Which parts of your body can you feel an ache or pain in right now?......
How did that question make you feel? I bet it made you stop, focus on your body and notice niggly little things that you'd barely noticed before. Am I right?
Contrast that to - What is the most peaceful time you can remember?
I bet that gave you a completely different feeling didn't it.?
Answering the question forces you to relive the experience. In the first example, not only did you have to actively seek out the aches and pains but you felt them too. In the second one, just by thinking about that beautiful, peaceful time..... you were back there. Your breathing slowed and got deeper, your blood pressure fell slightly and the pressures of your day seemed to ease away somehow.
What was the difference? You didn't change. You were still sat there in front of your screen. You just asked yourself a better question.
If you ask yourself a better question - you get a better answer.
Anthony Robbins loves this technique. He advocates choosing five great questions to ask yourself first thing in the morning. Answering these makes you relive the good feelings associated with them and gets you into a great state of mind for the day ahead. Try it...... whay have you got to lose?
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