Introduction

When ambitious people feel directionless or mediocre, it’s often because they lack conviction that their current path is bringing them closer to outcomes they care about. That conviction can come from using your new and intentionally-constructed Inner Compass to make decisions about your life direction.

In this exercise, you’ll learn the three steps to making consequential life decisions using your Inner Compass:

1. List out Your Options
2. Assess Your Convictions for Each Option
3. Pick an Option with Conviction
4. Plan Your Tactical Steps for Following Through
5. Update your Convictions and remaining Tactical Steps as you progress through each step.

Goal

You’ll have a plan and approach for using your Inner Compass to make consequential life decisions confidently and follow through on them with conviction.

Workbook Output

Methodically using your Inner Compass to make a life or career decision with conviction is only one half of the process. The other half is keeping your convictions in mind as you plan and execute on following through with your decision. This minimizes distractions or pitfalls that may derail you, and also lets you incorporate new learnings and update your convictions on the fly.

Tips

• Sometimes, non-obvious options end up being the best. Don’t cut the process short after assessing the options you currently feel most drawn towards.

Pitfalls

• Expecting this process to objectively identify the right option for you. You still have the agency and responsibility to make a decision. This process makes it easier to focus on the aspects of each option that matter the most in the context of your Inner Compass.