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Dan Koe's Questionnaire

01-21-2026
01-21-2026


How to fix your entire life in 1 day


These questions are pulled from the viral twitter post from Dan Koe. I organized all the question in sections so you can use it as a template to send to friends. I think after answering all 45 question you can get to know yourself alot deeper and grow your metacognition levels.



SECTION 1 — CURRENT REALITY (WHAT IS)

These questions expose the life you are already living, not the one you claim to want.

  1. What is the dull, persistent dissatisfaction in your life that you have learned to tolerate instead of fixing?

  2. What are the three things you complain about most often, either out loud or internally?

  3. For each complaint above, what would someone who watched your behavior only conclude you actually want?

  4. What part of your life feels “fine” but secretly drains you every day?

  5. What do you routinely say you’ll “deal with later” that has already been costing you years?

  6. If nothing changes, what do you honestly expect your life to look like in five years?

  7. What are you doing daily that directly supports that future, whether you like it or not?


SECTION 2 — SELF-DECEPTION & AVOIDANCE

These questions uncover the hidden goals behind your self-sabotage.

  1. What important task or decision are you currently avoiding?

  2. What emotion are you trying to avoid by not taking action?(Fear, judgment, shame, failure, responsibility, rejection, etc.)

  3. How does staying stuck protect you socially or psychologically?

  4. What excuse do you use that makes your lack of change sound reasonable instead of fearful?

  5. If someone accused you of wanting your current situation, what evidence would support their claim?

  6. What is the most embarrassing reason you haven’t changed yet?


SECTION 3 — ANTI-VISION (THE LIFE YOU DO NOT WANT)

This section is meant to create urgency, not despair.

  1. Describe an average Tuesday five years from now if absolutely nothing changes.Include where you live, how your body feels, your energy, your thoughts, and your work.

  2. Now do the same for ten years from now.

  3. What opportunities will be permanently closed by then?

  4. Who in your life is already living this future?How do you feel when you imagine becoming them?

  5. At the end of your life, having lived the “safe” version, what do you regret not doing?

  6. What emotions did you avoid your entire life by staying comfortable?

  7. Write one sentence that captures the life you refuse to live.


SECTION 4 — IDENTITY & FEAR

This section reveals who you think you are and why that identity is holding you back.

  1. Complete this sentence honestly:“I am the type of person who __________.”

  2. Which parts of that identity would have to die for your life to change?

  3. What would it cost you socially if you were no longer that person?

  4. Who might feel threatened, confused, or left behind if you changed?

  5. What are you more afraid of: failing publicly, or succeeding and being expected to keep going?

  6. What belief about yourself feels true but may actually be inherited, not chosen?


SECTION 5 — MINIMUM VIABLE VISION (WHAT COULD BE)

This is not about fantasy. It is about direction.

  1. If you could snap your fingers and be living a different life in three years, what would an average Tuesday look like?

  2. What would you have to believe about yourself for that life to feel natural rather than forced?

  3. Rewrite that belief as an identity statement:“I am the type of person who __________.”

  4. What is one small action that person would take this week, without negotiating?

  5. What part of your current life would immediately feel out of alignment if you acted this way?


SECTION 6 — PATTERN INTERRUPTION (AWARENESS IN MOTION)

These questions are meant to be revisited throughout the day.

  1. What am I avoiding right now by doing what I’m doing?

  2. If someone filmed the last two hours of my life, what would they conclude I care about?

  3. Am I moving toward the life I hate or the life I want?

  4. What important thing am I pretending isn’t important?

  5. When today did I feel most alive?

  6. When today did I feel most dead?


SECTION 7 — SYNTHESIS & ACTION

This locks everything in.

  1. After completing this survey, what feels most true about why you’ve been stuck?

  2. What is the real enemy? Name the internal pattern or belief, not people or circumstances.

  3. Write one sentence that defines your anti-vision.

  4. Write one sentence that defines what you’re building toward.

  5. One-year lens: What must be true one year from now for you to know you broke the old pattern?

  6. One-month lens: What must be true in one month to keep that year possible?

  7. Daily lens: What are 2–3 actions you will timeblock tomorrow that the person you’re becoming would simply do?

  8. What are you not willing to sacrifice, even in pursuit of change?

 
 
 

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