S:1518 Great Question: What’s Next?
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “What’s Next?” Coaching Point: This question has had a profound (positive) effect on many people. Its power seems to be in its simplicity. What’s Next has focusing power like a child’s simple magnifying glass in sunlight. Diffused sunlight energy transforms into a powerful and usable […]
S:1514 Great Question: Please?
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “Who Am I Trying To Please?” Coaching Point: Do you know anyone who has never run this question? At some point we all have – for a boss, a date, for inclusion in ‘their club’. Fitting in and being included feel nice. But that’s not […]
S:1511 Great Question: Willing?
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “Am I Only Willing?” Coaching Point: Only willing? Why is it “only”? Willingness is a valuable source of life energy. A willing person is a good team member. When you are willing, you won’t drag or drive yourself into what’s next. A willing person goes, […]
S:1505 Great Question: Mean to You?
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “What Do I Mean To You?” Coaching Point: A strong, self-aware, grounded person seeks transparency in their close relationships. Transparency means showing up with authenticity and clarity. Not hiding behind a mask. That said, many would find it daunting to come right out and ask […]
S:1500 Great Question: Now What?
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “Now What?” Coaching Point: This is a Great Question on two levels. First, it serves as a centering question with the byproduct benefit of avoiding or eliminating overwhelm. ‘Now What’ puts us in our place of greatest power and possibility: Now. It’s easy to be […]
S:1494 Great Question: Better?
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “How is the world better because of me today?” Coaching Point: Hold on, this is not the overwhelming question it may appear. You need not visibly and knowingly change the world in a dramatic way for this question to be useful. To the contrary, anything […]
S:1489 Great Question: Long For?
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “What does my heart long for?” Coaching Point: Careful, going down the road of this Great Question can open wonderful opportunities for you! A clearly worded, strongly felt question is a place of power, of emerging awareness and clarity. This ‘longing’ question does require you […]
S:1483 Great Question: Wants Me?
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “What wants me?” Coaching Point: It is important to have clarity about what you want, desire, even need. Without that there can be a tendency to wander aimlessly, drifting. When you take the classic (What do I want?) question and turn it on its head, […]
S:1475 Great Question: Character Trait?
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “What do I consider to be my best character trait?” Coaching Point: Very few people are introspective enough to ask this Great Question of themselves. Fewer still have a clear answer. Those who do have a distinct advantage in life over those who don’t. Socrates […]
S:1469 Great Question: Ah-Ha?
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “What are the biggest ah-ha’s I’ve had this year?” Coaching Point: An ah-ha is when something changes in your thoughts/awareness. A sudden and marked change; you notice it at the moment of its occurrence. Perhaps it causes a forehead slap (one wag called that the […]