S:0732 Great Question: Passion?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What is my point of greatest passion?”   Coaching Point: How much time are you spending there?   Copyright 2009 Steve Straus. All rights reserved.  

S:0723 Great Question: Holding Back?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What is the fear that is holding me back?”   Coaching Point: Many times you know what you want to change, but find yourself not changing. Instead, you live with, tolerate, pay the price, hang on, resist, or suffer. A reluctance to change, a […]

S:0718 Great Question: Luck?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “Is this my lucky day?”   Coaching Point: Different people have different ideas and beliefs about luck. What are yours? Have you experienced luck? Some have said that depending on luck is not a useful strategy and they may be correct. Or, do you […]

S:0715 Great Question: Extraordinary Outcome?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What would be an extraordinary outcome for me?”   Coaching Point: Extraordinary! It’s not an ordinary word. Most outcomes people have are ordinary. That’s because most outcomes people aim for are ordinary. And that’s for any of several reasons — fear they won’t get […]

S:0710 Great Question: Prove?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What are you trying to prove and to whom are you trying to prove it?”   Coaching Point: This is a compound question. Each part asks a different question but your answers to each will help you see the answer to the other. Ask […]

S:0709 Great Question: Fulfillment?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “Will this bring me long-term fulfillment or merely short-term gratification?”   Coaching Point: This is a tough one for most people. It’s not just about deferring gratification; that’s old technology. Effective for some, but tired. This question is about living your life from choice. […]

S:0703 Great Question: Doing Well?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What do people who do well, do early?”   Coaching Point: As you look around it’s pretty clear that some people do really well with their lives. They have financial success, of course, but top successful people have the rest of it also — […]

S:0695 Great Question: What’s Right or What’s Wrong?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “Am I looking for what’s right or what’s wrong?”   Coaching Point: It’s all about where you focus your attention. Or, more to the point, it’s about where you let your mind focus its attention. What you look for expands. In politics it’s become […]

S:0658 Great Question: Who Are You?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “Who on earth do you think you are?” Coaching Point: When shouted in anger at a small child this question is not really a question at all, but rather an admonition, an attack. But when asked calmly to oneself, this is a great question. “Who” […]

S:0635 Great Question: Tolerations?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What am I tolerating?”   Coaching Point: A toleration is something that’s (1) not the way you want it to be, (2) irritating to you, and (3) about which you are doing nothing. In other words, you’re aware of it and putting up with […]