S:0825 Great Question: Ideas?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What if all the ideas I want to have already exist and are just floating around waiting for me to discover them?”   Coaching Point: It would change the game, wouldn’t it? Instead of working hard to think up new ideas you could shift […]

S:0821 Great Question: Struggle?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What would my life be like if I gave up struggle?”   Coaching Point: It can be easy to believe that you have to struggle in order to achieve the outcomes you want. Effort/ hard work/push/Do-Do-Do, our surrounding culture supports the belief that working […]

S:0815 Great Question: Simpler?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “Is my life getting progressively simpler?”   Coaching Point: That’s progressively simpler, meaning it’s part of your plan. Most people find that a simpler life has benefits they never imagined when they were busy filling their days, closets, and mind with stuff. Life lived […]

S:0805 Great Question: Next?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What’s next?”   Coaching Point: One function of a really great question is that it gets your attention, perks you up, engages you. “What’s next” can do just that. This question is not about dissatisfaction with the present; in fact, everything about the present […]

S:0800 Great Question: Feedback?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “How am I doing?”   Coaching Point: Feedback is one of the great “secrets” to having a successful life — seeking it, hearing it, acting on it, then looking for more feedback to see if what you added/changed/stopped really worked. It works in business, […]

S:0796 Great Question: More?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What do I want more of?”   Coaching Point: Why? What are you going to do about it this year?   Copyright 2011 Steve Straus. All rights reserved.

S:0795 Great Question: Unfinished?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What do I have that is unfinished and by finishing it I will have a great sense of satisfaction?”   Coaching Point: The Great Question is self-explanatory. What is your answer?   Copyright 2010 Steve Straus. All rights reserved.

S:0760 Great Question: Who?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “Who do I have to become in order to…?”   Coaching Point: Businesses grow; relationships grow. When you find yourself in dramatic growth situations it’s highly useful to ask the above question. Do you need to add people skills to run your much bigger […]

S:0759 Great Question: Enough?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   [Upon awakening each morning ask yourself,] “Am I enough?”   Coaching Point: This is a great question because you cannot hide from the answer. If you do feel that you are enough, you will have a strong sense of peace and excitement. Peace because […]

S:0743 Great Question: Forgive?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “Who do I need to forgive?”   Coaching Point: Yourself? A loved one? A colleague? Yourself? A friend? A stranger? Yourself?   Copyright 2009 Steve Straus. All rights reserved.