Questions to Help You Discover Your True North: Part I

If you follow my blog, Twitter feed, or Facebook page, you’ll notice a constant theme: Discover Your True North. Both leaders and corporations have to develop a True North that follows their unique principles. If you try to ‘fake it until you make it,’ you won’t just be unsuccessful; you’ll also be miserable.

How can you discover your True North so you can take steps to get where you want to go in life? You have to know what your values are and what’s important to you. To that end, I’ve come up with a list of 30 questions to help you find your True North. You shouldn’t answer them all at once, so here’s a few to begin. Take a day to carefully think each one through. Remember, if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.

1. What do you want your legacy to be? 10, 20, 50 years from now, what will your name mean?
2. What one word do you want people to use to describe you? What do you think they’d currently use?
3. If money was no object, how would you spend your time? What would your day look like?
4. Fill in the blank: My life is a quest for _______. What motivates you? Money? Love? Acceptance?
5. If you were to donate everything you have to a cause or charity, which would it be?

Find the full list of questions to help you Discover Your True North here.

For more insight and exercises to help you find your True North, read Finding Your True North. It offers a full, comprehensive approach to identify and develop your own unique direction in life.