The 5-Minute Secret: Use These 30 Questions for Unshakeable Clarity

5-Minute Clarity Cards

Description: 30 printable questions designed to spark clarity in decision-making, conflict resolution, or goal setting.

Use: Coaching, journaling, team meetings.

How to Use:

1. Print these pages and cut out each question.
2. Affix or write each question onto a standard index card (or print directly onto cardstock and cut).
3. Keep the deck handy for personal reflection (journaling), one-on-one conversations (coaching), or group discussions (team meetings).
4. When facing a challenge or needing focus, shuffle the deck and draw a card (or select one related to the specific context).
5. Spend 5 minutes (or more, if time allows) reflecting on the question. Write down your thoughts, discuss it with your coachee, or open it up to the team.

The Questions:

1. What is the core issue we/I need to address right now? (Decision / Conflict / Goal)
2. What are the top 3 possible options or approaches we/I could take? (Decision / Goal)
3. What does success look and feel like in this situation? (Goal / Decision)
4. What values are most important to honor in this situation? (Decision / Conflict / Goal)
5. What emotions are present right now (in me, in others)? (Conflict / Decision / Goal)
6. What key piece of information am I/are we missing? (Decision / Conflict)
7. What does the other person/party/team genuinely need or want? (Conflict / Team Goal)
8. What resources (time, energy, skills, support) are needed? (Goal / Decision)
9. What is the very first, smallest step I/we can take forward? (Goal / Decision / Conflict)
10. What potential obstacles might arise, and how can we prepare? (Goal / Decision)
11. What is the most hopeful or best-case scenario? (Decision / Goal)
12. What is the worst-case scenario, and is it truly unmanageable? (Decision)
13. What would resolution look like for everyone involved? (Conflict / Team Decision)
14. What is my role or responsibility in creating this situation? (Conflict / Goal / Decision)
15. What feels right in my gut or intuition about this? (Decision / Personal Goal)
16. How will I/we measure progress or success towards this? (Goal / Decision)
17. Who needs to be involved or informed about this? (Decision / Conflict / Team Goal)
18. What similar challenge have I/we overcome before? What did we learn? (All)
19. What is the single most important thing to focus on right now? (All)
20. How can I/we communicate more effectively about this? (Conflict / Team Goal / Decision)
21. What shared interests or common ground already exist? (Conflict / Team Goal)
22. What perspective am I/are we currently missing? (All)
23. If I/we successfully navigated this, what would future-me/future-us be grateful for? (Decision / Goal)
24. What’s one small experiment I/we could run to test an idea? (Decision / Goal)
25. What is the desired outcome for this conversation or meeting? (Conflict / Team Goal / Decision)
26. What positive outcome could emerge from this challenge? (Conflict / All)
27. What boundaries are important to set or maintain regarding this? (Conflict / Decision / Goal)
28. What does “moving forward” clearly look like from this point? (All)
29. What support do I/we need, and who could provide it? (Goal / Decision / Conflict)
30. What is one concrete action I/we can commit to taking today or this week? (All)

Print, cut, and gain clarity!