(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “Am I making new mistakes? Or old ones?”   Coaching Point: New mistakes? That’s a good thing. Repeating old ones? Not so much.   Copyright 2014 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “Why are you where you are?”   Coaching Point: This is a compound question. First, where are you? I mean, specifically and clearly, where are you right now? An amazing number of people are so focused on Doing/busy/ action that they don’t notice what’s…

(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)   “What inspires me?”   Coaching Point: “What inspires me” is a door- opener question. Staying in your current routine keeps doors closed. Inspired refuses to be contained. Answer the question and your life will get clearer. Answer the question and notice new resources showing…

(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 up and says…

(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…

(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 perception…

(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!)…

(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…

(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…

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