Prophesies (LBJ)

• Write down a positive prophecy someone gave you about yourself. It could be recent or from years ago.
• Who was the messenger?
• Has the prophecy come to pass?
• Could it still?
• Can you recall a negative prediction someone gave you that actually become fuel for you?

Discovering What Moves You (RL)

• If you were asked to create a TV special about something that movies you, what would it be about?
• What magazines intrigue you most at a newsstand? What sections or articles most catch your attention?
• If you started a business or organization to solve a need, what would it be?
• What issue would you like to see someone write a bestselling book about?
• What subjects would you like to learn about? Go back to school for? Study for a master's in?
• In the past year, what were your favorite causes? What interests do they reflect?
• Who are the people you find yourself voluntarily getting together with, again and again, for deeper discussions? What are your deepest discussions about?
• How would you use a gift of a million dollars if it had to be given away or designated for a cause, issue, or problem that moves you?
• Is there any need or problem you believe in so strongly you'd love to work at it full-time if you were paid well to do it?

Finding Your Gifts (LBJ)

• People say, "Oh, you are so good at____________."
• Write down a list of no fewer than 20 talents you have been given. Pretend that you will be given a $1,000 bill for each talent you list.
• Which of these talents have you buried?
• Which talents have you multiplied?
• Whom are you blaming for your talents being buried?

Identifying Your Passion (LBJ)

• What excites you in or about the world?
• What angers you in or about the world?
• If you could teach three things to others about what excites you in the world, what three things would you teach?
• If you could convey to others three things about what angers you in the world, what you convey?
• How can you use what most excites you to affect what most angers you? List at least 10 ways.

Finding Your USP -- Unique Selling Proposition (LBJ)

• What did you do for fun when you were a child?
• What were your favorite toys?
• Your favorite games?
• Do you remember anything that came particularly easily to you as a child?
• What did you tell people you were going to do or be when you grew up?
• Are you being or doing anything that resembles that dream now? If so, what? If not, why not?

Envisioning (LBJ)

• Who is living the life you most envy?
• Describe what you think that life is like?
• Who is doing the kind of work you most wish you could be doing?
• Describe what this work life is like.
• If you had only six healthy months left to live, what would they look like?
• What do you want more of

-in your relationships?
-in your work?
• What do you want less of

-in your relationships?
-in your work?
• Describe in detail your ideal work setting.
• Describe in detail your ideal work day.
• Describe in detail your ideal co-workers.
• If money were no object, what would you be doing with your life?
• What would you do if you were 10 times bolder:

-in your primary live relationship?
-in school/on campus?
-in your work setting?
-in your community?
-in your family?
-in your place of worship?
• Imagine it is Monday morning, 9 a.m., three years from now:

-Where are you?
-What are you doing?
-Who are you seeing?
-What are you wearing?
• It is noon, the same day:

-Who are you going to see?
-Where are you going for lunch?
• It is now Sunday, 6 p.m.:

-Where are you?
-What are you doing?
-Who are you seeing?
-What are you wearing?
• You are now a very old person, walking with a school child, who asks you, "What are you most proud of in your life?"
• You are about to die. What did you accomplish before you left?
• As a result of your having lived, three things have changed or shifted in the world. What are they?

Richard J. Leider is the author of The Power of Purpose: Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work.