A Free Self-Reflection Worksheet
By Dr Anuradha Khoda
Author of The Power of Purpose and The Thought Leader's Code
Part One
A quick self-check. For each statement, choose the number that feels most true — 1 (Rarely) to 5 (Almost Always). There's no passing score.
| Statement | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Part Two
Most people don't struggle to know what matters to them. They struggle to say it, consistently, out loud, in their work and their relationships. This section is about noticing where that gap shows up for you.
Where in your life is there a gap between what you know to be true and what you actually say out loud?
What is one belief, value, or idea you hold strongly but rarely voice? What keeps it quiet?
If you expressed it more often, what do you imagine might happen? Look honestly at that answer — is the cost real, or assumed?
Part Three
Voice isn't a writing style or a personal-brand aesthetic — it's the honest, consistent expression of what you already know to be true. This section borrows a short exercise from The Thought Leader's Code.
What was I protecting by staying quiet?
What would it have honestly cost me to say it?
Was that cost real, or assumed?
Part Four
Purpose isn't proven in a single bold moment. It's lived in small, repeated choices to let what you believe shape what you say and do.
Based on what's surfaced above, where — a conversation, a piece of writing, a meeting — could you let your purpose show a little more clearly this week?
Write one sentence you'd be willing to say out loud, to someone, this week.
You don't need to act on all of this at once. Return to this worksheet whenever it feels relevant — your answers today don't have to be your answers next year.