28 SELF-ANALYSIS QUESTIONS TO START THE NEW YEAR

I’m halfway through my annual re-reading of Napoleon Hill’s Think & Grow Rich! It’s the book that has had the most influence on my life. I’ve made major life changes after reading the book multiple times.

Each read-through, I find new nuggets, strategies, and techniques for using one’s mind to attain their definite major purpose.

Before we dive into Hill’s “Self-Analysis Questionnaire For Personal Inventory,” I would like to express my gratitude to each one of you who have subscribed and opened one of my Ascent Life emails. It means the world to me!

I read so many books on personal growth and self improvement, that it would be a shame for all that collected reading knowledge to remain in my mind and not be shared. Hell, it would be criminal.

My hope is that each week, you learn something new and are inspired to become the best version of yourself!

I’m so stoked on this new year and for what we’re all going to accomplish! I’m cheering for you!

Now, here’s an inventory you can use to ask yourself questions, or have a partner ask yourself these questions before you proceed with your New Years Resolutions. Hill designed this questionnaire to be used annually in order to better know ourselves before setting goals.

Reminder, this questionnaire was first published in 1937!

Have I attained the goal which I established as my objective for this year? (You should work with a definite yearly objective to be attained as a part of your major life objective.).
Have I delivered service of the best possible QUALITY of which I was capable, or could I have improved any part of this service?
Have I delivered service in the greatest possible QUANTITY of which I was capable?
Has the spirit of my conduct been harmonious, and cooperative at all times?
Have I permitted the habit of PROCRASTINATION to decrease my efficiency, and if so, to what extent?
Have I improved my PERSONALITY, and if so, in what ways?
Have I been PERSISTENT in following my plans through to completion?
Have I reached DECISIONS PROMPTLY AND DEFINITELY on all occasions?
Have I permitted any one or more of the six basic fears (in the book) to decrease my efficiency?
Have I been either “over-cautious,” or “under-cautious?”
Has my relationship with my associates in work been pleasant, or unpleasant? If it has been unpleasant, has the fault been partly, or wholly mine?
Have I dissipated any of my energy through lack of CONCENTRATION of effort?
Have I been open minded and tolerant in connection with all subjects?
In what way have I improved my ability to render service?
Have I been intemperate in any of my habits?
Have I expressed, either openly or secretly, any form of EGOTISM?
Has my conduct toward my associates been such that it has induced them to RESPECT me?
Have my opinions and DECISIONS been based upon guesswork, or accuracy of analysis and THOUGHT?
Have I followed the habit of budgeting time, my expenses, and my income, and have I been conservative in these budgets?
How much time have I devoted to UNPROFITABLE effort which I might have used to better advantage?
How may I RE-BUDGET my time, and change my habits so I will be more efficient during the coming year?
Have I been guilty of any conduct which was not approved by my conscience?
In what ways have I rendered MORE SERVICE AND BETTER SERVICE than I was paid to render?
Have I been unfair to anyone and if so, in what way?
If I had been the purchaser of my own services for the year, would I be satisfied with my purchase?
Am I in the right vocation, and if not, why not?
Has the purchaser of my services been satisfied with the service I have rendered, and if not, why not?
What is my present rating on the fundamental principles of success?(Make this rating fairly, and frankly, and have it checked by someone who is courageous enough to do it accurately).

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“Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don’t want”

—Napoleon Hill

In next week’s newsletter, I’ll cover Hill’s 30 Major Reasons For Failure

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