Thursday, August 12, 2004

How Would You Answer These Questions?

A service repairman was called to a factory to repair a machine. He listened to the machine and then hit it on the side with a rubber hammer. Immediately, the machine came back on. The consultant handed the owner of the factory a bill that said, “machine repair -- $100.00”. The owner replied, “Hey, isn’t $100 a bit steep for just hitting the machine with a rubber hammer?” The repairman said, “I see your point.” So he tore up the old bill and wrote a new one. The new bill said, “hitting machine with rubber hammer: $1.00; knowing where to hit the machine with rubber hammer: $99.00; total: $100.00.”

Often, in my work as a life coach, the value I provide to my clients can be compared to the service repairman's response: it is in knowing which questions to ask and which subjects to ask about.

Remember that we said your true destiny is to accomplish in every detail the master plan for your life, using each gift and resource at your command for maximum positive impact on the world around you. There are 7 "mega-questions" that in large part determine the degree to which you achieve your destiny.

The 7 key questions:
1. What do you fear?
2. Where are you stuck?
3. How do you defeat yourself?
4. What are you trying to accomplish?
5. What do you do really well?
6. With whom are you connected?
7. What are you willing to do right now?

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