(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)
“What If…?”
Coaching Point: What If is a playful question. If you want it to be. It can also be a deeply troubling one.
A dividing line between playful and troubling is Now.
When you look forward from Now with the What If question on your lips you can dream dreams, imagine delightful outcomes, discover avenues previously unseen, even begin to attract new resources to assist you on your journey to your dreams.
When you look backward from Now your What If may trigger a lamenting of paths not taken or regretting paths you did take. None of which can be changed; it’s the past.
A dreamy What If builds you; a disturbing What If pulls you down. As always, tiz a choice of your focus.
And yes, you can What If the past to remember pleasant things, as you can What If your future and experience fear, uncertainty, and doubt. But we seem not to do either of those as much as the other way round.
What is a recent What If you did, past or future?
Copyright 2023 Steve Straus. All rights reserved.
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.)
“What If…?”
Coaching Point: What If is a playful question. If you want it to be. It can also be a deeply troubling one.
A dividing line between playful and troubling is Now.
When you look forward from Now with the What If question on your lips you can dream dreams, imagine delightful outcomes, discover avenues previously unseen, even begin to attract new resources to assist you on your journey to your dreams.
When you look backward from Now your What If may trigger a lamenting of paths not taken or regretting paths you did take. None of which can be changed; it’s the past.
A dreamy What If builds you; a disturbing What If pulls you down. As always, tiz a choice of your focus.
And yes, you can What If the past to remember pleasant things, as you can What If your future and experience fear, uncertainty, and doubt. But we seem not to do either of those as much as the other way round.
What is a recent What If you did, past or future?
Copyright 2023 Steve Straus. All rights reserved.
S:1456 Great Question: What If?
Published on: September 27, 2023