The questions that you ask yourself on a regular basis can have a profound effect on you. You are always asking yourself questions, whether you know it or not. In every situation, your brain is using questions to evaluate what’s happening. Think about this for a moment and see if it is true. If you are in a dangerous situation, what are you saying to yourself? Am I going to be alright? Should I run? Should I fight? What’s going to happen next?
As we ask ourselves questions, our brain operates like a super human computer designed to deliver an answer. God provided us with this mechanism, and it is the means for how we evaluate things.
We use questions to evaluate situations and circumstances. The problem is when we start asking ourselves bad questions that inflict damage instead of empowering us.
You might be asking yourself questions like the following:
-Why do I always screw everything up?
-Why do people hate me?
-Why am I so stupid?
-Why can’t I be successful?
As you ask yourself these disempowering questions, your brain is programmed to deliver answers. Of course you will not receive very empowering answers when you are asking questions like the ones above. If you ask the wrong question, you get the wrong answer. Many of these limiting questions carry an implied meaning in the very nature of the question itself.
For example, “why do people hate me?” presupposes that people hate you. You have already assumed that people hate you. You are now simply asking why that is the case. That’s a terrible question to ask. Your brain may provide an answer that’s damaging, because it’s presupposing that people hate you and there must be a reason for it.
I challenge you to start asking empowering questions. If you ask yourself the right question, your brain will go to work and provide an answer. A powerful, creative question will yield a powerful, creative answer.
For example, instead of asking why people hate you, you could ask the following questions:
-What things could I be doing to make new friends?
-What can I do to be a better friend?
-How can I become a person that attracts good friends?
Think about those questions for a moment. Do you see the difference? These questions have the potential to empower you and put your mind in a position to provide an answer that gives you real options. Your brain will go to work and it will provide answers that you never thought possible.
Take a moment and list three questions that you are asking yourself right now that are disempowering. Once you list those questions, I want you to determine how those questions are affecting you? How are they limiting you? How are they damaging you?
Now I would like you to create three questions that will empower you. Once you create these questions, I want you to start asking yourself these questions every day.
Below are some examples of great questions that you could be asking yourself:
-How can I build my relationship with God in a way that is exciting and fresh?
-What can I do to become a better husband/wife/father/mother/friend?
-What can I do to get into shape and also have fun at the same time?
-What things could I be doing to be a more effective employee/manager/boss/entrepreneur?
-What things could I start doing to enjoy the process of learning?
-How could I change my life to become more disciplined and hard-working while still being spontaneous and exciting?
Now it’s your turn. Start creating amazing and powerful questions that you can ask yourself. Remember that the more creative questions will yield the most creative results. I have personally found this process to be surprising. My mind has generated some amazing responses to some well-designed questions. I use this process on a regular basis in my businesses. As an entrepreneur, you have to create options and solutions that are outside the box of conventional thinking. Why not use this same approach in your personal life? It will create an environment for you to do great things.
Tags: Aaron Broyles, Applying Proven Entrepreneurial Methods to Achieve Success in Every Day Life, Do Great Things, www.aaronbroyles.com
