The following questions, when seriously considered and answered on an individual basis, will reveal some of your deep motivations and beliefs, interpretations and needs, objectives, fears, and dreams, as well as some of the perceived barriers and pain in your life.
I challenge you to take some quiet, uninterrupted time to sincerely and honestly ask yourself these questions and answer them.
- If I won five million dollars tomorrow and I had to allocate it within five days, what, specifically would I do with it, and why?
- If I was given five million dollars and I had to distribute that between five people, not including myself or my spouse, who would those people be, and why?
- If I had to spend three weeks on a desert island with ten people, dead or alive, who would they be, and why?
- What would be a good reason for me to commit suicide?
- Why would I not commit suicide?
- Why do I hold my present religious beliefs? Do they help me or hurt me?
- If I had to double my income in three months or be shot to death in public, what would I do differently in those three months?
- If I had only six months to live, what would I do in those six months?
- If I had ten million dollars in the bank, how would my life change specifically? What would I start doing, what would I stop doing, and whom would I spend time with?
- If the world was going to be destroyed and I had to pick fifteen people to escape with me in a rocket ship, who would they be, and why?
- Repeat the same question for FIVE people plus yourself.
- Repeat the same question for TWO people plus yourself.
- If I moved, alone, to a new city, far away, where nobody knew me, and I didn’t have to work (enough money to live comfortably) and I had to live there for a year, what would change in my life and my activities? What new things would I do, and what would I stop doing?
- If there were no consequences or punishment, and nobody would find out, what would I do?
- What two things do I fear most, and why? What can I do about it?
- If I could change two things in my life, what would they be?
- Which five people do I love the most, and why?
- Which three people do I hate the most, and why? How would I benefit from forgiving and forgetting them?
- What stops me from succeeding to a greater degree? What excuses am I making for not reaching my full potential?
- If I could change the way I think about my life and the things I tell myself about my life and my options, I could break free and be happier. How badly do I want my dreams to come true, on a scale of one to ten?