Questions to Ask Yourself Periodically

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Bruce Keener

I’ve chosen this week to answer a set of questions that I periodically ask myself. I’ve mentioned the questions on this blog before, but it has been a long time, so I thought mentioning it again might be helpful. Plus, I decided to roll the questions out in a different format: as a Google Presentation.

You can also view this one-sheet presentation at this link. From this link you can save the presentation as a PDF file, and there are probably other tricks you can do with it that I haven’t figured out yet.

This is a good list of questions for you to keep around, whether you print it out or save it as a PDF. Of course you can also save this post on del.ic.ious or some other bookmarking site. If you have some good questions to add to the list, please share them with us in the comments.

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  • Jochen

    I have one additional question: why ‘m I doing this or not doing this?
    A lot of decisions we make are determent by the believes we live by. So before you start analyzing what you do think why.

  • http://www.keenerliving.com/ Bruce

    Good comment, Jochen. Thanks for contributing!

  • http://www.billmyerscreations.com Bill Myers

    I think this is a *great* set of questions to ask oneself on a regular basis. Thank you for sharing them!

    I realize this is something of a tangent, but I just started keeping a list called “lessons learned.” It’s more tactical than the questions in your post, but I think the two might be complementary. For instance, I noted that a colleague of mine has a great way of making a point by asking non-rhetorical questions. So I’ve added to my “lessons” list the following bullet: “You can sometimes make a point by asking rather than telling.” By reviewing the list regularly, I can keep those lessons in the front of my mind and begin applying them.

    I’m a GTD devotee, and I likes me my checklists.

  • http://www.billmyerscreations.com Bill Myers

    Hey, it just dawned on me that your list of questions would be of great use as I put together the “altitude map” described in Getting Things Done.

    Thanks again. I love coming to this blog as I always come away with ideas for things to try.

  • http://www.keenerliving.com/ Bruce

    Bill,

    Thank you very much for both great comments (and for the compliment)!

    I like the lessons learned list concept. I keep a journal, half-heartedly at times, with detail at times, but it does not systematically capture lessons learned. It takes a periodic review to flush that sort of thing out. Your list is efficient and I can imagine it could be very helpful.

    I just skimmed your website … I will check it out more thoroughly tomorrow, but it looks great to me! You are talented, and I love to see talented people connect to their talents and share them with people. (I believe everyone has talents, but that many do not realize what their talents are, and/or do not use them … such a tragedy).

    It’s really good of you to add your insights and look forward to many more!

    Bruce

  • http://goodanimalnews.com/ Dora-Marie

    Jochen,
    Yes, I think this is the first question one should ask to go forward.
    Although I know the answer to that question, it is hard for me to make a move as the welfare of my family is at stake. I am afraid my decision would put my family in financial troubles. it would be a matter of having or not having a roof over our head.
    Meanwhile, I continue to ask myself the what I could do, what am I not doing etc questions. So far, I can’t say that what I have found and tried could help me support my family: the income is too low. But I do like these alternatives.. The next question that pops up is of course: what can I do for that too to work. I am working on it. But meanwhile, mouths have to be fed. And we are back to square one.
    Any tip, advice, for me?

  • Christina

    I have a question….is add somthing you inherrit?

  • Christina

    I have lost my job and I’m broke. I would like to be tested for add but nothing is free.What can I do ???????????

  • Christina

    why did I have to get this ugly little triangle he is giving the evil eye!

    • http://www.keenerliving.com/ Bruce Keener

      Luck of the draw, I guess :) No ideas from me on where to get tested at low cost. I am uncertain about whether ADD can be inherited, but I doubt it. There is a book I mention in the following post that you might want to check out of the library, though: http://www.keenerliving.com/would-you-know-if-you-have-add

      The book will give you a pretty good idea of whether you have ADD, although not a diagnosis.