"Questolutions": A Simple Way to Make Your New Year's Resolutions Stick

1. QUESTIONS TO GET THINGS DONE THE POWER OF

2. WITH THE NEW YEAR COMES . . .

3. AND

4. RESOLUTIONS ARE A BIT LIKE A MOTHER-IN-LAW IN FACT

5. BUT (AS WE ALL KNOW) WELL-MEANING... BUT OVERLY DEMANDING. IMPOSSIBLE TO SATISFY. OPPRESSIVE.

6. RESOLUTIONS SET US UP FOR FAILURE

7. WHERE ARE YOUR RESOLUTIONS GOING TO END UP?

8. AND SO I PRESENT, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION . . .

9. THE QUESTOLUTION

10. WHAT ON EARTH COULD IT BE?

11. A QUESTOLUTION = A RESOLUTION PUT IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION

12. QUESTOLUTION: HOW MIGHT I GET IN BETTER SHAPE THIS YEAR?

13. RECENT STUDIES SHOW WE’RE ACTUALLY MORE MOTIVATED TO ACT IF . . .

14. . . .WE ASK OURSELVES QUESTIONS INSTEAD OF GIVING OURSELVES COMMANDS

15. BUT WHY?

16. QUESTIONS ARE MORE ENGAGING THAN STATEMENTS Questolution Advantage #1

17. A QUESTION IS LIKE CHALLENGE A OR A PUZZLE

18. INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT OFF

19. QUESTIONS Questolution Advantage #2

20. “WHAT IF I WERE TO FIND NEW WAYS TO EXERCISE?”

21. OR…

22. YOU ALMOST CAN’T HELP TAPPING INTO YOUR IMAGINATION & CREATIVITY. . .

23. . . . AS YOU TRY TO MAKE A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE MORE “DOABLE.” . . . AS YOU

24. QUESTIONS ARE MORE SHAREABLE Questolution Advantage #3

25. NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR PROCLAMATIONS YOUR PREDICTIONS OR

26. BUT EVERYBODY BECAUSE . . . RESPONDS TO A QUESTION

27. REMEMBER ADVANTAGE #1?

28. WHEN YOU

29. HERE’S ABOUT QUESTOLUTIONS ONE MORE GOOD THING . . .

30. QUESTIONS ARE LESS INTIMIDATING THAN RESOLUTIONS Questolution Advantage #4

31. PASS / FAIL TEST A RESOLUTION IS LIKE A (THAT WE USUALLY FAIL)

32. A QUESTOLUTION IS MORE OF AN OPEN-ENDED EXPLORATION

33. AND

34. WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRY?

35. IT’S EASY TO TURN RESOLUTIONS INTO QUESTOLUTIONS

36. USE THE POPULAR INNOVATOR’S PHRASE “HOW MIGHT I . . .

37. OR START YOUR QUESTIONS “WHAT IF. . . WITH THE ALWAYS-POWERFUL WORDS

38. BROUGHT TO YOU BY WARREN BERGER Published by Bloomsbury AMoreBeautifulQuestion.com For more on how questioning can change your life, visit & (@GlimmerGuy)

39. PHOTO SOURCES: • “Black & White Balloons” by Anathea Utley | used under CC BY 2.0 • DeflaAng White Balloon by zeevveez | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W, cropped • “Mother in Law” by José Antonio Morcillo Valenciano | used under CC BY 2.0 • “Drumroll” by James Lee | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W • “Fat Cat” by Les ChaPield | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W •  Scared baby: “LiSle Scared Here Folks” by bardgabbard | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W •  Microscope: “Labomed CxL” by igb used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W, altered with Q mark • “Stone Tablets” by arbyreed, used under CC BY-‐NC 2.0 /Converted to B&W • “It Looks Insoluble” by David Goehring CarbonNYC | used under CC BY-‐NC 2.0 /Converted to B&W • “Puzzl’d” by Robert S. Donovan | used under CC BY-‐NC 2.0 • “PuzzlePiece” photo by _strawberryfields_ on Flickr; License: ASribuAon, Noncommercial, Share Alike • Cat on window: “Spark Wallenda” by Dave Hogg | used under CC BY-‐NC 2.0 /Converted to B&W • “Catch a pit bull by the tail” by Beverly & Pack | used under CC BY-‐NC 2.0 /Converted to B&W • “Let’s run away together” by Beverly & Pack | used under CC BY-‐NC 2.0 /Converted to B&W •  “Where Do I Paddle” by Wayne Silver | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W • “Kite Flying on Beach” by Wayne Silver | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W • “Huey Running” by Wayne Silver | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W • “SebasAan Barks” by Brad.K| used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W • “Engagement Ring” by ilovebuSer | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W, quesAon mark alteraAon • Cat swiping dog nose: “Get the Cat!” by Greencolander | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W • “Batman and Robin” by N. Feans | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W • “Brothers” by John Spade | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W • “Caterpillar” by Wayne Truong | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W • “Black caterpillar with red dots” by John Tann | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W • “Geometrid caterpillar by John Tann | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W • “BuSerfly 1” by John-‐Morgan | used under CC BY / Converted to B&W • “The MacInnon girls—Twins” by David Dodge used under CC BY 2.0 • Torn paper: “Paper (I Am Not)” by Brad Greenlee | used under CC BY 2.0 / Converted to B&W

"Questolutions": A Simple Way to Make Your New Year's Resolutions Stick

Warren Berger

"Questolutions": A Simple Way to Make Your New Year's Resolutions Stick