What can a simple question do?

A simple, but effective question can ignite motivation, spark creativity, and it can move you to action. My three favorite questions I personally ask myself are:

What do I want?

Why do I want it (the 5 why’s)?

How do I get/do it? (Action)

On Day 1 we talked about the 5 Why’s. It allowed us to dig deep as to why we are doing what we do, or why we want a certain thing. I want to introduce a new exercise that I created (inspired by the 5 Why’s) called the 5 How’s.

Just like the 5 Why’s, you ask yourself 5 How questions to break something big down into the smallest actionable part. It creates action that you can start on today.

So answer this question - “How are you going to start and finish this challenge?” or “How are you going to get to your goals?” then ask yourself how 4 more times (or less) until you get to the smallest, most actionable step. Again, you can use this exercise with any big goal, not just this challenge.

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