Chapter 4 Summary and Analysis

Chapter 4 is about figuring out what is fulfilling. In order to do this, the reader does Step 4, which is to ask three questions. The reader is to ask these questions about every expense on their chart:

1. "Did I receive fulfillment, satisfaction, and value in proportion to life energy spent?"

2. "Is this expenditure of life energy in alignment with my values and life purpose?"

3. "How might this expenditure change if I did not have to work for a living?"

Chapter 4 begins with discussing dreams. Many people have dreams early in life that they eventually give up on because, in the end, the dreams are not "practical" and they just do not fit in with reality. The reader's dreams are good clues to what the readers really values, purpose, and life mission are.

With the question "Did I receive fulfillment, satisfaction, and value...