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Change Your Questions, Change Your Life
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Change Your Questions, Change Your Life

7 Powerful Tools for Life and Work

Marilee G. Adams
Berrett-Koehler, 2004

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Marilee G. Adams found that she could generate positive changes in her behavior and productivity by changing the defensive questions that she previously asked in the face of adversity. Analyzing those protective questions showed her that she took setbacks and criticism too personally. Asking different questions enabled her to reframe each moment and create growth opportunities. Adams illustrates the problem-solving power of honest curiosity. Her "QuestionThinking" method generates practical ways to change your mind, literally. These are great ideas; however, their repetition within a fictional storyline may annoy some readers, while others may like this allegorical approach to telling the tale. The self-questioning techniques are easy to employ, and will help you examine situations from different points of view, which can come in quite handy. getAbstract recommends adding this set of tools to your interpersonal communication toolkit.

Take-Aways

  • You routinely ask yourself questions in response to events in life, though you're generally unaware of them.
  • Sometimes the questions you ask yourself lead to stagnation, because you are using a "Judger mindset." Try to have a "Learner outlook," instead.
  • When you act as a judger, you blame others instead of trying to solve problems.

About the Author

Marilee G. Adams, Ph.D., is a consultant, a psychotherapist and the founder of a corporate training organization.

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