Questions are how you focus your mind. The quality of the questions you ask yourself on a consistent basis determines the quality of your life.
If you ask lousy questions you’ll get lousy results. For example, if you ask, “Why does my life suck?” You will get answers like, “Because you’re a loser.” Or “Because you were born into the wrong family.” Or “Because you procrastinate too much.” Or “Because of the economy.” Or…you get the idea. Your mind comes up with all sorts of excuses, none of which support living a high quality life.
If you ask great questions you’ll get great results. For example, if you ask, “What’s great about my life?” Or “What do I have to be grateful for?” You’ll get answers that help you focus on what’s great in your life and the things you have to feel grateful for. This will focus your mind on the positive things in your life, which will help you be more happily productive.
One of the best questions to ask yourself on a consistent basis is this focusing question, “Is what I’m doing RIGHT NOW the best use of my time?” If it isn’t, change what you’re doing until you can answer that question in the affirmative.
Life doesn’t have to suck. I can’t make your life great. But YOU can! You can use the power of great questions to keep yourself focused on your most important goals, projects, and tasks every day. A successful life is made up of a string of successful days, weeks, months and years.
Two things you can do right now to help you stay focused: 1) print the above focusing question out and hang it up where you’ll see it throughout your day; and 2) edit your computer’s screen saver to display the focusing question and program it to display after 5 minutes of no activity.