"questolutions": a simple way to make your new year's resolutions stick

QUESTIONS TO GET THINGS

DONE  

THE POWER OF

WITH THE NEW YEAR

COMES . . .

AND

RESOLUTIONS ARE A BIT LIKE A

MOTHER-IN-LAW  

IN FACT

BUT (AS WE ALL KNOW) WELL-MEANING...

BUT OVERLY DEMANDING. IMPOSSIBLE TO SATISFY.

OPPRESSIVE.  

RESOLUTIONS SET US UP FOR

FAILURE  

WHERE ARE YOUR RESOLUTIONS GOING TO

END UP?  

AND SO I PRESENT, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION . . .  

THE QUESTOLUTION  

WHAT ON EARTH COULD IT BE?  

A QUESTOLUTION = A RESOLUTION  

PUT IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION

QUESTOLUTION: HOW MIGHT I  GET IN BETTER

SHAPE THIS YEAR?

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

. . .WE ASK OURSELVES QUESTIONS  INSTEAD OF GIVING OURSELVES

COMMANDS  

BUT WHY?

QUESTIONS ARE MORE ENGAGING

THAN STATEMENTS  

Questolution Advantage #1

A QUESTION IS LIKE

CHALLENGE A

OR A

PUZZLE

INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT OFF

QUESTIONS

Questolution Advantage #2

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

OR…

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

. . . AS YOU TRY TO MAKE A DIFFICULT

CHALLENGE MORE “DOABLE.”

. . . AS YOU  

QUESTIONS ARE MORE SHAREABLE

Questolution Advantage #3

NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR

PROCLAMATIONS YOUR

PREDICTIONS OR

BUT EVERYBODY

BECAUSE . . . RESPONDS TO A QUESTION

REMEMBER ADVANTAGE #1?

WHEN YOU  

HERE’S

ABOUT QUESTOLUTIONS

ONE MORE GOOD THING

. . .

QUESTIONS ARE LESS INTIMIDATING THAN RESOLUTIONS

Questolution Advantage #4

PASS / FAIL TEST A RESOLUTION IS LIKE A

(THAT WE USUALLY FAIL)

A QUESTOLUTION IS MORE OF AN OPEN-ENDED

EXPLORATION

AND

WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRY?

IT’S EASY TO TURN RESOLUTIONS INTO QUESTOLUTIONS

USE THE POPULAR INNOVATOR’S PHRASE

“HOW MIGHT

I . . .  

OR START YOUR QUESTIONS

“WHAT IF . . .  WITH THE ALWAYS-POWERFUL WORDS

BROUGHT TO YOU BY WARREN BERGER

Published by Bloomsbury

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