Conscious Clarity: 4 Questions to Discover Your Best Self for 2023

I’m happy to share wisdom, experience, and insights that equip you to be a more conscious leader and live a more connected and conscious life. Our destiny doesn't happen by chance. It is the result of the decisions we make along the way. Every moment gives us the opportunity to begin right where we are to shape our destiny. Thank you for inviting me on your journey and for joining me on mine!

How do we live a highly conscious life? How do we connect with the purest parts of ourselves that are unblemished by mistakes, self-judgement, external judgement, and lower level emotions such as fear, shame, anger, and resentment?

It boils down to clarity of 4 things:

1. Core Identity
2. Values and Related Behaviors
3. A Focused Desire to Evolve
4. Clarity of Purpose: How We Serve Others

Below are the questions to answer for each.

Core Identity

What are the top 5-10 words I would use to describe myself??

What makes me happy? What am I doing when am I happiest?

What are the characteristics that make me uniquely me?

What activities, experiences, and conditions create positive feelings within me or put me in a state of flow?

What do I truly believe versus what I have been taught to believe? (This question can be challenging to answer, as much of our identity is tied to beliefs we've adopted and accepted throughout our lives without giving much thought to how we we really feel about them.)

Values and Related Behaviors

What matters to me more than making money?

What behaviors or attitudes will I not tolerate in others?

How do I interact with others when I am my best self?

How do I want others to think of me?

When I think of role models and mentors, why do I admire them? How do their words, actions, and achievements inspire me?

A Focused Desire to Evolve

What skills must I develop to move ahead personally or professionally?

What experiences in my life have created feelings of guilt, shame, and remorse, and what am I willing to do to resolve them?

Envisioning myself one year from now, how have I grown?

What is my vision for my legacy?

Clarity of Purpose: How we Serve Others

What kind of people would I like to help?

Where can I provide most value to others?

What problems would I like to solve?

What do I care about that is bigger than me?

Within each of us lies a blank canvas to paint the masterpiece of our life.

Albert Camus said it best:

"In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realized through it all, that in the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger, something better, pushing right back."

Tomorrow is not promised. Use these questions to find your love (for yourself and others), your smile, your calm, your own invincible summer. Once you do, consider your plan to share them with the world, for it desperately needs your light, your love, and your gifts.

Supporting Your Journey of Transformation and Growth

My purpose is two-fold:

1: To equip leaders with the knowledge, skills, and tools they need to be the most aware and connected leaders possible, allowing them to reach their potential and build their greatest organizations.

2: To empower 1 billion people to live their most joyful lives.

The work of transformation is the foundation for both purposes. I invite you to reach out to me to explore how I lead others through the process of transformation in their personal and professional lives. I also invite you to subscribe to my bi-weekly blog:? https://marissainternational.com/subscription/