Hi Sandra, and thank you for putting up this messageboard!
I am just reading the book "Awaken The Giant Within" from Anthony Robbins and im on the chapter right now that talks about the questions that we make to ourselves every day. The chapter is really about how to make a quality questions to yourself and getting rid of the disempowering questions. Quality questions create quality life.
Here some questions that i liked, really good for quickly changing your state to more productive one and redirecting your focus when you feel overhwhelmed or stressed etc.
THE BROBLEM-SOLVING QUESTIONS
- What is great about this problem?
- What is not perfect yet?
- What am I willing to do to make it the way I want it?
- What am I willig to no longer do in order to make it the way I want it?
- How can I enjoy the process while I do what is necessary to make it the way I want it?
THE MORNING POWER QUESTIONSCome up with two or three answers to all of these questions and feel fully associated. If you have difficulty discovering an answer simply add the word "coud". Example: "What could I be most happy about in my life now?"
- What am I happy about in my life now?
What about that makes me happy? How dows that make me feel?
- What am I excited about in my fife now?
What about that makes me excited? How does that make me feel?
- What am I proud about in my life now?
What about that makes me proud? How does that make me feel?
- What am I grateful about in my life now?
What about that makes me grateful? How does that make me feel?
- What am I enjoying most in my life right now?
what about that i do I enjoy? How does that make me feel?
- What am I committed to in my life right now?
What about that makes me committed? How does that make me feel?
- Who do I love? Who loves me?
What about that makes me loving? How does that make me feel?
THE EVENING POWER QUESTIONS
- What have I given today?
In what ways have I been a giver today?
- What did I learn today?
- How has today added to the quality of my life or how can I use today as an investment in my future?