You have an inner guide (if you’ll pay attention to it).  It is a little voice. It is seldom very loud, but there is a lot of wisom in there.  So, as you answer the following questions, run them by your inner guide. Don’t think about your answers for more than a second or two. Use your intuition. Don’t give your left brain (logic brain) a chance to censor your real response.

You don’t have to be precise at this point. This exercise is just to determine a general direction or essence of what you want and where you want to go in your career. It helps to be in a relaxed state so that the messages from our inner guide can get through. The answers may come to you in words, symbols, dreams, visions or ideas. Pay attention to your answers and don’t discount them, even if they seem outlandish.

Go for it.

• Sometimes figuring out what you don’t want to do in your career or life is easier (and as valuable) as trying to discover what you do want. With that thought in mind, make a list of all the things that turn you off when it comes to a career.
• Along the same lines, what path have you been trying to avoid? (Sometimes this is the one path that you should pursue).
• What is the one thing you would not do for any amount of money?
• Have you ever had an epiphany about what you should do with your life, but chose to ignore it? What is it you contemplated doing? Create your own job description. (Don’t limit yourself here. Don’t think about risks. Fantasize. Enjoy).
•  If you knew you would live to one hundred (without wrinkles and/or Depends) what would you do differently (we are talking career and/or education)? If you had only six months to live, what would you do differently? What would you do the same?
• What trait or talent do you think is most valuable?
• How do you like to express your creativity? What forms does it take?
• What is your biggest regret?
• What rules would you want to live by?
• What is the one thing missing from your life?
• Finish this sentence “A successful person is someone who …”
• Whom do you most admire? Why?
•  Think back to when you were a kid, and try to recall what you most enjoyed doing. Look back at an old scrapbook or photo album. (Is it a coincidence that I was my local library’s Bookworm of the Year when I was young?).  I read more books than anyone else in my neighborhood.
• What do you see as your role in life?
• What cause are you most committed to?
• What do you stand for?
• How can you make a difference?
• What can you do that would give you the greatest sense of importance, well being and self worth?
• What person would you most like to meet/work with in your career?