How to Answer the Question: Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?

How to Answer the Question: Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?
How to Answer the Question: Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?

Where do you see yourself in five years? Do you know how to answer this correctly? Discover what you should do to get clear on your path. With this, doubts and fears will be removed and you’ll be focused on taking action in the right direction so that you can live a better life five years from now.

Where Will You Be in 5 Years

Self-assessment comes before taking action and making changes in lifestyle

  • Know what you like and don’t like about where you are in life
  • Define your true desires for the future
  • A vision will help you live the life you want five years from now

Outlining Your 5-Year Plan Right Now

The quick exercise below can be performed in as little as 15-30 minutes.

  • Are you willing to do it right, without hiding anything or avoiding what you aren’t currently happy with? Here’s what you should begin with to make your five-year plan a reality

Being Excited About Your Vision 5 Years From Now

Ask yourself, “Where do you see yourself in five years?” The answers you’ll come up with will be life-changing.

  • Immediately start noticing the benefits such as: Waking up with a reason. Being more motivated to get to work. Feeling more energetic and productive

Draw the picture in your mind first

Find a quiet place, empty your mind, and ask yourself this: Where do you see yourself in five years?

  • Turn this into a form of meditation
  • Breathe deeply, focus your mind on the question, and give it your full attention
  • Answer the question in detail

Free Masterclass For You

Jon and Missy Butcher are the founders of Lifebook, a transforming lifestyle design system that empowers people to envision, plan, and achieve their best life

  • Discover the 12 categories of the Lifebook system and the four critical questions to ask yourself

The elements you need to eliminate

Negative elements in your current life that won’t get you to where you want to be five years from now

  • Toxic people
  • The work you do
  • Bad habits
  • Personal qualities
  • Habits are so powerful that they shape your future
  • If each is tackled and broken slowly, step by step, you can then be living a much better, healthier and successful life

Breaking it all down to the first steps

A life plan is not a real plan until you know exactly what the first step looks like and decide when to take it

  • Think it through, and break it down into smaller goals
  • Decide what you need to do each week, in order to get closer to where you want to be five years from now

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