# Do I use my body optimally? - What is the quality of my current diet? - Do I get enough sleep? - Am I managing my energy well each day? - How do I manage daily stress? - Do I have good posture and poise? - What can I do to improve my ability to observe the world around me? # Do I know what I want? - What achievements would make me really excited? - What “states of being” do I want to experience each day? - Are my priorities and values clearly defined? - Am I capable of making decisions quickly and confidently? - Do I consistently focus my attention on what I want vs. what I don’t want? # What am I afraid of? - Have I created an honest and complete list of the fears I’m holding on to? - Have I confronted each fear to imagine how I would handle it if it came to pass? - Am I capable of recognizing and correcting self-limitation? - Am I appropriately pushing my own limits? # Is my mind clear and focused? - Do I systematically externalize (write or record) what I think about? - Am I making it easy to capture my thoughts quickly, as I have them? - What has my attention right now? - Am I regularly asking myself appropriate guiding questions? - Do I spend most of my time focusing on a single task, or constantly flipping between multiple tasks? - Do I spend enough time actively reflecting on my goals, projects, and progress? # Am I confident, relaxed, and productive? - Have I found a planning method that works for me? - Am I “just organized enough”? - Do I have an up-to-date list of my projects and active tasks? - Do I review all of my commitments on a regular basis? - Do I take regular, genuine breaks from my work? - Am I consciously creating positive habits? - Am I working to shed non-productive habits? - Am I comfortable with telling other people “no”? # How do I perform best? - What do I particularly enjoy? - What am I particularly good at doing? - What environment do I find most conducive to doing good work? - How do I tend to learn most effectively? - How do I prefer to work with and communicate with others? - What is currently holding me back? # What do I really need to be happy and fulfilled? - How am I currently defining “success”? - Is there another way of defining “success” that I may find more fulfilling? - How often do I compare myself to my perceptions of other people? - Am I currently living below my means? - If I could only own 100 things, what would they be? \_(You don’t have to go all the way with this one) _ - Am I capable of separating necessity and luxury? - What do I feel grateful for in my life and work? Source: [49 Questions to Improve Your Results – Josh Kaufman](https://joshkaufman.net/49-questions-better-results/)