There is a tiny gremlin living in your mouth, and its favorite hobby is asking lousy questions.
Why is this happening to me?
Who dropped the ball?
When will they finally get it together?
Those questions are cotton candy. Sweet, dissolving, and nutritionally useless.
Try this instead. Ask the kind of question that has work boots on. The kind that climbs out of the complaint hammock, stretches, and starts moving furniture.
What can I do right now?
How can I help?
What can I learn?
What choice would make tomorrow easier?
The moment you switch from “why them” to “what now,” the universe hands you the steering wheel and responsibility stops being a punishment.
Stay Positive & Fewer Lousy Questions, More Meaningful Ones
HT to the book QBQ
Garth Beyer is a Certified Cicerone®, Product Marketer, owner of Garth's Brew Bar and a Madison-based freelance writer.
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