Ask This Magic Question Today

Happy Friday, my friend. I want to share a question with you that I haven’t pulled out in seven or eight years. It’s a little neuro-linguistic programming trick I learned from a textbook decades ago, and it works almost every time you use it. This week, it cracked open a member of my inner circle who couldn’t put one sentence together. Once you hear how I asked it and what happened on the call, you’ll want to try it on someone in your life. Pay attention this weekend. Somebody is going to walk right into the setup.

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A gentleman in my coaching group has been with me for over two years. He’s thoughtful. He puts a lot of weight behind every word. This week, he showed up to our call, and as we talked through what he wanted next, he said something that stopped me in my tracks. He told me he couldn’t even give one sentence. After two years of working together, he didn’t know how to start. So I deadpanned a question I learned a long time ago. The other people on the Zoom were biting their lips, trying not to laugh, because they knew exactly what was coming. Then he opened his mouth.

Important Points

Treat personal change like food. Audit your awareness for ten days, and what you can’t see today comes into focus.

Build a peaceful base first. When money, health, spirit, and relationships are at peace, nothing can knock you off.

When someone tells you they don’t know, ask the question, then shut up and let them speak through to the end.

Memorable Quotes

Awareness is a big key these days. I’ve been all over this for years because most people are stumbling through life.

It’s a breakthrough moment where you realize you’re not stuck. It’s in there. It’s stuck. You can’t verbalize it.

Once you’ve got a good, solid base, you want to have more impact on the world. You want to really get out and live.

Scott’s Three-Step Approach

Wait until somebody in your life puts a situation in front of you, saying they don’t know what they want or what to do.

Slowly ask: I know you don’t know, but if you did, what would it be? Then close your mouth and let it ring out.

Stay silent and keep a straight face while they talk. Don’t interrupt. Give them every bit of space to reach the end.

Chapters

0:03 - Friday energy and the life I’m so glad I built

2:25 - Audit your life like food, then build awareness

4:18 - Why a peaceful base beats chasing every goal

5:51 - My youngest member says she’s done reinventing

7:24 - Two years in, he can’t form a single sentence

8:32 - Dissecting the question that unlocked the floodgates

10:38 - Try this magic question this weekend on someone you love

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