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Chapter 8
Questions Are the Answer
- Not the events that shape my life that determine how I feel and act, but, rather, it's the way I interpret & evaluate my life experiences.
- Thinking is nothing but the Process of asking & answering questions.
- evaluations are nothing but questions.
★ - Successful People ask better questions, and, in turn, they get better answers.
- Quality questions = quality life.
- Questioning limitations tears down the walls in life
- All human Progress is Preceded by new questions
"Some men see things as they are, and say, 'why?' I dream of things that never were, and say, 'why not?'"
- The difference between People is the difference in the questions they ask consistently.
- ask and you shall receive. terrible Question = terrible answer.
- Your mental computer is ready to serve you, and whatever question you give it, it will surely come up with an answer.
- control your Focus by asking the right questions
★ "How can I use this?" turns difficulties into driving Forces that make ourselves and the world better.
- When you ask questions, you come up with references.
- Learning to ask empowering questions in a moment of crisis is critical.
- Model the habitual questions of People you respect.
★ - If you Feel Sad, there is only one reason: it's because you're deleting all the reasons you could be feeling good, And vice versa. This is because the brain can't focus on too much at once.
- questions change what we delete.
★ - Questions are the laser of human consciousness. They concentrate our Focus and determine what we Feel and do. Whatever we look for, we'll find.
- Problem = opportunity
- questions shape our Perception of who we are, what we're capable of, and what we're willing to do to achieve our dreams.
- Problem solving questions (pg. 193) (pg. 195)
"What have you learned today?"
"What's great about this?"
"How can I use this?"
- At Some Point, you've got to stop evaluating & start doing.
