Simple Method for Discovering Your Purpose

August 7, 2007

Applying Stephen Covey’s principle of “Begin with the end in mind” to Ferriss’s book, I found these great, pithy questions near the end of his book that helped me focus on what I want to devote most of my time to in the next few years. Maybe they can help you, too:

From Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek, p. 289.

1. What are you good at?
2. What could you be the best at?
3. What makes you happy?
4. What excites you?
5. What makes you feel accomplished and good about yourself?
6. What are you most proud of having accomplished in your life? Can you repeat this or further develop it?
7. What do you enjoy sharing or experiencing with other people?

Oddly, my answers to most of these questions were a combination of a) doing philosophy and learning about East Asia, b) meeting and attracting beautiful and intelligent women, and c) having mind-blowing, multi-orgasmic sex ;-) My life over the next few years will be characterized by an abundance of these activities. Heh heh.

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  1. Will on August 13th, 2008 11:03 am

    These are some great questions to ask yourself.. very similar to Tony Robbins “Morning Power Questions”.

    The higher quality your questions.. the higher quality your answers.

    I feel these sorts of questions infuses a sense of direction and excitement/enthusiasm of where we want to take our lives, and actually take the steps to turn vision into reality.

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