5 Significant Questions To Put Life’s Most Crucial Moments Into Perspective

Life is about making tough choices.

“Because your quantity of time is so limited, you’ll never reach the commanding position of being able to handle every demand that might be thrown at you or pursue every ambition that feels important; you’ll be obliged to make tough choices instead,” writes Oliver Burkman.

You have to choose.

Great answers start with great questions, so regularly ask yourself:

1/ ”Where in your life or your work are you currently pursuing comfort, when what’s called for is a little discomfort?”

Pursuing life projects that matter the most almost always entails some discomfort.

You’ll rarely feel in control of your time or confident about the future. As Oliver says, “It means embarking on ventures that might fail, perhaps because you’ll find you lacked sufficient talent; it means risking embarrassment, holding difficult conversations, disappointing others, and getting so deep into relationships that additional suffering — when bad things happen to those you care about — is all but guaranteed.”