What should be my life’s top priorities?
What do I want my tombstone / obituary to say? What would people actually write today? How can I make it better?
Morality
What does morality mean to me?
Philosopher Immanuel Kant is often credited as saying, “Act so that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the entire world.” What is my current principle of action? Would it make a good law for the entire world to live by?
Are my morals consistent with a good life?
How can I “improve my morals”?
Creativity, spontaneity, problem solving
When was the last time I tried to create something and or creatively solve a problem? How awesome did it feel?
How can I be more creative and or spontaneous today?
Should I be less creative and or more calculating? Is my quest for creativity and or spontaneity inadvertently causing me to ignore wisdom that could help me?
What problems can I solve today? How can I make the world better today?
What innovations can I come up with today? Tomorrow?
Sir Isaac Newton is often credited as saying, “We stand on the shoulders of giants and we see further”. How can I use what the giants have learned to see further today?
How can I change the world today? How should I change it?
If I was a little child and I was going to ask my (all powerful) parents to change the world for me, what would I ask them to change?
How can we change the world? How should we change the world?
Anticipation
Anticipation often has the power to fill us with excitement and happiness. When was the last time I positively anticipated something? What could I positively anticipate right now?
Lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts
How can I do a better job of focusing my efforts to fix big problems rather than little ones?
Conversely, should I be spending more time fixing the small stuff? How can I do a better job of “fixing the devils in the details” or “taking care of the pennies so that the dollars take care of themselves”?
How can I do a better job of seeing the world for what it is? How can I do a better job of seeing myself for what I am?
How can I do a better job of looking at my problems?
Am I completely honest about my current resolutions?
Am I completely honest with myself about my self-improvement efforts?
How would I like to see myself?
How can I be more honest with myself about what I will need to do to make myself the way I would like to be?
What are my true talents? What am I naturally good at? What are my “gifts”?
What attributes do I have that I could put to better use?
What does self-actualization mean to me?
As a state of mind, when was the last time I felt (at least somewhat) self-actualized? How can I generate more of this this amazing feeling in my life more often?
Who is the most self-actualized person I have ever learned about? What is it about this person made him/her self-actualized?
How can I better develop and or appreciate these qualities in myself?
What actions can I take today to become more self-actualized?
What can I do this minute to become more self-actualized?
13 Principles from Think and Grow Rich
Desire:
A) What specifically is my biggest goal?
B) What exactly am I willing to give to accomplish it?
C) When will I have it?
D) What is my specific plan? What can I do immediately to make it happen?
E) Have I created a specific written statement with these steps?
Do I read it twice each day?
Faith:
How can I do a better job of believing in myself, having more positive energy, & visualizing more success & happiness?
Autosuggestion: How can I do a better job of talking to myself in a way that stimulates self-actualization & or the achievement of my greatest goal?
Specialized knowledge: How can I obtain the kind of specialized knowledge that I need to make my biggest goal a reality?
Imagination: How can I improve upon the way I imagine myself improving? How can I use the immense power of imagination to become more self-actualized?
Organized planning: How can I improve the organization of my plans? How can I fix the root cause of my biggest problem?
Decision: What decisions have I been putting off? How should I settle them?
Persistence: How have I displayed persistence in the past? How can I become more persistent in the present?
Power of mastermind: How would smart people from history advise me right now? Who should be in my mastermind? How can I add more value to their lives? What product or service could I give to them that they would most enjoy? What characters from history could join my mastermind? How would they advise me? How can I do a better job of listening to their advice?
Controlling desires: How can I do a better job of controlling my desires? How can I make my short term desires better serve my long-term interests? How have I controlled my desires in the past?
The subconscious mind: How can I do a better job of directing my subconscious mind to bring me the answers I need in order to become more self-actualized?
The brain: How can I do a better job of appreciating the miracle of my brain? If my brain could give me the answer to any question I ask, what would I ask?
The sixth sense: How can I do a better job of listening to the seemingly magical answers the universe is providing to me in order to become more self-actualized?
Do I complain often of “feeling bad”, and if so, what is the cause? How can I fix it?
Do I find fault with other people at the slightest provocation? How can I improve this?
Do I frequently make mistakes in my work, and if so, why? How can I fix this?
Am I sarcastic and offensive in my conversation? Am I at least funny? How can I fix it?
Do I deliberately avoid the association of anyone? If so, why? Do people avoid me? Why? How can I make it better?
Do I suffer frequently from indigestion? If so, what is the cause?
Does life seem futile and the future hopeless to me? If so, why?
Do I like my occupation? If not, why? How can I fix it?
Do I often feel self-pity, and if so, why? How can I fix it?
Am I envious of those who excel me? How can I make this better?
How can I spend less time thinking of failure, and more thinking of success? How can I gain more self-confidence as I grow older?
How can I do a better job of learning from my mistakes?
Am I sometimes “in the clouds” and other times “at the depths of despondency”?
Who has the most inspiring influence upon me? What is the cause?
Do I tolerate negative or discouraging influences? How can they be avoided?
Am I careless of my personal appearance? If so, when and why?
Have I learned how to “drown my troubles” by being too busy to be annoyed by them?
How many preventable disturbances annoy me, and why do I tolerate them?
Do I resort to liquor, narcotics, or cigarettes to “quiet my nerves?” If so, why do I not try will power instead?
Does anyone “nag” me, and if so, for what reason? Do I have a DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE, and if so, what is it, and what plan do I have for achieving it? How could I make it better?
Do I suffer from any of the Six Basic Fears? (fear of: loss of love, old age, death, ill health, criticism, poverty). If so, which ones? How can it be fixed?
How can I better shield myself against the negative influence of others? How can get around or focus on the type of people who will insulate me with their positive influences?
What are my biggest weaknesses? How can I best deal with them?
In the last 7 days how much time did I devote to: my job, sleep, play and relaxation, acquiring useful knowledge, plain waste? How can I improve this ratio?
Who among my acquaintances encourages me most, cautions me most, discourages me most, helps me most in other ways?
Since my thoughts are the only thing I have complete control over, how can I improve my spiritual estate? How can I dramatically improve the quality of my spiritual estate this instant?
What can I do this week / today / this minute to dramatically improve the quality of my life / obituary?
Do I finish what I begin?