FIND YOUR PURPOSE

Think about these questions as you plan your personal and professional development.

• What are you good at? How can you get better at those things? What biases do you have about what's worth mastering?

• What do you enjoy doing? What activities or pastimes did you especially love when you were a child before the world told you what you should or shouldn't like or do?

• How do you work best with other people? Do you prefer to work alone or with others? What kind of relationship is most generative for you - as a subordinate, a supervisor, a peer, or a collaborator? Do you produce better results as a decision-maker or an adviser?

• Do you perform well in the presence of ambiguity? Or do you need a highly structured and predictable environment?

• What are your values? What kind of person do you want to see in the mirror each morning? What organizational missions or cultures are compatible with your values?

• Where do you belong? What does all your self-knowledge tell you about where you can be successful and happy? What type of organization, doing what type of work, with what kind of people, to serve what positive outcome?

• What should you contribute? Think about your current work and your overall position in life. What needs do you see around you? Give your strengths, your way of performing, and your values, what unique and significant contributions can you make to fill these needs?