How is your personal screener?

This week I had the privilege of speaking at a recruitment vendor conference about ways to screen information to get to the best candidates faster.

For example, there are certain questions you can ask to understand if a candidate has the right skills for your particular position.

While this is helpful in a business setting, I wonder if a similar concept can be applied in a personal setting. Are there questions that we can ask to help screen the activities that we allow into our lives or the thoughts that we allow to dwell in our minds, thus yielding better decisions and better outcomes faster?

Philippines 4:8 says

"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."

This sounds like a pretty good job description for a positive outlook.