The Power of Questions...to set yourself up for a positive day

by What-A-Coincidence 6 Replies latest jw friends

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  What-A-Coincidence

  The Morning Questions

  Answer the following questions every morning to set yourself up for a positive day.

  1. What am I most happy about in my life right now?
     What about that makes me happy?
     How does that make me feel?
     (Repeat thse two secondary questions after each main question)
  2. What am I most excited about in my life right now?
  3. What am I most proud of in my life right now?
  4. What am I most grateful for in my life right now?
  5. What am I enjoying most in my life right now?
  6. What am I most committed to in my life right now?
  7. Who do I love? Who loves me?

  The Evening Questions

  Ask yourself these questions at the end of each day before sleep.

  1. What have I given today?
  2. What did I learn today?
  3. How has today added to my life?
  4. How can I use today as an investment in my future?
  5. What did I do today towards reaching my goals?
  6. Optional: Add the morning questions.

  The Problem Solving Questions

  These questions are helpful when working towards a goal and/or encountering an obstacle.

  1. What do I need to do today towards reaching my goals?
  2. How can I become successful and enjoy the process?
  3. What can I learn from this experience?
  4. What do I respect about this person?
  5. What's actually funny about this situation that I haven't noticed before?
  6. What's great in my life right now?
  7. How can I make this happen right now and enjoy the process?

  The three sets of questions can be printed in a large font on separate sheets of paper and displayed in your work space.
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  jaguarbass

  That seems like a good idea to keep the positive chemicals flowing and keep it on the good foot.
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  SPAZnik

  Sounds like something I heard on an Anthony Robbins tape once.
  I've tried it. The answers are very powerful too. :)
  Really helps redirect focus.
  
  FOCUS is really powerful.
  
  I've seen this principle demonstrated time and again when snowmobiling.
  Where the driver looks makes a big difference in where his/her forces directs the machine to go. For instance, every time we'd come across a big empty expanse of snow, with one tree in it, inevitably someone (usually the new guy) would run smack into it. It didn't matter that there were hundreds of metres of space all around that lonely little tree and that everyone else was blazing trails clear around it. Someone would drive into it. I've heard a person that drove into it admit to focusing on it and thinking "I hope I don't hit that tree". (A powerful positive statement which led directly to the tree). No matter how hard they tried to pull away from it (after looking and thinking that), they smashed into it (which we'd find momentarily amusing, after which we'd all have to help drag his machine out). Sometimes he'd drive into it twice. Dragging a snowmobile out from a crash isn't something you want to do very often though so usually the person learns pretty quick where to focus. Sometimes s/he needs a little help from the people up ahead that'll yell at an appropriate moment drawing their attention in a better direction.
  
  The lesson every time was: FOCUS attention (physical/mental/emotional) on where you WANT to go, rather than where you don't want to go. ie. I hope I follow that expert up ahead, or, wow it's fun blazing this new trail in this wide open space....)
  
  Cool hey!? :)
  
  (I love that list of questions by the way, it's a great practical example of how to focus your forces in a fantastic direction! :)
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  What-A-Coincidence

  hey spaz. yes. i believe that is where i got it from... I am an Anthony R. Witness (TM) ;-)
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  Abandoned

  Thanks for the suggestions old buddy.
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  Double Edge

  Recently I've been interested in learning about the Law of Attraction ..... (btw, it's worked for me, just hard sometimes to break old habits).... THANKS for the list... it's great!
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  anewme

  Those are very motivating questions What A Coincidence!
  They get us to focus on what is important to us!