Great Questions

S:0908 Great Question: Why Me?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “Why me?” Coaching Point: Wait just a minute! ‘Why me?’ is a Great Question? Isn’t it the plea of every whiny, it’s- not-my-fault, victim? How, then, can this be a Great Question? Simple. Because everyone, when nobody’s looking, ever once in a while, slips …
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S:0905 Great Question: Relevance?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “Am I still relevant?” Coaching Point: You’re probably really good at something. Perhaps you’ve been adding value in your area of expertise for quite some time. Does the world (known as: your market) want it? Is what you are good at still relevant? This …
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S:0896 Great Question: Hold-back?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What is one thing which holds me back from having what I really want?” Coaching Point: Is your hold-back outside you or inside you? If outside, what do you need to change? If inside,….what do you need to change? Outside/inside, maybe it’s just your …
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S:0882 Great Question: Impact?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What impact am I having?”   Coaching Point: Do you occasionally have a ‘down’ morning or evening, wondering if you’re having any impact at all. I sure do. (That’s wondering about having a ‘positive’ impact. I always know when I’m having a negative one!) …
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S:0877 Great Question: Adult?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What is the most adult thing I can do for me, now?” Coaching Point: Does the question sound selfish? It could. The key is “adult” — past ego, past childish, past should. Look at your goals, what you want, what you desire. Look at …
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S:0863 Great Question: Hard?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “If you think life is hard, what are you comparing it to?”   Coaching Point: Sure, hard things happen. To everybody. No one escapes having hard things happen in their life. But ‘Hard’ as a life vantage point is pretty victim-y. You’re not a …
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S:0837 Great Question: Escape Key?

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What is the Escape Key which returns me to my Main Menu?”   Coaching Point: …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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