Questions for more peace, insight and direction

Your destiny and calling

1. What do you think your purpose in life is?

2. What did you want to be as a child, and what professions appealed to you?

3. What tasks or responsibilities do you enjoy and what are you good at? What takes your energy?

4. Name three things that would fit into your ideal job and three things that would not fit.

5. What has your life taught you about what your destiny is?

6. What people or relationships have influenced your sense of your purpose in life?

7. How would a good friend describe you? What characteristics stand out the most?

8. What are you really good at? What are your greatest talents?

9. What do you think you've discovered about your purpose or calling in life?

10. What have you learned about the meaning of life from your culture or community?

Work and career

1. What gives you energy?

2. How do you want to contribute to others or the world?

3. What would you like to learn?

4. How important are you to the organization?

5. How important is the organization to you?

6. What was your first goal when you started your career? How has that changed?

7. Which parts of your job fit your goals?

8. What would you like to be doing in five years?

9. What can you do about it now?

10. How do you prepare to have that role in five years?

11. What are your strongest points?

12. How do you use those strengths in your work now?

13. How can you use your strengths more often?

Self-confidence and positivity

1. What would you do if you knew for sure that you could not fail?

2. What does success mean to you and what would it look like?

3. What would success feel like to you, and what would it bring you?

4. What have you accomplished so far that you are proud of?

5. When do you feel strongest, and what gives you the most confidence?

6. What positive qualities do others value in you?

7. How do you deal with setbacks without losing your self-confidence?

8. What motivates you to keep going on difficult days?

9. How can you celebrate small successes to boost your self-confidence?

10. What can you let go of today to feel more positive and lighter?

Reflection and discovery

1. What are you discovering about yourself right now?

2. What do you hear in the different thoughts you have?

3. What is the most important thing you are working on right now?

4. What do you notice in your feelings or thoughts?

5. What new insights do you gain about yourself?

6. What did you hear or feel that really touched you?

7. What surprised or challenged you about yourself?

8. What is still missing in your self-image? What would you like more clarity about?

9. What's the most important thing you've learned about yourself so far?

10. What's the next step you can take to think more deeply about yourself?

11. If there's one thing you haven't explored about yourself yet, what would it be?

12. What inspires you to grow and explore further?

13. What new opportunities do you see for your personal development?

14. How can you put your new insights into practice?

Decision making

1. How are you going to make this decision?

2. Which factors are most important to you?

3. What do you need to know to make a good decision?

4. What does a good decision look like to you?

5. How do you normally make decisions?

6. What other ways of making decisions can you try?

7. How do your core values and priorities fit into this decision?

8. What do important people in your life, such as your partner or friends, think?

9. What are the pros and cons of each option? Which one seems best?

10. How does this decision fit with your beliefs or values?

11. What fears or emotions influence your decision? How can you let go of them?

12. How much time and energy does it take to do this? And what does it cost if you don’t?

Resilience 

1. How resilient are you by nature? How do you typically respond to stress and challenges?

2. What helps you stay flexible when things get tough?

3. How can you use that resilience now in your current challenge?

4. How much confidence do you have in yourself to deal with the challenges of your life?

5. How well can you adapt to unexpected situations?

6. Do you have a clear idea of what is important to you, which helps you make decisions?

7. How much support have you received from others?

8. How actively do you look for solutions when problems arise?

9. How do you deal with your emotions and stay positive in a realistic way?