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Health, Spiritual, Writing

Ask the Right Questions

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Copyright 2015 Joan Y. Edwards
Copyright 2015 Joan Y. Edwards

“Ask the Right Questions” by Joan Y. Edwards

If you ask the right questions, you’ll find the answers that can improve your life.  It’ll raise your self esteem. It’ll help you feel better about yourself. It’ll help with reaching your goals. It will help with health situations. It will help in spiritual areas. It’ll help in caregiving situations. It will help you view life better because you’ll be getting rid of your limiting beliefs about yourself and your particular life experiences.

Tony Robbins says, “The difference in the quality of people’s lives often comes down to the difference in the questions they consistently ask themselves.”

I believe Tony’s correct.  Using this idea for questions has helped me for about 30 years. It may help you, too. You may be tempted to give up because you’re not asking yourself the right questions. You may not reach your goal because you’re not asking yourself quality questions. Ask empowering questions to reach your goal.  To improve situations in your life and reach your goals, you’ve got to ask the right questions. Which questions below would get you to your goal?
Set A

  1. Why can’t I get published?
  2. How can I get published?

Set B

  1. Why can’t I sell 100 books in a month?
  2. How can I sell 100 books in a month?

Set C

  1. Why don’t publishers and agents accept my manuscript?
  2. Why will publishers and agents accept my manuscript?

Set D

  1. What’s wrong with my manuscript?
  2. What’s good about my manuscript?

Set E

  1. Why don’t people read my blog?
  2. Why do people read my blog?

Set F

  1. Why don’t I have enough time to write?
  2. How can I get more time to write?

Set G
1. Why can’t I get in 15 minutes of exercise a day?
2. How can I get in 15 minutes of exercise a day?

You see the difference. Ask questions in a positive voice so that you’ll get positive responses!

Ask in a negative voice and you get really negative answers. When you ask yourself questions that are worded in a positive manner, you will find answers that improve your life.

I challenge you to write a question using a positive voice about your writing, illustrating, or another problem in life that’s bugging you. You’ll be amazed at the ideas your wonderful brain comes up with to make things better for you and help you reach your goal. Remember Tony’s questioning criteria to be nice to yourself and respect you and your ideas.

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Believe in you!
Love yourself!
You’re awesome!

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Spiritual, Writing

7 Strategies for Success

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Copyright 2015 Joan Y. Edwards
Copyright 2015
                    Joan Y. Edwards

“Seven Strategies for Success” by Joan Y. Edwards
All of you, both men and women,  like to get what you want when you go shopping. You want what you want. You have certain ideas about what you’re shopping for. In your mind, you designate rules that this new purchase must meet:

Price
Quality
Fits you to a “T”
Simple to Use

In life when you make goals, you also designate rules for what things will look like when you reach your goal. Some of them are assumptions based on what you’ve learned about the situation from others and part of it you learn from personal experience. Sometimes your assumptions and reality are different. That’s when you have to realign your thinking to make sure you get where you want to go.
I realize that each person has different goals and aspirations. I’m not going to tell you what goals to make. This blog post focuses on beliefs, thoughts, and actions that will help you reach your goals successfully, no matter what they happen to be.

  1. Immerse and surround yourself with positive thoughts, words, actions, and people. State your goals as affirmations in the present tense. I am a best-selling author. I am a prize-winning illustrator. I find the best deal for a computer, dress, suit, shoes.
  2. Believe in you
    If you think you can’t do it, learn how. If you don’t think you can do it, change your thoughts. If you made a mistake, forgive yourself and let it go. When you’re down, give yourself three days to rest, recuperate, and realign your thinking. Talk with God. He understands. Talk to a friend, they can help you look at the broad picture. Be your best friend. Never give up. Be determined to get to your goal.
  3. Be thankful to God/Universe.
  4. Encourage others and share your time and talents with them.
  5. Use available resources: library, books, videos, blogs, Google search, and others. Ask questions. Talk to people who’ve done what you want to do. Ask for help, information, support, sales. Ask people to buy your book, illustration, or other product. Give them something extra free when they buy.
  6. Take action. Take a chance – Do what brings you joy! Put your money where your goal is: Take lessons. Build an audience (a group of followers who could possibly buy your product or help you find what you’re looking for. Write, draw, create. Get your work critiqued by your peers and by professionals, too. Submit your work to a publisher or self-publish.
  7. Celebrate baby steps and achievements. Reward yourself. Have a writing or illustrating party with other writers and illustrators.

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