Top 12 Questions for Personal Development

This weekend I am teaching at a leadership conference here in NE Ohio called Lead Well. (To learn about the conference or to register, click on the Lead Well link.) My topic is Leadership and Personal Development.

I reviewed some do the key questions I have been asking myself over the last few years as I have developed annual growth plans. I also took a look at some of the literature on the topic.

Here's the list of 12 questions that I am going to share this weekend. After I share these at the conference, I will ask the group what they would add to the list and write their responses on a large Post-it.

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Twelve Questions for My Personal Development

1. How can I glorify God in a greater way by growing in my love for Him and by growing in my love for others? 

2. Which Beatitude (Matthew 5:3-10) or Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) needs to be developed most in my life and how can I cooperate with God's Spirit to grow in that area? 

3. What habits do I need to break, develop, or maintain that would make the most significant change for good in my life? 

4. What can I see, hear, do, read, and learn that will inspire and inform me to become more and more like Christ? 

5. What new patterns of living do I need to embrace to better overcome worry, depression, bitterness, stress, anger, false guilt, shame, and self-accusation/condemnation? 

6. What is my biggest time-waster and how can I minimize its impact on my life so I can serve others better?

7. What can I do to learn and grow from the trials I am facing and to leverage and glean from the victories I am enjoying? 

8. What will I do differently to make better healthy choices when it comes to eating and to exercise? 

9. How can I better leverage my life, my resources, and my influence, to fight against injustice? 

10. How can I focus more and more on the calling that is most important to me (What would I do if I had all the money I needed and could do whatever I wanted)?

11. How will I network and team up with more quality people who love the Lord, whom I like and respect, and who make me a better person?

12. What's it going to take for me to be ready to die, to meet my Maker, to hear "well done" from Jesus? 

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Question: What questions would you add to the list?