The Purpose Compass — Quarterly Worksheet

Step 1 — Evidence

The ten most time-consuming things you actually did in the last 90 days (from calendar and inbox — not what you meant to do).

1. _______________________
2. _______________________
3. _______________________
4. _______________________
5. _______________________
6. _______________________
7. _______________________
8. _______________________
9. _______________________
10. _______________________

Step 2 — Gift

Circle items where effort/output was unusually asymmetric.

Step 3 — Need

Underline items real people repeatedly asked you for.

Step 4 — Joy

Star items that left you more alive at the end than at the start.

Step 5 — Consequence

Square items that will still matter to someone else in 10 years.

Step 6 — Read the overlap

Items marked all four ways: __________

The compass points at: __________

(If no overlap, write "Keep gathering data." That is a legitimate answer.)