Spend 15 Minutes on These 6 Serious Questions
And You will Get Yourself a Winning Future
Recently I read a book with the title of “Barking Up the Wrong Tree” by Eric Barker. This book have opened up my mind and changed how I should think for my future. And these 6 questions really change my life.
1. Do You Know What Your Goal and What You Need to Fight for With Unshakable Will ?
Probably, you will answer it within these 3 options :
a. Yes I do, I will put everything in my life for that!
b. I have a dream, but I’m still not sure about it
c. I don’t have any, life feels like on autopilot
If you answer with “a”, Congratulations!! Make sure you commit with it and you can move on to question number 2,
If you answer with “b” try this method called WOOP (Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan)
Wish is basically what you wish for,
outcome is your desired outcome if your wish really happen,
obstacle is what prevent you from reaching the dream,
plan is how you plan to reach your dream..
If you answer with “c” you should spend time on trying on everything that you are curious about. You have to find a new hobby, a new agenda where you feel energized when doing it.
2. Are You Feeling Optimistic ?
Well basically this is just a simple yes or no question, if you answer with yes, just move on to next question. But in chance you answer with “no”… Come on, what’s the worse thing that could happen ?
Don’t be pessimistic for everything that are not dangerous. For any dangerous things, you should plan for it.
But the act of peering into the darkness as deeply as possible reveals a light that appears unquenchable, and that is a profound surprise, as well as a great relief. — Jordan Peterson
3. Is Your Life a Good and Impactful Story ?
Another yes or no question, do you have a good story to tell to other people about your life ?
If yes, you have a motivational story, you have a life value to share with other people, you are good to go.
But if you can’t think about one then start by thinking “How do you want to be remembered?” Then start working towards it
4. Have You Treat Your Goal as a Game ?
Game means to be fun and winnable even every stage is harder than before then you get a feedback at the end of the stage! So have you treat your journey towards your goal as a game ? If not, try putting this WNGF in your mindset
W : Winnable (you can definitely reach your dream)
N : Novelty (new challenge will always be there for you)
G : Goals (Of course your goal is to reach the goal right ?)
F : Feedback (impactful progress that are tracked)
Trust me, everything is easier and exciting if you treat it as a game.
5. Do You Have the Focus that You Need ?
I don’t know how many goals do you have, but if you have more than 3, you are planning for failure. About your goal, less is more, be focus on what you really want.
I know someone that have 20 list that they want to do in life, of course having many goal is nice. But you have to make a list of prioritization, having more useless goals is like having more stuff in your home that you never use.
6. Have You Add Little Experiments in Your Life ?
Although focusing on your goal is important, don’t forget to try out some little stuff, you don’t know where life gets you. Not only that, you can combine it with your goal to make it powerful.
After you have reached your goal, you are already ready to reach for the next step because you have tried many small experiments in your life.
