This week I'm handing you five questions that cut straight to whether you're actually aligned with who you're trying to become, or quietly on a side mission you haven't admitted to yourself yet. I answer each one alongside you, because I think vulnerability has to go first if it's going to mean anything.

We get into money, purpose, fear, how you actually measure success, and a framework I call ARO (accountability, responsibility, and objectivity) that'll help you close the gap between where you are and who you say you want to be.

In this episode:

• Would you still do this work if the money didn't matter?
• What's your actual why, beneath the surface-level answer?
• The scariest part of achieving the success you say you want
• Why "how you measure success" might be the most important question on this list
• The ARO framework for closing the gap between you and your higher self

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