When I’m stuck in my business, unsure what move to make in life, torn between competing priorities - these 3 questions always help.
I use them with clients too - especially when we’re navigating the messy, in-between space of transition. When we don’t have all the answers yet but we still need to move.
1. What’s the ultimate goal?
Not the short-term number. Not the scale.
Not “be more productive” or “learn to communicate better.”
The real goal.
The one behind the goal.
Very often, we get stuck because we stubbornly keep walking a path, even though walking it was never the actual destination.
So ask, what’s the goal of the goal? Where are you trying to end up? What’s your destination card?
2. Why is it important to get there?
It’s never about just losing weight.
Or becoming a better speaker.
Or managing your calendar more ruthlessly.
It’s about fulfillment.
It’s about becoming the kind of person you want to be.
Legacy. Alignment. Living your values.
Feeling proud of yourself not because you checked everything off but because who you are while doing what feels right.
Ask, what inside you is not satisfied right now?
3. What’s the next step?
Not a 5-year plan. Not even next week’s plan.
But directionally, what feels right?
What can you do right now?
Not: “If I had X, then I’d…”
But: “From where I am, what action moves me in the right direction?”
A concrete, describable step.
Something you can write down, explain, and know when it’s done.
Ask, what can I do today that makes me feel like I’m on the right path again?
If you are walking through uncertainty, ambiguity, transition now (who isn’t?) – take 10 mins, use these questions, write your answers – start walking.
