Questions to Self-Evaluate

Sharpen your behavior by taking some time to reflect on these questions. Then take the next action step.

Productivity:

• What are 3 things that give me the most payoff on your job?
• How much time do I spend on those 3 things?
• Do I have written goals in these payoff areas?  How often do I regularly evaluate them?
• Do I set deadlines for self and others in these deadlines?

Purpose:

• Why did I get up this morning?
• Do I revisit my purpose and vision and have those closest to me holding me accountable to fulfilling it?
• Am I passing the torch to those who are coming behind me?
• What am I trying to accomplish this year?

With others:

• Are those under my lead growing and well cared-for?
• What is my life communicating to those around me?
• Is my love for people increasing?
• Who needs to be thanked/encouraged?
• Who do I feel out-of-touch with? Do I need to re-connect and how?
• What partnerships am I forming to achieve my goals and expand my network?

Energy:

• Am I living and serving within my God-given boundaries?
• Where is my spiritual health?
• Do I carve out time for thinking creatively?

Conflict resolution:

• What is bothering me? What am I going to do about it?
• How can I get feedback about potentially-unnoticed problem issues?
• Is there any person I am avoiding or feel uncomfortable around? Why?

With spouse:

• When is the last time I got my spouse a thoughtful gift? Went on a date with him/her?

Strengths:

• What are my biggest strengths, and how am I leveraging them?
• Who do I need to complement my strengths?

Personal/professional development:

• What books am I reading and what is the big thought in them?
• What “a-ha’s” have I gotten lately from people or resources? What step do I need to take to follow up those discoveries?

Time management:

• What did I do for the last 15 minutes?