Blind Questions

As something emerges for you - a desire for change, a new habit, or even just a change of heart about something - we might need to think around the question in hand.

These questions are designed to help you take an enormous, impossible task - and break it down into more manageable chunks. As a process, it will help you see what needs to be done next - and help you reduce the overwhelm of the big things in life.

Give yourself just 1minute to answer each of these questions: think intuitively and set aside the rational mind for the time you are doing the activity. Just feel into the answers and write down what comes to mind first.

Done in conjunction with the Wheel of Life, this activity is a good way of understanding what your plan looks like, in practice, and what it will give you to work through the next few steps at a time.

BLIND QUESTIONS - GOAL SETTING and ACTION PLANNING

1. What do you want? (State your goal in the positive).

2. Where are you now and what have you got? (Audit you resources, experience and support)

3. What is the difference between 1 and 2?

4. How will you know when you have achieved what you want? What will it look like?

5. What will this outcome give you?

6. What prevents you from moving forward toward it and attaining it now? (Consider both internal and external obstacles)

7. How many possible ways can you come up with to reach your goal?

8. Narrow them down to the 1 or 2 that feel the best and explore in detail (including consequences, costs, benefits)

9. How much do you want this outcome?

10. What do you need to do or to know to make this outcome even more compelling?

11.What will be your first steps and when?

12. What will you need to take these first steps - resources, time, support, anything else

13. Write down your action plan, starting from where you are to what you want to achieve. Include everything you have, everything you need - and be specific in terms of what you will do next and when you will do it.

Good luck! And I look forward to sharing any results of working in this way - even if it is just adopting a slightly new way of thinking about difficult or overwhelming questions you face.