There is a theory that all human behavior is a response to
the questions we ask ourselves. When we are hungry or a bit
chilly, we search our world and ask really simple questions
like, "What is there to eat?" or "Where did I leave my
sweater?"
In more complicated situations, we ask more complex
questions, like "What career to do I want?" or "In what
ways could I earn more money?"
As we answer our own questions, the mind is naturally
focused on realistic, ACTION-oriented solutions, and we
move quickly forward.
Every day, we ask ourselves thousands of questions. We ask
"why do I have such bad luck" or, "How could I make this
sale?" As we ask and answer these questions, we make
assumptions about the world around us, and our assumptions
become the basis for our actions.
So the key is to be VERY aware of the questions we ask.
Many of the most common questions people ask every day are
terrible questions because they have NO good answer. Think
about how your mind works and the things you focus on with
questions like:
*** Why does this always happen to me?
*** How come I never get a break?
*** How come nobody likes me?
*** How come things never change?
The devastating problem with questions like these is that
the brain takes them seriously and actually tries to find
the answers! (Think about that!) It comes up with arguments
to convince you that you can't change and that "nobody"
likes you, even though you CAN change and LOTS of people
like you just fine!
I'm convinced that the questions we ask ourselves are
vitally important--perhaps the MOST important--key to
predicting our success in life. If you want to change your
health, your finances, your love life or anything else,
change the questions you ask yourself!
I start almost every day by sorting through a small stack
of 3x5 cards, with one positive question written on each
card. This morning I counted them, and my stack happens to
have 17 questions in it. (The number varies as I add or
replace questions based on how well they seem to be
"working" for me.) Here are the four that were on top of my
stack this morning:
1. What specific actions will move me toward my goals
today?
2. What could I do to make my wife smile and enrich our lives
today?
3. What am I most grateful for this morning?
4. How could I increase our income by $5000 this month?
I do not share these questions because they are
particularly special--you might come up with more powerful,
more motivating, more interesting questions--but they DO
make me smile and they DO encourage me to get moving. They
DO focus me on my goals and they help me think of creative,
positive actions.
What questions to do you use to jump-start your day? What
questions do you use to open doors, make you smile, and
find solutions? To a remarkable degree, the questions we
ask will determine the answers we find and kind of life we
live. To achieve more, ask more and better questions.
the questions we ask ourselves. When we are hungry or a bit
chilly, we search our world and ask really simple questions
like, "What is there to eat?" or "Where did I leave my
sweater?"
In more complicated situations, we ask more complex
questions, like "What career to do I want?" or "In what
ways could I earn more money?"
As we answer our own questions, the mind is naturally
focused on realistic, ACTION-oriented solutions, and we
move quickly forward.
Every day, we ask ourselves thousands of questions. We ask
"why do I have such bad luck" or, "How could I make this
sale?" As we ask and answer these questions, we make
assumptions about the world around us, and our assumptions
become the basis for our actions.
So the key is to be VERY aware of the questions we ask.
Many of the most common questions people ask every day are
terrible questions because they have NO good answer. Think
about how your mind works and the things you focus on with
questions like:
*** Why does this always happen to me?
*** How come I never get a break?
*** How come nobody likes me?
*** How come things never change?
The devastating problem with questions like these is that
the brain takes them seriously and actually tries to find
the answers! (Think about that!) It comes up with arguments
to convince you that you can't change and that "nobody"
likes you, even though you CAN change and LOTS of people
like you just fine!
I'm convinced that the questions we ask ourselves are
vitally important--perhaps the MOST important--key to
predicting our success in life. If you want to change your
health, your finances, your love life or anything else,
change the questions you ask yourself!
I start almost every day by sorting through a small stack
of 3x5 cards, with one positive question written on each
card. This morning I counted them, and my stack happens to
have 17 questions in it. (The number varies as I add or
replace questions based on how well they seem to be
"working" for me.) Here are the four that were on top of my
stack this morning:
1. What specific actions will move me toward my goals
today?
2. What could I do to make my wife smile and enrich our lives
today?
3. What am I most grateful for this morning?
4. How could I increase our income by $5000 this month?
I do not share these questions because they are
particularly special--you might come up with more powerful,
more motivating, more interesting questions--but they DO
make me smile and they DO encourage me to get moving. They
DO focus me on my goals and they help me think of creative,
positive actions.
What questions to do you use to jump-start your day? What
questions do you use to open doors, make you smile, and
find solutions? To a remarkable degree, the questions we
ask will determine the answers we find and kind of life we
live. To achieve more, ask more and better questions.
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