What’s something hard you are avoiding that you know would dramatically change your life? What’s stopping you from taking action?

Do you find yourself often searching for more meaning in life?

It’s not uncommon to wonder if you’re actually on the right track to experiencing fulfillment.

We’ve all had regrets and spent time pondering how we wished we had things differently. You’re likely to lose a good deal of sleep because of regrets, yes?

It’s been a rough week over here. My usual bubble of positivity ruptured rather abruptly earlier this week around something deeply personal. A wave of hopelessness rushed over me, the first of such despair I’ve felt in a very long while.

If you’re like most people, it’s rather easy to have compassion for those you love, small children and animals - but can you find it in your heart to have compassion for folks you work with or in your community who test your limits?

How good are you at getting what you want?

If your answer is that you are inconsistent or ‘not so much’, I encourage you to read on.

“If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit next to me” - a famous quote from Alice Rosevelt Longworth often gets a chuckle. As humans, we have loads of fascination with the dirty underbelly of things.

How open-minded are you to diverse perspectives?

Have you ever stopped to wonder what’s at stake when you hold vehemently to your perspective?

My guess is that you tend to overcomplicate things. Am I right?

Are you trying to make sense of things happening in your life?
How much time to spend spiraling and struggling to make sense of things - Or trying to carefully map out the details of your future?

How good are you at dealing with misunderstandings? Do you take a stand, all guns blazing to defend your perspective?

Curious - how many interruptions have you had today so far?

On a scale from 1-10, with 10 being ‘very’ and 1 being ‘not so much’, how discerning would you say you are?

Ever stopped to think what your ignorance about any given subject might be costing you?

What happens when you take a position on a subject and deny other perspectives?

I’ve been feeling the need to share something deeply personal with each of you who follows these weekly posts. It seems increasingly important to bring this out in the open.

How’s your week gone so far?

Have you been as productive as desired?

Are you a habitually caring person?

Do you feel it’s important to run to the aid of others often?

I’ve got a pet peeve to discuss with you today.

There’s a phrase that almost everyone misuses and it makes me bonkers.

What did you do when you first woke up? And in the next two hours after that? Would you say that this was time well spent?

The subject of trust is coming up a lot in my talks with clients lately.
Have you ever stopped to consider this -

What do you do to prove that you are trustworthy?