(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “What’s working?” Coaching Point: So often we focus on what is off, wrong, broken, etc. In other words, what’s NOT working? That’s a useful place . . . to visit. Just don’t live there. Instead, when you choose to ask this Great Question on a…

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What will I do when (or if) I retire?”   Coaching Point: If you are too young to even think about retirement, then forward this S3MC to one of the ‘old folks’ you know! They may benefit from it. If, on the other hand…

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “How am I complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want?”   Coaching Point: I flared up when I was first presented – no, confronted! – by this Great Question. How dare they assume I had a hand in creating my less-than-stellar…

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What is important to me . . . now?”   Coaching Point: It’s amazing how easy it is to get into a routine, continuing to repeat what has been important in the past, but now may not be. Since now is the only moment…

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “Where do I want to go next?”   Coaching Point: In the documentary film about life in the age of airplanes the director shows the development of travel over the many millennia of Man’s existence. Or rather the almost non-development of travel until the…

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What do I trust?”   Coaching Point: Your answer to this Great Question will tell you a lot about yourself and your happiness. Trust is a big deal. In the absence of trust, life is hard, threat-filled. When you have grown enough to develop…

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “Won’t it be nice when … ?”   Coaching Point: This Great Question is deceptively simple. To ask it is to imagine a future you want. It’s a way to ‘try on’ an outcome to see how it feels. It’s a gentle way to…

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What do people say when they talk about me?”   Coaching Point: This Great Question is not a plea for egotism, it’s a call to clarity. It is not, “Look at me.” It is, “How am I showing up?” A simple approach to take…

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “Does what I’m doing bring more joy into the world?”   Coaching Point: Is bringing more joy into the world even part of your thoughts? It wasn’t for me. For years I was just scrambling, trying to keep up and get ahead. I would…

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What am I afraid of?”   Coaching Point: Fear is a powerful motivator to do … nothing, to stay frozen. Merely by asking this Great Question you begin to diminish the hold a fear has on you. Being willing to look it in the…