%% #📓 #🎧 #🟠 #NEXT %% # 5 Questions to Deepen Trust ![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Oct 15, 2022</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Nov 06, 2022</small> 🏷️ **Author:** [[Michael Bungay Stanier]] **Citation:** Bungay Stanier, M. (October 2022). *5 questions to deepen trust* [Audio]. MBS Works. https://www.mbs.works/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/5-Questions-to-Deepen-Trust-Audio-Lesson-by-MBS.mp3 --- # Abstract ~ 3 Sentence Summary A 15-min audio lesson that was offered as a bonus for participating in [[How to (really, truly, deeply) trust yourself - MBS 2022]]. MBS shares five questions he uses to reflect on, deepen, and refine insights about how he works, what matters, and what the best way forward might be. ## Key Takeaways - Questions can help you understand yourself and who you want to be - Use questions to connect to what matters and stay focused # Notes & Important Ideas ### Power of questions Questions are paradoxical - They can ground you *and* disrupt you - They can reveal what you don't know *and* what you do know - They can help you better understand what's really happening in the here and now *and* they can help expand future possibilities ### Questions to check-in with yourself at the beginning of the day 1. What am I noticing? - Three areas of noticing: 1. What's grabbing my attention outside? 2. What am I thinking? How am I thinking? 3. What's in my heart? What am I feeling? - Helps build capacity and nuance in these three areas - Just notice or you may choose to do something with it 2. What am I grateful for? - Don't overthink it 3. What's the **one thing** today? - Naming this helps remind us of what really matters - Doing one important thing a day helps you make progress, and progress helps make you feel content and make a difference ### Question to finish the day with 4. What happened during the day? - Helps you stay in the moment and celebrate milestones and accomplishments - Syncs nicely with **one thing** question ### Question for weekly review 5. Big, [[existential questions]] about who you are and what you're doing - More a type of inquiry than specific question - 3 of MBS's favorites are: 1. What's the crossroads you're at? 2. What old story is it time to change? 3. What's the lesson you keep needing to learn? ## Connections to Other Materials [[The Coaching Habit - MBS 2017]] ## Personal Reflection & Application --- # Other References TBR:: 🔖 The Progress Principle by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer (GR) ## Tags