[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Drawing1-2.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.101″ max_width=”44%”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.101″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”24px”]I’ve always said that getting answers is the easy part, the hard part is asking the right questions.
\nOur brains are powerful and dutiful. You ask them a question and they’ll come up with something.
\nDepending on their knowledge and perspective it might be a helpful answer or something totally bogus leading down a nasty rabbit hole.
\nBut they will do their job and churn out something.
\nSo, my advice, during these interesting times, is to pay close attention to what questions we are asking ourselves.
\nIf the answer we get back is making us feel disempowered, worried and doubtful, let’s manage this and get looking for better questions.
\nBe careful of “what if?” questions like, “What if we don’t have enough cashiers?!”
\nTry this instead, “Given that we may have a shortage of cashiers, what can we do?”
\n“What if” becomes “Given this, what can we do?”
\nNotice how that focuses our brain.
\nThe trick is to notice how a question makes you feel. Don’t entertain ones that bring you down – look for the uplift.
\nGood luck my friends – Let’s help each other to stay on track.
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I’ve always said that getting answers is the easy part, the hard part is asking the right questions. Our brains are powerful and dutiful. You ask them a question and they’ll come up with something. Depending on their knowledge and perspective it might be a helpful answer or something totally bogus leading down a nasty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
I've always said that getting answers is the easy part, the hard part is asking the right questions.
Our brains are powerful and dutiful. You ask them a question and they'll come up with something.
Depending on their knowledge and perspective it might be a helpful answer or something totally bogus leading down a nasty rabbit hole.
But they will do their job and churn out something.
So, my advice, during these interesting times, is to pay close attention to what questions we are asking ourselves.
If the answer we get back is making us feel disempowered, worried and doubtful, let's manage this and get looking for better questions.
Be careful of \"what if?\" questions like, \"What if we don't have enough cashiers?!\"
Try this instead, \"Given that we may have a shortage of cashiers, what can we do?\"
\"What if\" becomes \"Given this, what can we do?\"
Notice how that focuses our brain.
The trick is to notice how a question makes you feel. Don't entertain ones that bring you down - look for the uplift.
Good luck my friends - Let's help each other to stay on track.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[3],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1388","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-m2m"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/1388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/1388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1391,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/1388\/revisions\/1391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}