How do I discover who I am?- 18/101 Entrepreneur Questions and Answers

This is an except from my book: 101 Entrepreneur Questions and Answers.We all need to discover ourselves and understand who we are. There are four questions that I use to discover more about ourselves, one of which you have already come across earlier in this book.What do strangers consistently compliment you on?What kind of environment did you grow up around?What can you talk about effortlessly?What have you been doing for the past 5 years?Each of these profound questions helps you to create an image in your mind as to who you are, what your priorities are, what your strengths are and who it is you want to become.The first one is all about what strangers compliment you on- people that do not know you at all, thus their opinions are unbiased. What is it they say you are good at? I've been told repeatedly that I'm an ideas guy, so that is what my strengths are that what I work with. Whatever it is you are doing: you have to build it upon your strengths, do not build a business on something you know little about. You can learn on the job, but in the short term you'll struggle, this is why I'll need to spend a few weeks researching heavily into hemp as I launch the business.What kind of environment did you grow up around means that there may be a common thread or theme in your life, as the environment you grew up around helped to shape who it is you are today. Define and understand your background and how it affected you. You either mirror or are the complete opposite to your parents, in my case I'm the complete opposite.Thirdly, what is it can you talk about for 20 minutes? Meaning: what one single topic do you know enough about to give a presentation on? No matter whether it is in front of 1 or 1,000 people. The point is what single topic can you talk about effortlessly for 20 minutes? This is a big indication as to what your knowledge and expertise are, and what you enjoy in life. It also means that you have enough in-depth knowledge and expertise of something- it also demonstrates that being able to talk about one thing for 20 minutes means you have a level of passion and interest. Enough to warrant a presentation and enough for people to recognise you as an expert in your field and to get them thinking and questioning.What have you been doing for the past five years meaning: what if you spent the last five years doing? I have been spending on travel, work and on university. What you voluntarily spent your time and energy on is a clue as to what and who you are, because that means you've dedicated five, or so, years to doing one specific thing and you are more than likely talented, experienced or have mastered a specific skill set in that time.When you begin to think about and answer these questions, then you can discover who you are, what you're priorities are, where your strengths lie and whether this is the person you want to become in the future.These questions certainly help and are a stepping stone to your bigger successes, because it helps when your success is based on something you are passionate about and love.