"questolutions": a simple way to make your new year's resolutions stick
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QUESTIONS TO GET THINGS
DONE
THE POWER OF
WITH THE NEW YEAR
COMES . . .
AND
RESOLUTIONS ARE A BIT LIKE A
MOTHER-IN-LAW
IN FACT
BUT (AS WE ALL KNOW) WELL-MEANING...
BUT OVERLY DEMANDING. IMPOSSIBLE TO SATISFY.
OPPRESSIVE.
RESOLUTIONS SET US UP FOR
FAILURE
WHERE ARE YOUR RESOLUTIONS GOING TO
END UP?
AND SO I PRESENT, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION . . .
THE QUESTOLUTION
WHAT ON EARTH COULD IT BE?
A QUESTOLUTION = A RESOLUTION
PUT IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION
QUESTOLUTION: HOW MIGHT I GET IN BETTER
SHAPE THIS YEAR?
RECENT STUDIES SHOW WE’RE ACTUALLY MORE MOTIVATED TO ACT IF . . .
. . .WE ASK OURSELVES QUESTIONS INSTEAD OF GIVING OURSELVES
COMMANDS
BUT WHY?
QUESTIONS ARE MORE ENGAGING
THAN STATEMENTS
Questolution Advantage #1
A QUESTION IS LIKE
CHALLENGE A
OR A
PUZZLE
INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT OFF
QUESTIONS
Questolution Advantage #2
“WHAT IF I WERE TO FIND NEW WAYS TO EXERCISE?”
OR…
YOU ALMOST CAN’T HELP TAPPING INTO YOUR IMAGINATION & CREATIVITY. . .
. . . AS YOU TRY TO MAKE A DIFFICULT
CHALLENGE MORE “DOABLE.”
. . . AS YOU
QUESTIONS ARE MORE SHAREABLE
Questolution Advantage #3
NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR
PROCLAMATIONS YOUR
PREDICTIONS OR
BUT EVERYBODY
BECAUSE . . . RESPONDS TO A QUESTION
REMEMBER ADVANTAGE #1?
WHEN YOU
HERE’S
ABOUT QUESTOLUTIONS
ONE MORE GOOD THING
. . .
QUESTIONS ARE LESS INTIMIDATING THAN RESOLUTIONS
Questolution Advantage #4
PASS / FAIL TEST A RESOLUTION IS LIKE A
(THAT WE USUALLY FAIL)
A QUESTOLUTION IS MORE OF AN OPEN-ENDED
EXPLORATION
AND
WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRY?
IT’S EASY TO TURN RESOLUTIONS INTO QUESTOLUTIONS
USE THE POPULAR INNOVATOR’S PHRASE
“HOW MIGHT
I . . .
OR START YOUR QUESTIONS
“WHAT IF . . . WITH THE ALWAYS-POWERFUL WORDS
BROUGHT TO YOU BY WARREN BERGER
Published by Bloomsbury
AMoreBeautifulQuestion.com
For more on how questioning can change your life,
visit
& (@GlimmerGuy)
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