Are you biased?

The Task

Answer the question: Are you biased?

Try to figure out whether or not you maintain beliefs and opinions that make it difficult to approach neutrality regarding various issues.

As with all questions regarding who you are, this question is more challenging and more valuable if you are honest with yourself.

Why would you like to make a change?

The Task

Answer the question: Why would you like to make a change?

Pick at least one change that you would like to make from the exercise What would you like to change about yourself?. Explain your reasoning for wanting to make that change. You can include motivations, changes in your life that have made you change your priorities, how problems emerged, and anything else that you find relevant.

As with all questions regarding who you are, this question is more challenging and more valuable if you are honest with yourself.

What 16 words would you add to your life summary?

The Task

Answer the question: What 16 words would you add to your life summary?

Add exactly 16 words to the life summary from a previous exercise. These should be 16 new words in a new sentence. Your original sentence should remain untouched.

As with all questions regarding who you are, this question is more challenging and more valuable if you are honest with yourself.

How do you feel that jobs you have had in the past, currently have, and will have in the future fail to represent who you are?

The Task

Answer the question: How do you feel that jobs you have had in the past, currently have, and will have in the future fail to represent who you are?

I have always hated how people use jobs as shortcuts to learn who someone is. We are all more than our work, or at least I hope that we are. Explain key traits that clearly go beyond your job duties and how revealing your job can mislead the public about who you really are. Try not to limit your answer to just your present job. As an added challenge, I highly suggest that you do not explain what your job is. This will discourage others from jumping to conclusions about you.

As with all questions regarding who you are, this question is more challenging and more valuable if you are honest with yourself.

How does the public you differ from the private you?

The Task

Answer the question: How does the public you differ from the private you?

There are differences to who people are at home and who they are around others. Try to figure out what these differences are for you.

As with all questions regarding who you are, this question is more challenging and more valuable if you are honest with yourself.

What are your goals in life?

The Task

Answer the question: What are your goals in life?
Try to come up with some long-term goals for such things as what you want to accomplish in life and how you define success. While you can include vocational goals, those are usually overdone. I would prefer to see some more personal goals, especially in regards to becoming the person that you want to be. As with all questions regarding who you are, this question is more challenging and more valuable if you are honest with yourself.

What are your defining beliefs?

The Task

Answer the question: What are your defining beliefs?
Come up with a list of beliefs that help define who you are. Try to find the reason behind how you act and what shapes your thoughts and opinions. Ideally, these beliefs should be able to stand the test of time. If a big part of your life deals with something you don’t like about the modern world (or do like), it’s better to explain why rather than say what you like or dislike. Things change, and you don’t want to define yourself by an opinion that might not be valid any more (although your beliefs can and should evolve over time, which is another way to potentially invalidate defining beliefs).

Why are you who you are?

The Task

Answer the question: Why are you who you are?

In a previous exercise, I asked you to answer the question, “Who are you?” It’s time to go into a little more depth. Why are you who you are?

As with all questions regarding who you are, this question is more challenging and more valuable if you are honest with yourself.

How would you summarize your life in 16 words?

The Task

Answer the question: How would you summarize your life in 16 words?
Try to hit 16 words exactly in a summary of your life. Despite the limitations, your past and present should be acknowledged. As with all questions regarding who you are, this question is more challenging and more valuable if you are honest with yourself.

How do you think?

The Task

Answer the question: How do you think?

Try to figure out how your thought process works and explain. As with all questions regarding who you are, this question is more challenging and more valuable if you are honest with yourself.

Are you happy?

The Task

Answer the question: Are you happy?

In many ways, happiness is the ultimate goal in life. Unfortunately, most people don't actually know if they are happy. We are bombarded so much with what we should think that whether or not we consider ourselves happy has more to do with outside influences rather than our actual feelings. We need to look past those influences so that we can understand ourselves.

What would you like to change about yourself?

The Task

Answer the question: What would you like to change about yourself?

You should always strive to become a better person. Try to figure out some of the more important things for you to improve. As with all questions regarding who you are, this question is more challenging and more valuable if you are honest with yourself.

Who are you?

The Task

Answer the question: Who are you?

This is the most fundamental question for self-exploration. As with all questions regarding self-exploration, this question is more challenging and more valuable if you are honest with yourself.