Life Purpose Test

This self-test will give you a clear idea of how much you already understand about your life purpose as a social change agent and what capacities you have to help you in this process. It will pinpoint the exploring you still need to do and the capacities you need to develop. This clarifies what you can get from Change Agent Coaching and our classes and workshops.

This test is not meant to be scored or graded. You will learn the most by your own answers to each question than by any cumulative score.

  1. Are you in touch with your desire to find your true purpose in life and contribution to social transformation?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to feel it more intensely    __ Yes
  2. Do you know what issues, activities, settings, and kinds of people most interest you?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  3. Are you clear on your greatest talents, personal strengths, and special qualities?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  4. Do you understand what your most important values are--in work, relationships, your inner life, society?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  5. Do you know what activities you could be most passionate about?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  6. Are you clear on the kinds of people and social issues you care most about?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  7. Are you knowledgeable about current world and community issues, and their underlying causes?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to know more    __ Yes
  8. Do you have a larger spiritual or evolutionary perspective on the planetary crisis?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to know more    __ Yes
  9. Are you aware of the current cultural myth?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to become more so    __ Yes
  10. Are you open emotionally to the pain in the world and the threats to our future?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to become more so    __ Yes
  11. Are you aware of the ways in which your life is affected by societal issues?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  12. Do you feel connected with all beings in a way that promotes your compassion and effectiveness?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to become more so    __ Yes
  13. Do you understand how social transformation happens and the variety of ways that one can make a difference?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to know more    __ Yes
  14. Do you have a vision of a healthy society and how we might get there?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  15. Do you feel part of something larger than yourself?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to feel it more fully    __ Yes
  16. Is your mission in life to be loving or creative or courageous or some other way of being in the world? Do you know what that is?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  17. Is your purpose in life to learn certain things or grown in certain ways? Do you know what those are?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  18. Are you in touch with a spiritual calling?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  19. Do you understand how the events of your life form a coherent pattern pointing toward an overall purpose? Can you describe your life in terms of your own personal myth?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  20. Do you understand the ways that you have already been contributing to social transformation?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  21. Do you know how to integrate different sides of yourself into a single meaningful activity?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  22. When you need to make an important decision about your life direction, do you have a way of checking into your depths?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like better ways    __ Yes
  23. Can you envision a sequence of steps that leads to your becoming an effective change agent?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  24. Do you know how to translate your passion for social change into a satisfying career?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  25. Can you find emotional support for yourself in pursuing your life purpose as a social change agent?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like more support    __ Yes
  26. Do you know how to research and experiment with job or project possibilities?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to know more    __ Yes
  27. Can you create an action plan for becoming a social change agent and motivate yourself to follow it.
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to be more skilled    __ Yes
  28. Do you know how to sustain your momentum during setbacks?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to be more skilled    __ Yes
  29. Are you aware of psychological blocks that are hindering your progress?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to be more aware __ Yes
  30. Do you know how to work through these blocks?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to be more skilled  __ Yes
 
Life Purpose Coaching
Jay Earley, PhD
415-339-8060
jay@LifePurposeCoaching.com