What questions are you asking this New Year?
30 12 2009“Our aspirations are our possibilities.”
(Samuel Johnson)
Have you noticed that sometimes the answer that you get will depend upon the question that you’ve asked?
I don’t know if you actually make any New Years Resolutions or set any goals for the year ahead but if you did how would you do it? What questions would you ask yourself?
If you are not aware of asking yourself any questions then you may like to look at previous new years resolutions/ goals and see what question they are answering.
Your answer will no doubt have depended upon the question that you asked.
This week I will talk about some of the common questions that people use when making New Years resolutions, setting goals and generally deciding what they want to create in their lives. (Oh OK a couple may not be so common but can be useful 
) I invite you to use these questions to come up with some possibilities. You can then use your answers to decide if that is something that you would actually like to turn into a reality.
Why does it matter what questions are asked?
While some things may happen because of external things that are completely outside of your control, others events happen, at least partly, because of actions that you choose to take.
Earlier this year I was assisting on a couple of Michael Neill’s trainings where he stated that for most people the future they imagine is approximately plus or minus 10% of their past. That is, the future they imagine falls somewhere between 10% better or 10% worst than how they see their past.
But the future hasn’t actually happened yet so the future holds infinite possibilities that fall outside that 10%. (Unless you are a time traveller and you’re reading this on a trip into the past!) Sometimes, the questions that you use help you to see more of those possibilities so you can choose if you want to take action to make them real.
I invite you to play with the following questions and just notice the answers that come up for you.
You’ll probably find it easier if you don’t jump ahead to figuring out what the next step is to making your answers into a reality – I know it’s tempting but you may miss including some really cool things by doing it that way. It’ll be like only watching the first song of your favourite bands music concert and then leaving because you thought you had heard all they had to offer.
Besides, I’ve put together a list of resources that may help you with the next steps but I’ll tell you more about that after you’ve played with more possibilities.
(You may want to have a pen and paper handy to answer them)
What New Years Resolutions should you set?
What New Years Resolution do you want to set?
What New Years resolution would you love to set?
What New Year resolutions will you set?
What goals do you want to achieve in your future?
What goals would be fun to have in your future?
What goals are the next logical things to do in your future?
What would you love to create in 2010?
What would put a huge grin on your face in 2010?
What may seem impossible and/or impractical but you’d still love to have it in 2010?
If you know that you would be loved unconditionally regardless, what would you choose to do?
If you knew money was no object what would you choose?
If you know that it didn’t matter if you didn’t get it, what would you love to work towards?
Once you have answered these questions, and any other that spring to your mind, read through your answers. You may notice that you have similar or very different answers to how you normally do such things.
It’s now up to you, which (if any) you want to pick to use in your future.
Bonus tip
Sometimes your initial answer to a question is one that is influenced by how you think what you actually want can be done i.e. winning the lottery is one way of creating more money in your life.
To open up more possible answers, you may want to ask, “What would that give me” about your initial answer. Keep asking yourself for each level of answer that you come up with (even if it feels like you are making it up) until you can’t answer anymore.
For example, what would winning the lottery give me? More money
What would more money give me? I’d feel like I had more freedom to do more fun things easier.
For any that you would like to include in your future, now is the time to consider what the next step is to travel towards it. For further resources that may be relevant for you click here. Then you can choose if that is something you want to do.
Have a week full of more infinite possibilities
Love
Jen
PS For more resources compiled to make your New Year resolutions, your 2010 goals and generally to create the life you’d love easier click here.
Categories : Getting what you want, Time, What do you want?
