Blind questions: getting clear on what’s next
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I’ve introduced the Blind Questions activity to you before, as a means of helping a plan to EMERGE (April).
But it feels like another good time in the year to dig out this resource - as the most frequent response to doing this activity with clients is that it often brings a lot of clarity, in a short amount of time. In fact, the more you use these questions to help you plan, the more habitual some of this thinking will be. Getting clear will become increasingly easy.
It really helps to have a formula when you are not sure how to proceed with something. The questions remain the same, but how we use them to find clarity, is limitless. Using a trusted technique can give us some confidence about how to move forward - and the beauty with this resource, is that it tends to break down something that feels complex into simple next steps.
So, what do you want clarity on?
What is the question you want to answer?
What is the resolution you seek?
What do you want?
These questions, for those of you who have not seen them before, are best answered quickly, intuitively - at one minute intervals if possible.
They are designed to stimulate your thinking and help you join up the dots for yourself. You can, of course return to ones that felt particularly challenging. However, I recommend you don’t dwell.
They are not designed to produce lengthy, detailed answers - more snappy snapshots of what feels right, right now. On a different day, you may answer a different way - but that doesn’t mean its wrong.
Sometimes, the questions that ask you to assess what is holding you back are the most informative (the deeper, less obvious barriers). Sometimes its the questions about what you need, or what you will do next that provide the clarity you need to move forward (the more functional questions).
And as I said at the top - the more you can hold theses questions in your mind as a habit - the more immediate clear decision-making can become.
Give yourself 15 minutes (set a timer to produce some adrenalin…!) and get some clarity! Good luck x
