Asking the Right Questions

If you've ever seen the movie "What the Bleep do we Know?" then you know it has some pretty deep, mind-bending stuff in it. Every time I watch it I am completely mesmerized, energized by the possibilities, and at a complete loss as to what to do with the information I've just heard.

For Christmas, I was given the book by the same name. It is a very different experience in that now I can stop and ponder a question or statement and absorb it at my own pace. A case in point is that right now I am reading about asking questions. I was often told in my personal coaching/success training that if I didn't like the answers I was getting, then perhaps I wasn't asking the right questions.

There are of course the really big ones like "Why am I here?" and "Who am I?" and "What's the Meaning of it All?". But there is also "why do I believe what I believe?" and "what is reality?". Those can keep you going for a while. Have you ever questioned your most basic assumptions about reality?

Let's go a step further with this one. How about "do I really need a job?". This is one of my all time favorites. I asked myself the same question about 3 years ago and lo and behold!, the answer was no. If I hadn't asked the question my reality would have never changed. I found a way to make my living from home through real estate investing and now I'm also creating websites. From trading hours for dollars to creating wealth and abundance in all areas of my life.

I watched a little of "Swordfish" the other night and there's the great scene where Travolta asks Hugh Jackman (I can't remember the character names) if he can hack his way into the DOD computer system. Jackman tells him it isn't possible. So Travolta tells him he will pay him $10,000,000.00 if he can do it. Then he asks "Is it possible now?". Great question! And of course it was possible, just difficult.

I know that was just a movie but it illustrates a great point. So many times we simply say a thing is not possible because that's the easiest answer to give and we don't have to think about it anymore. But what if we stopped and really thought not if it were possible, but how could it be possible. Maybe the only thing missing is the proper motivation.

I'll leave you with a thought:

"Some people will give you all kinds of excuses why something can't be done when all they need is one good reason why it should."