When people come to you in various situations asking, “What should I do?”, and you genuinely want to help them, start by asking: “What do you want to achieve?”. There are many paths to a goal. And if you understand the goal, resources, and context, you can suggest the most relevant approach. However, the greatest benefit of this question is that it stumps 99% of people, forcing them to ask themselves: “What do I really want?” “What do I want?”
These questions lead to the following: “What’s the situation? Where am I now? What’s important to me?”
If a person even tries to roughly formulate answers, there’s a good chance they’ll understand how to achieve their goal. The problem is that for most people, it’s easier to do simple and understandable things, even if such actions can be absolutely MEANINGLESS and INEFFECTIVE. We tend to do what’s CLEAR, FAMILIAR, and CONVENIENT, rather than what LEADS TO RESULTS. Then, at the end of our lives, standing by the coffin, we ask ourselves: “How did it happen that I WORKED HONESTLY ALL MY LIFE, but it was all for naught?”
If you realize that time is the most valuable asset, before you spend it, ask yourself: “Will this lead to what my soul truly yearns for?”