I take it right now? If not now, when?
- What can I do to start living my ideal life?
- How can I do more of the things I love on a daily basis, and less of what I dislike?
- What difference would a clear vision of my principles, values, and ultimate objectives make in the way I spend my time? Stephen Covey
