You may be wondering, "What could questions have to do with my own fulfillment? I don't want questions, I want answers!!"
That's a great question! I've come to believe that the way to find the best answers is to ask the best questions possible. In that way, we shape our answers to fulfill the nature of the question. You may have witnessed politicians both as they run for office and hold press conferences once in office who never seem to answer the actual question asked. That's a frustrating example of what a powerful question can do, and what an answer that isn't connected to the question does to the listener. But I digress...
A good question actually forms a context for our thinking and guides us to consider a new paradigm in how we answer it...if it's a really good question, that is. Bad questions simply maintain the status quo, and in order to find your fulfillment, I don't recommend maintaining things as they always have been. If that was all you wanted in life, you wouldn't be reading this article, now would you?
So we must shape our questions, even those we ask ourselves, to expand our personal framework. When we do so, we expand our own thinking, expand our ideas, and thus expand our capacity to evolve. That's a good formula for fulfillment in my book!
I've often been told that I ask great questions -- questions that spur you on to really making desired shifts in your life.
I think of questions, really good questions, as the tools I use in my craft as a Spiritual Coach. Like a carpenter uses a hammer and a saw, I use questions.
And this week I was thinking of great questions that have helped me and my coaching clients evolve quicker, with less pain, and more excitement and energy than ever before.
So, here are Coach Don's Top Ten Most Powerful Questions for Your Fulfillment:
1. What is your story about your life that is limiting your happiness?
2. Do you think that you as a person are worth investing in for your fulfillment?
3. Where does irresponsibility lie in your path to your satisfaction?
4. How are you not giving yourself permission to thrive?
5. What has worked in the past, to create those finest moments in your life, that you can repeat now?
6. Who believes in you, or believed in you in the past, who would know that you can succeed? What do they know about you that tells them that?
7. What does your heart of hearts say about your qualities that are precious?
8. What dreams are waiting for you to speak them out loud? How long have they been waiting?
9. If you could have a miracle occur tonight, while you're sleeping, and all of your dreams were true tomorrow, what would you do tomorrow, different from today? And what's stopping you?
10. Are you willing to let your Spirit pull you forward? If not, why not? If so, what would that direction look like?
Here's my suggestion and inspiring request: sit with my list of questions and get a feel for the one that you like the best. It may be the question that makes you smile, or, it may be the question that actually brings on the most discomfort for you. Whatever it does to you, choose the question that stirs you the most, and then write down your answers to that question.
As you write your answers, consider who you'd like to share them with who will be supportive of you finding your way to your fulfillment. Share your answers with them, and get their feedback. Then, I would guess that you'll be led to take action on your answers. If so, do it. Don't hesitate, just do it.
If you'd like, I'd be happy to be a person who is supportive of your fulfillment, so contact me via my website as listed below. I'll look forward to receiving your post!
Copyright 2006 Don McAvinchey
Ten Powerful Phrases For Positive People
Remember, authoring your book is the most important business decision you can make. Your book will position you as the expert in you field. The media will clamor to interview you providing you with massive exposure. Your book, if positioned well, will provide an un-ending source of leads for your business. This means ultimately more money for you.
Here are more powerful secrets to make your brain get the write idea:
1. Set specific, measurable goals regarding time. Schedule two 1.5 hour blocks of writing time each week, for example, after considering the impact on others and accommodating your schedule. Writing daily for 15 minutes may be a reasonable and attainable goal.
2. Take 15 minutes a day as reflective time or I.G.A. time (Idea Generating Activity Time). Think about what you are working on and record all ideas that come to you during this time. In this situation you are writing ideas not content but the content will come later.
3. Invite your friends to have coffee and treats with you. Tell them in advance you want their input on some ideas you have for your book. Pay for their coffee and harvest their thoughts. This motivates you to write and enhances your commitment to the process. Remember that reflection and I.G.A. activities are an integral part of the writing process.
4. Write when you need to! Drop everything and write when the time is right or the situation demands it. Don't feel guilty! You can forgo other jobs and responsibilities you should have been doing and do them later. If others can do this then why can't you?
5. Use your time more efficiently by having all the materials you need for writing in one location so you can just sit down at any time and write. Whenever you end one authoring session you should automatically prepare the catalyst material to begin the next. This includes being very specific about the topic and key words to begin writing immediately upon sitting down. You will save 10 to 15 or more minutes per session when you prepare in advance. Take 5 minutes to get ready at the end of each session to prepare for the next one, and save writing time for the next session.
6. Treat the time you take for writing as recreational time. It's writing time that energizes you and makes your life more worthwhile. Tell others how important writing time is for you. They will help you find time to write.
7. Make a pact with your spouse or significant other to trade large blocks of time so each of you can pursue your individual interests. This removes any conflicts and any guilt feelings about using large amounts of time for writing.
8. Prioritizing is a key to successfully reaching your goals in life. Making writing one of your priorities and advertising that plan of yours will open up possibilities to write more. Others respect what you value if they value your friendship.
9. Think Big Picture. Your daily to-do list cannot govern your life. Authoring a book is a Big Picture item. Taking time out just to think and reflect and plan is okay. It will motivate you to write. Go for a bike ride or a walk in the woods to help you keep focused on the Big Picture. Remember that writing is the doing part of thinking. Give yourself time to think and reflect.
The best advice is simply to start putting one or two of these strategies into practice, then add another one or two. Do the ones that are the most powerful for you in your life first.
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