When a business owner works on their productivity, vision-building, or professional skills, they’re… building a better business.
When the head of a Torah organization works on those same things, they’re increasing the amounts of Torah, kedusha, and chizzuk they can bring into the world.
Bottom line: If you’re a Jewish leader, investing in your personal growth isn’t just “self-development.” It’s avodas hakodesh. It’s a responsibility to Klal Yisrael.
So here’s something I call a Fundraising Cheshbon Hanefesh — a self-assessment to help you reflect, reset, and reignite your productivity, purpose, and fundraising power.
How to Use This List
- Print this out or open a doc and type directly into it.
- Run through the questions quickly, jotting down the first answers that come to mind.
- Then revisit them when you have more time and dig deeper.
Here we go:
1. Self-Mastery & Growth
- What’s working really well right now?
- Write three habits, tools, or people that give the biggest payoff.
- What are you most proud of accomplishing this year?
- What are your three greatest strengths – and how are you using them?
- What’s one mistake or failure that taught you something valuable?
- What’s not working – and what single change could improve it?
- What fears or limiting beliefs are holding you back right now?
2. Vision & Mission Ignition
- When you picture real success for your organization, what do you see?
- Are you on fire in your mission – or just going through the motions?
- What shift in mindset or behavior would reignite your fire?
- What habits or routines keep you inspired and connected?
- What one thing blocks most of your success? If you removed it, big results would follow.
- What can you do to remove that blocker?
- What first, concrete step will you take today?
3. Productivity Accelerator
- If you could accomplish only one thing in the next 12 months, what would it be
- Where are you overspending your weekly hours?
- Where are you underspending them?
- What one adjustment will free more time for the work that matters most?
- Which new skill do you commit to acquiring this year to gain a new level in your work productivity?
4. Fundraising Game-Changer
- If you were a wealthy outsider, would you make a major gift here? Why—or why not?
- If the answer is “no,” what must change so you’d feel eager to write that big check?
- Could you confidently ask for a gift five-times larger than your current top donation? Why—or why not?
- What one barrier makes that ask feel unrealistic?
- Would a gift that size genuinely surprise you? If yes, why?
- What single resource, mindset, or action will let you play at that higher level?
- What specific step will you take today to set this in motion?
Wrap-Up
How was this process for you?
- Which question hit hardest?
- Which one made you smile?
- Hit Reply if you'd like to share what came up for you — or if you'd like help taking any of this further. And please do let me know what success comes from the work you just did.
Hatzlacho Raba,
Avraham
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