These questions make for enriching dinner table conversation, but they can be equally illuminating if you simply ask them of yourself. I stumbled onto the idea of asking big questions because I needed them myself. They drive our growth, and we can come back to them year after year.

1. Who comes to mind when you think of the word responsible? Why?
2. Are there people for whom you feel more responsible than others?
3. How do you decide who needs you?