Designing Your Ideal Life- The Power of Questions
By Shazz P
To create an extraordinary life you must be able to paint a picture of what it looks like. Few people take the time to do this, preferring to stay in “reality” of their current situation. Building a picture of your life and ask yourself:
How you would like it to be?
What you would be doing?
What you would feel?
Who you would be (your attributes)?
What would you own?
How would you contribute?
How would you spend your leisure time?
This is one of the most valuable things you can do. Put aside the “doubter” in you…. the voice that tells us we can’t… and to just go for it as if your pen can’t stop. Write everything you would want to experience, and don’t stop for at least five minutes.
What is your primary focus? What do you consistently ask yourself in different situations? We are constantly processing, filtering and sorting out evidence that our world matches how we think it should like. We do this through 65,000 thoughts each day. Most of these thoughts are in the form of questions. Is this right for me? How do I do this? What if can’t? What will they think? Why? Why me?
Questions constantly shape our choices. We can’t stop the questions, but what we can do is choose what the questions are. What questions do you ask yourself most often that drives most of your behaviour and motivation?
If you ask yourself low quality questions, you will no doubt experience a corresponding quality of life. Imagine you make a mistake, and instead of asking “why me?” you ask yourself: “how can I turn this around?” or “what can I learn from this”.
Better questions? Absolutely!!! I’ve been training my mind to ask these questions and I experience less stress, overwhelm and anxiety as a result!!!
