Your True North

Write Your True North Statement

When business feels hard, you do not push harder. You check your heading. Four short steps to the fixed point you steer by.

Step 1 · Measuring Where You Are Now

What matters most in your life?

Not your business goals. Your life. Write the first three that surface, then name why each one matters. The why is where your real values hide.

Top three most important things (don't overthink it)

Dig deeper (what is it about each one that matters so much?)

Step 2 · Your True North Values

Circle every value that resonates

This is a gut exercise, not a thinking exercise. If a word makes you nod, tap it. Do not overthink a single one. Add any of your own at the bottom.

0 selected · aim for twenty or thirty, we narrow it next

Step 3 · Group Into Five

Sort your words into five like groups

Words that are cousins belong together. For example, health, balance, and well being could live in one group. Type each group's words into a box below.

Step 4 · Name & Rank

Name a header word for each group, then rank them

Circle the one word that headlines each group. Rank them one through five by how much they actually drive your life. Ranking is what forces the honesty.

Your #1 True North Value

Fill in and rank your five above

What does focusing on your #1 value look like in your days?

The Payoff

Your True North Statement

Here it is, drafted from your answers. Read it out loud. If it sounds like a corporate wall, rewrite it so it sounds like you and makes your shoulders drop an inch.

Make it yours (edit freely)

Put it somewhere you will see it every morning. That is your True North. Steer by it.