free self-knowledge audit

accurate self-knowledge is critical for attaining success and fulfilment. And yet, as the famous aviator, Beryl Markham, said, "people can live a lifetime and know other people better than they know themselves." We can be strangers to ourselves, often holding limiting perceptions of self and our place in the world

1.What factors are important in defining who you are e.g. religion, gender, culture, education, location, class, age, and so on?

2.What roles do you play in life e.g. father/mother, husband/wife, sister/brother, carer, manager, friend, provider, and so on?

3.How important do you feel you are in each of these roles that you play?

4.Overall, describe who you are.

5.How would you prefer to be? Why is this?

6.Describe your needs as a person.

7.Describe your values and beliefs.

8.Describe the main driving forces in your life.

9.List the interests/activities you enjoy.

10.Who do you compare yourself with? Why is this?

11.Whose opinion and/or approval do you care about? Why?

12.What makes you feel happy/makes you laugh?

13.What makes you feel sad/makes you cry?

14.What do you like about your appearance?

15.If anything, what would you like to change about your appearance?

16.List your top 10 qualities/strengths as a person.

choose a person whose opinion you trust and value to also make a list of your top 10 qualities and compare the two lists.

17.If any, list your weaknesses.

18.Detail your achievements to date.

19.Where are you going in life?

create a vision of yourself in 1, 2, 5, 10 years time?

20.List your goals in life – the steps you will need to take to make your vision a reality.

When do you want to achieve these goals by? What are your motivations? How motivated do you feel?

21.Do you foresee any obstacles that could prevent you from achieving your goals? If so, what might they be?

22.When you reflect on your life so far, what, if anything, do you feel grateful/thankful for? What, in your life, do you appreciate?

23.When you reflect on your life so far, what, if anything, do you feel resentful/negative about?