Life Purpose Test

This self-test will give you a clear idea of how much you already understand about your life purpose 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 Life Purpose Coaching.

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?
    __ 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. Do you feel part of something larger than yourself?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to feel it more fully    __ Yes
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Are you in touch with a spiritual calling?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  11. 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
  12. Do you understand the ways that you have already been living out your life purpose?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. Have you envisioned how to make your life purpose happen in the world?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  16. Do you know how to translate your deepest passion into a satisfying career?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to get clearer    __ Yes
  17. Can you find emotional support for yourself in pursuing your life purpose?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like more support    __ Yes
  18. Do you know how to research and experiment with job or project possibilities?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to know more    __ Yes
  19. Can you create an action plan for manifesting your life purpose and motivate yourself to follow it.
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to be more skilled    __ Yes
  20. Do you know how to sustain your momentum during setbacks?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to be more skilled    __ Yes
  21. Are you aware of psychological blocks that are hindering your progress?
    __ No    __ Somewhat    __ Yes, but I would like to be more aware __ Yes
  22. 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